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Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems Ch.9 Flashcards

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Plasma

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liquid medium that blood is suspended in

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Solid components of blood are?

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red/white blood cells and platelets

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Red blood cells

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Erythrocytes. Transport O2 and CO2. anucleur, contains hemoglobin

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White blood cells

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Leukocytes. Protect the body against invasion by pathogens and foreign substances. consists of two classifications granulocytes or agranulocytes.

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Platelets

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Thrombocytes. smallest formed elements found in blood. function is clotting.

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Granulocytes

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Appear granulated when stained. includes neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils

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Agranulocytes

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Arise in the bone marrow from stem cells. includes: monocytes and lymphocytes,

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Neutrophils

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Phagocytosis. responsible for ingesting and destroying bacteria and other foreign particles. Divided into 5 lobes. attracted to inflammation sites.

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Eosinophils

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Allergy, animal parasites

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Basophils

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Inflammation mediators, anticoagulant properties

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Monocytes (macrophages)

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phagocytosis. Largest leukocyte. crucial against viruses, intracellular bacterial parasites, and chronic infections.

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Lymphocytes

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B cells: adaptive immunity (humoral)
T cells: adaptive immunity (cellular)
Natural killer cells: destruction without specificity

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What is the function of blood?

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Deliver O2, remove waste, provide for coagulation, cellular communication, and fight foreign agents

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Blood type O

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universal donor

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Blood type AB

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universal recipient

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Lymphatic system consists of what?

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Lymph nodes
Lymph vessels and lymph fluid
Tonsils, thymus, and spleen

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Function of lymphatic system

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  • network of vessels that drain excess interstitial fluid form tissue space and return it to the blood
  • Maintains the cells that defend the body against disease-causing agents such as bacteria, viruses, and cancer.
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How many and what types of immunity

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2 types…humoral and cellular

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humoral immunity

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  • protects against extracellular antigens…bacteria and viruses (that have not yet entered a cell)
  • B cells produce memory cells and plasma cells
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Cellular immunity

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  • responds to intracellular antigens viruses and cancer cells
  • T cells
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Anemia

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deficiency of RBCs or hemoglobin…

  • hemorrhagic anemia: Ebola
  • hemolytic anemia: excessive RBC destruction (malaria)
  • faulty hemoglobin production: sickle-cell
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aden/o

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gland

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agglutin/o

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clumping, gluing

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bas/o

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base (alkaline, opposite of acid)

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blast/o

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embryonic cell

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chrom/o

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color

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eosin/o

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dawn (rose-colored)

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erythr/o

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red

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granul/o

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granule

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hem/o…hemat/o

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blood

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immun/o

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immune, immunity, safe

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lymphaden/o

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lymph gland (node)

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lymph/o

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lymph

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lymphangi/o

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lymph vessel

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morph/o

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form, shape, structre

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myel/o

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bone, marrow, spinal cord

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neutr/o

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neutral, neither

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phag/o

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swallowing, eating

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plas/o

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formation, growth

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poikil/o

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varied, irregular

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reticul/o

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net, mesh

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ser/o

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serum

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sider/o

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iron

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splen/o

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spleen

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thromb/o

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blood clot

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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xen/o

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foreign, strange

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-blast

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embryonic cell

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-emia

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blood condition

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-globin

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protein

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-graft

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transplantation

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-osis

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abnormal condition; increase (usually with blood cells)

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-penia

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decrease, deficiency

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-phil

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attraction for

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-phoresis

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carrying, transmission

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-poiesis

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formation, production

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-stasis

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standing still

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a-

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without, not

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allo-

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other, differing from the normal

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aniso-

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unequal, dissimilar

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iso-

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same, equal

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macro-

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large

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micro-

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small

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mono-

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one

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poly-

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many, much

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