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Chapter 18: Blood Flashcards

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Cardiovascular system refers to?

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Just the heart and blood vessels

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What is the circulatory system?

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The heart blood vessels and blood

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Hematology is the study of what?

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Blood

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What are the main functions of blood?

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Transport - nutrients hormones gasses
Protection- inflammation destroy invading organisms neutralize toxins
Regulation- fluid distribution ph body temperature

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What is plasma?

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Liquid portion of blood including albumins globulins fibrinogen

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What is serum ?

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Plasma munis the fibrinogen

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What precursor cell produced erythrocytes?

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Pluripotent stem cell

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Nitric acid does what in the blood?

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Vasodilates and increases blood flow

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What is polycythemia?

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Excess rbc

Either from cancerous rbc or from lack of fluid

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What is anemia?

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Most common blood disorder.
Inadequate rbc or hemoglobin excessive bleeding or destruction of rbc
Can cause kidney failure iron deficiency lack of vitamin b12

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Which type of cell is the least abundant formed element in the blood?

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Leukocytes

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How is a leukocyte formed?

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Cytokines (colony stimulating factor) stimulate other leukocytes and stem cells to make more cells.

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Which leukocytes are granulocytes?

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Neutrophils eosinophils and basophils

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Which leukocytes are agranulocytes?

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Lymphocytes and monocytes

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What kind of infection would have an increase in neutrophils?

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Bacterial infection
Neutrophils phagocytize Bacteria
First to arrive at a wound site

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Eosinophils are presents during what type of infection.

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Parasitic and allergic reactions

Enzymes break down parasites

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Which leukocyte responds to chicken pox diabetes polycythemia and ectoparasites ?

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Basophils

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What are the functions of a lymphocyte?

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Immune response to infections that are specific
Responsible for destroying cancer foreign cells and virally infected cells

Immune antibodies and immune memory

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Which leukocyte is the largest and responsible for viral infections and inflammation?

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Monocytes

Turn into macrophages to phagocytize pathogens and debris

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What is leukemia?

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Cancer in hemopoietic tissues.
Myeloid uncontrolled granulocytes production (neutrophils eosinophils and basophils )
Lymphoid uncontrolled agranulocytes ( monocytes and leukocytes)

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What is leukopenia?

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Low white blood cell count

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Platelets are formed from?

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Thrombopoietin made in the liver and kidneys

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Describe hemostasis

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Vascular spasm vasoconstriction platelets gather
Platelet plug formation collagen fibers extend and latest caught in fibers
Blood clot stops fluid from escaping

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