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Chapter 13: Circulatory System Flashcards

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Red blood cells transport nutrients and oxygen

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Erythrocytes

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White blood cells

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Leukocyte

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Platelets; clot blood

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Thrombocytes

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Contain heparin (prevent clotting) and histamine (involved in allergic reaction)

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Basophils

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Types of leukocytes

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Basophils 
Eosinophils
Neutrophils
Monocytes
Lymphocytes
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Phagocytic cells involved in allergic responses and parasitic infections

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Eosinophils

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Phagocytic cells that accumulate at sites of infection

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Neutrophils

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Phagocytic cells that become macrophage and digest bacteria and tissue debris

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Monocytes

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Control the immune response; make antibodies to antigens

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Lymphocytes

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Bas/o

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Base

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Chrom/o

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Color

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Coagul/o

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Clotting

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Eosin/o

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Red, dawn, rosy

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Granul/o

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Granules

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Hem/o

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Blood

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Hemoglobin/o

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Hemoglobin

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Is/o

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Same, equal

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Kary/o

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Nucleus

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Leuk/o

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White

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Mon/o

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One, single

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Morph/o

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Shape, form

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow

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Neutr/o

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Neutral

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Nucle/o

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Nucleus

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Phag/o

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Eat, swallow

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Poikil/o

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Varied, irregular

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Sider/o

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Iron

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Spher/o

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Globe, round

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Thromb/o

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Clot

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Red blood cell

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Erythrocyte

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White blood cell with reddish granules; numbers increase in allergic reactions

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Eosinophils

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Protein threads that form the basis of a clot

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Fibrin

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Method of separating out plasma proteins by electrical charge

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Electrophoresis

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Foreign material that invades the body

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Antigens

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Pigment produced from hemoglobin when red blood cells are destroyed

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Bilirubin

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An undifferentiated blood cell is called a

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Hematopoietic stem cell

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Anticoagulant found in the blood

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Heparin

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A disorder of red blood cell morphology is

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Poikilocytosis

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Deficiency in numbers of white blood cells

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Neutropenia

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Immature red blood cell

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Erythroblast

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Derived from bone marrow

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Myeloid

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Breakdown of recipients red blood cells when incompatible bloods are mixed

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Hemolysis

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Sideropenia occurs causing deficient production of hemoglobin

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Iron deficiency anemia

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Reduction in red cells due to excessive cell destruction

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Hemolytic anemia

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Failure of blood cell production due to absence of formation of cells in the bone marrow

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Aplastic anemia

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Inherited defect in ability to produce hemoglobin

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Thalassemia

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Lack of mature red cells due to inability to absorb vitamin B12 into the body

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Pernicious anemia

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Excessive deposits of iron throughout the body

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Hemochromatosis

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Symptoms of pallor, shortness of breath, infection, bleeding gums, predominance of immature and abnormally functioning leukocytes, and low numbers of mature neutrophils in a young child may indicate a diagnosis of

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Acute lymphocytic leukemia

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Excessive bleeding caused by congenital lack of factor VIII or IX

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Hemophilia

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Venous blood is clotted in a test tube

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Coagulation time

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Sample of blood is spun in a test tube so that red cells fall to the bottom and percentage of RBCs are taken

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Hematocrit

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Blood smear is examined to determine the shape or form of cells

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Red blood cell morphology

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Leukocytes are stained and counted under a microscope to see numbers of mature and immature forms

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White blood cell differential

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Venous blood is collected; anticoagulant added and the distance cells fall in a period of time is determined

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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

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Blood protein that maintains the proper proportion and concentration of water in blood

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Albumin

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Swelling; fluid leaks out into tissue spaces

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Edema

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IgM, IgC, IgA, IgD, and IgE are all

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Immunoglobulins

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Symptoms of disease return

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Relapse

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Reliving symptoms, but not curing disease

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Palliative

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White blood cell; phagocyte and precursor of a macrophage

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Monocytes

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Thrombocytes

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Platelets

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Bone marrow cell; gives rise to many types of blood cells

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Hematopoietic stem cell

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Leukocyte formed in lymph tissue; produces antibodies

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Lymphocyte

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Leukocyte with dense reddish granules; associated with allergic reactions

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Eosinophil

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Leukocyte (poly) formed in bone marrow and having a neutral-staining granule

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Neutrophil

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Leukocyte whose granules have an affinity for basic stain; releases histamine and heparin

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Basophil

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Liquid portion of blood

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Plasma

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Hormone secreted by the kidney to stimulate erythrocyte production in bone marrow

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Erythropoietin

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Proteins in plasma; can be separated into alpha, beta and gamma types

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Globulin

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Plasma protein that maintains the proper amount of water in blood

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Albumin

75
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Proteins made by lymphocytes in response to antigens in the blood

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Immunoglobulins

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Irregularity in shape

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Poikilocytosis

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Immature red cells

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Erythroblast

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Reduction of hemoglobin (color)

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Hypochromic

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Increase in numbers of small cells

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Microcytosis

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Erythremia

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Polycythemia Vera

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Increase in numbers of large cells

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Macrocytosis

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Formation of red cells

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Erythropoiesis

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Destruction of red cells

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Hemolysis

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CLL

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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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AML

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Acute myeloid leukemia

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Relieving but not curing

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Palliative

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Deficiency of all blood cells

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Pancytopenia

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Increase in numbers of granulocytes; seen in allergic conditions

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Eosinophilia

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Symptoms of disease return

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Relapse

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Multiple pinpoint hemorrhages; blood accumulates under the skin

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Purpura

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Separation of blood into its components

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Apheresis

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Symptoms of disease disappear

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Remission

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A stained red blood smear is examined to determine the shape of individual red blood cells

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Red blood cell morphology

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Measures the percentage of red blood cells in a volume of blood

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Hematocrit

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Determines the number of clotting cells per cubic millimeter

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Platelet count

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Ability of venous blood to clot in a test tube

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Coagulation time

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Measures the speed at which erythrocytes settle out of plasma

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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

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Determines the numbers of different types of WBCs

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WBC differential

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Determines the presence of antibodies in infants of Rh-negative women or patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia

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Coombs test

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Undifferentiated blood cells from a donor are infused into a patient being treated for leukemia or aplastic anemia

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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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Time it takes for a small puncture to stop bleeding

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Bleeding time

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Needle is introduced into the bone marrow cavity, and the small amount is aspirated and then examined under the microscope

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Bone marrow biopsy

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Blood is collected from and later re-infused into the same patient

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Autologous transfusion

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