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Blood Vocabulary Flashcards

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Red blood cells

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Erythrocytes

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White blood cells

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Leukocyte

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3
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Platelets

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Cellular fragments

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Colony-stimulating

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Produce white blood cells

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5
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Thrombopoietin

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Produces platelets

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6
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Erythropoietin

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Produces red blood cells

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7
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Hemoglobin

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Molecule that carries oxygen in red blood cells

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8
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Erythropoiesis

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Production of RBC

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9
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Hemocytoclasts

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Cells which produce erythrocytes in bone marrow

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Anemia

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Bloods inability to carry oxygen

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Hemolytic anemia

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Can result from infection or red blood cells inability to clot

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12
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Polycythemia

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Over production of RBC caused by cancer or living at high altitudes

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Neutrophils

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Purple, multi-lobed nuclei, their function is to phagocytize bacteria

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Eosinophils

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Blue and red bi-lobed nucleus, defend against parasites

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Basophils

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Have blue and purple, U or S shaped nuclei. They migrate to injuries and release histamine

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Histamine

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Promotes swelling

17
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Monocytes

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Largest WBC, has M shaped nucleus, they can become phagocytes to fight chronic infection

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Lymphocyte

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Large nucleus, T cells create memory in immunity

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Leukocytosis

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Increase in WBC usually caused by infection

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Leukopenia

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Low WBC count

21
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Leukemia

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Over production of WBC due to bone marrow cancer

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Megakaryocyte

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Produce platelets

23
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Thrombocytopenia

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Under production of platelets

24
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Hemophilia

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Problems with clotting due to low clotting factors

25
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3 plasma proteins

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Albumin, globulin, fibrinogen

26
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Albumin

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Maintains osmotic pressure

27
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Globulin

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Help immune response and antibodies

28
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Fibrinogen blood coagulation

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Assists clotting a cascade of events that produces thrombin

29
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Thrombin

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Separates fibrin from fibrinogen

Honors Anatomy & Physiology (5 decks)

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