Blood & The Lymphatic System Flashcards

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1
Q

Your body is approximately _____% water by weight.

A

70

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2
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The sealing of injuries to blood vessels

A

Clotting

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3
Q

Creamy white/yellow substance that contains dead neutrophils, bacteria, and other WBC

A

pus

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4
Q

WBC that release histamines when stimulated

A

Basophils

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5
Q

WBC which mature into macrophages

A

Monocytes

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6
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if a person possesses antibodies for a particular antigen (or disease causing agent), that person is said to be

A

Immune

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7
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The solid part of the blood

A

Formed elements

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8
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Eg of substance which is not soluble in blood plasma and must be transported by a blood plasma protein

A

Cholesterol

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9
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Shape of red blood cell

A

Biconcave

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10
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Liquid part of blood

A

Plasma

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11
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WBC which releases antibodies

A

Lymphocytes

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12
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RBC do not contain this organelle

A

Nucleus

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13
Q

Some CO2 is transported by hemoglobin, but most is transported by the form of the ___________ ion

A

Bicarbonate

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14
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Lymph ______ are found throughout the body and are a main location of lymphocyte production

A

Nodes

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15
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WBC that have granules in their cytoplasm

A

Granulocytes

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16
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Appears bright red in the blood

A

Oxyhemoglobin

17
Q

WBC that do not have granules in their cytoplasm

A

Agranulocytes

18
Q

A person that has both A antigen and the Rh factor has the blood type

A

A positive

19
Q

A specific antibody fits like lock and key with a specific

A

Antigen

20
Q

WBC name

A

Leukocytes

21
Q

RBC that do not have A or B antigens on their surface

A

Type O

22
Q

WBC are larger than RBC , true or false

A

True

23
Q

Blood plasma _____ are molecules which help transport substances which are not soluble in the blood plasma

A

Proteins

24
Q

WBC which have ohagocytized groups of antibodies which have bound to multiple antigens

A

Eosinophils

25
Q

Appears dark purple in the blood

A

Reduced hemoglobin

26
Q

Clumping that occurs if antibodies begin to attack RBC

A

Agglutination

27
Q

_______ fluid is a liquid that surrounds cells

A

Tissue

28
Q

RBC name

A

Eruthrocytes

29
Q

Substance found in RBC which binds with oxygen

A

Hemoglobin

30
Q

Platelets name

A

Thrombocytes

31
Q

A fluid in the body which contains bits of blood and other tissue fluid

A

Lymph

32
Q

RBC are made by stem cells found where

A

Red bone marrow

33
Q

A large cell which can phagocytize 100 or more foreign invaders

A

Macrophage

34
Q

WBC that phagocytize bacteria

A

Neutrophils

35
Q

One of the gases transported by the red blood cells

A

Oxygen

36
Q

The lymph Carries ______ which is absorbed by the lacteals in the villi of the small int

A

Fat