Blood & The Lymphatic System Flashcards

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
Q

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
Q

Shape of red blood cell

A

Biconcave

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10
Q

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
Q

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
Q

WBC that have granules in their cytoplasm

A

Granulocytes

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16
Q

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

20
Q

WBC name

A

Leukocytes

21
Q

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

22
Q

WBC are larger than RBC , true or false

23
Q

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

24
Q

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

A

Eosinophils

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Appears dark purple in the blood
Reduced hemoglobin
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Clumping that occurs if antibodies begin to attack RBC
Agglutination
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_______ fluid is a liquid that surrounds cells
Tissue
28
RBC name
Eruthrocytes
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Substance found in RBC which binds with oxygen
Hemoglobin
30
Platelets name
Thrombocytes
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A fluid in the body which contains bits of blood and other tissue fluid
Lymph
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RBC are made by stem cells found where
Red bone marrow
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A large cell which can phagocytize 100 or more foreign invaders
Macrophage
34
WBC that phagocytize bacteria
Neutrophils
35
One of the gases transported by the red blood cells
Oxygen
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The lymph Carries ______ which is absorbed by the lacteals in the villi of the small int
Fat