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Ch. 8 Related Terms Flashcards

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Types of Granulocytes

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  1. Neutrophils
  2. Eosinophils
  3. Basophils
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Types of Agranulocytes

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  1. Lymphocytes

2. Monocytes

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Aplastic Anemia

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Decrease in RBCs and/or hemoglobin due to no production

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Hemolytic Anemia

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Decrease in RBCs and/or hemoglobin due to destruction (the body is destroying its own RBCs)

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Hemorrhagic Anemia

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Decrease in RBCs and/or hemoglobin due to loss (the animal is bleeding out)

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Agranulocytes

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WBCs lacking granules in their cytoplasm (cytes)

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Albumin

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Plasma protein that maintains blood volume

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Antibody

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Proteins produced by WBCs in response to antigens

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Antigens

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Foreign substance (protein)

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Basophils

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Granulocytic WBC seen in anaphylaxis

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Bilirubin

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Metabolite of hemoglobin breakdown; conjugated in the liver

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Coagulation

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Blood clotting

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Eosinophil

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Granulocytic WBC seen with allergies and parasites

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Erythrocyte

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Red blood cell

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Erythropoietin (EPO)

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Hormone secreted by the kidneys to stimulate RBC production

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Fibrin

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Protein threads that form the basis of a clot

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Fibrinogen

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Plasma protein that is converted to fibrin in the clotting process

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Globulins

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Plasma proteins such as alpha, beta, and gamma globulins

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Granulocytes

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WBCs containing granules in their cytoplasm (phils)

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Heme

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Iron-containing portion of hemoglobin

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Hemoglobin (Hb)

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Oxygen-carrying pigment (protein) of RBCs

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Homeostasis

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State of equilibrium of the body’s internal environment

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Leukocyte

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White blood cell

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Lymphocyte

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Agranulocyte that produces antibodies

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Macrophages

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Monocytes that migrate from the blood to the tissue: large tissue phagocytes

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Megakaryocyte

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Precursor to a platelet formed in the bone marrow

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Neutrophil

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Granulocytic WBC that is the body’s primary bacterial phagocyte

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Plasma

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Fluid portion of anti-coagulated or circulating blood

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Prothrombin

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Plasma protein that is converted to thrombin in the clotting process

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Serum

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Fluid portion of coagulated blood

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Stem Cell

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Cell that has the potential to become any cell type

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Thrombin

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An enzyme that results from the activation of prothrombin; It converts fibrinogen to fibrin in the clotting process

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Thrombocyte

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Clotting cell; platelet

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