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1
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A fluid connective tissue consisting of blood cells and platelets.

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Blood

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2
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Blood contains

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Dissolved protein fibers in watery ground substance

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3
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Red blood cells transport what

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Oxygen and carbon dioxide

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4
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White blood cell function

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Fight off infections

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5
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Platelets and dissolved proteins help with

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Clotting

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6
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Blood makes up what percent of body mass

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8

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7
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How many liters of blood are produced each day in women and men?

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Women= 4-5

Male=5-6

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8
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Blood has what components when separated by centrifuge?

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Plasma, Buffy coat, and erythrocytes

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9
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Plasma makes up

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55% of whole blood

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10
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What is in plasma

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Water, proteins, and other solutes such as electrolytes and nutrients

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11
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The Buffy coat makes up

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Less than 1% of whole blood

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12
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The Buffy coat is made up of

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Platelets and leukocytes (WBC)

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13
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Erythrocytes make up

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45% of whole blood

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14
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Red blood cells are also called

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Erythrocytes

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15
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What is the most dense and least dense component in blood when separated by centrifuge

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Least dense is plasma, most dense is erythrocytes

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16
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Percentage of volume of all formed elements in the blood, attributed by percentage of volume in red blood cells

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Hematocrit

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17
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What is the hematocrit in males and females

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Males= 42-56%, Females=38-46%

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18
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The most abundant of the plasma proteins

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Albumin

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19
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Function of albumin

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Retain water in blood and transport hormones

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20
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Function of fibrinogen

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Help with clot formation

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21
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Function of globulins

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Transport lipids

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22
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What are the main blood proteins

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Albumin, fibrinogen, and globulins

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23
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Lack nuclei and organelles

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Erythrocytes

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24
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Erythrocytes transport

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Oxygen and carbon dioxide

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25
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Erythrocytes contain

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Hemoglobin, which binds oxygen and carbon dioxide

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26
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What is an important component of hemoglobin

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Iron

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27
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Average life span of erythrocytes

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120 days, broken down in liver

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28
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Heme ( hemoglobin without iron) is converted into

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Bilirubin, component of bile

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29
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Iron is transpired from the

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Liver to bone marrow for recycling

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30
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Erythrocytes originate in

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Red bone marrow

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31
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Erythrocytes function how

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Anaerobically, not using oxygen they transport

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32
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There is a lot of what in the oxygen carrying hemoglobin

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Cytoplasm

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33
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Main function of erythrocytes

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Transport oxygen to tissues

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34
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Wrights stain is often used on

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Blood smears

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35
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Heme components are

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Biliverdin in bile of liver, and iron stored by ferritin in liver

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36
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Erythrocyte membranes protein and globin proteins are broken down into

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Amino acids

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37
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The plasma membrane of an erythrocyte has surface antigens that

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Project from the surface

38
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Red blood cells can have what type of antigens

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A, B, A and B or neither A ans B

39
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Type A blood

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Red blood cells have surface antigen A

40
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Type B blood

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Red blood cells have surface antigen B

41
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Type AB blood

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Red blood cells have A and B surface antigens

42
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Type O blood

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Red blood cells don’t have surface A or B antigen

43
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White blood cells produce antibodies to

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Surface antigens not found on an individuals red blood cells

44
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White blood cells antibodies help to

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Identify when foreign cells enter the body

45
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A person with type A has what type of antibodies

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Anti B in blood plasma

46
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A person with type B has what type of antibodies

47
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A person with type AB blood has what type of antibodies

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Neither anti A or anti B

48
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A person with type O blood has what kind of antibodies

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Both Anti A and anti B

49
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If a person receives a blood transfusion that’s incompatible, antibodies…

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Bind to the antigen surface and red blood cell clumps bind together (agglutination)

50
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A person with type AB blood is a

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Universal recipient

51
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A person with type O blood is a

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Universal donor

52
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Another common surface antigen on erythrocytes is also called a

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Rh antigen

53
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Rh antigen is also called

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Surface antigen D

54
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When rh is present on the antigen, the individual is said to be

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Rh positive

55
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A rh positive person doesn’t produce

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Rh antibodies

56
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A person only produces antibodies if they are

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Negative and are exposed to Rh positive blood

57
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Leukocytes function

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Initiate an immune response

58
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Leukocytes characteristics include….

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Have a nucleus, organelles, and are divided into granulocytes and agranulocytes

59
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Wright’s stain consists of

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Eosin, red, and methylene, blue.

60
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Granulocytes have granules in their

61
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Three granulocytes types

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Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils

62
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Multi-lobed nucleus, pale red and blue cytoplasmic granules

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Neutrophils

63
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Neutrophils function

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Phagocytize bacteria

64
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Bi-lobed nuclei, reddish organs granules

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Eosinophils

65
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Functions of eosinophils

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Phagocytize antigen-antibody complexes and allergens; release chemical mediators to destroy parasitic worms

66
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Bi-lobed nucleus, purplish/black cytoplasmic granules

67
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Function of basophils

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Release histamine and heparin during allergic or inflammatory reactions

68
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Type of antigen that produces an abnormally aggressive immune response

69
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Have such small granules in their cytoplasm they aren’t visible under the microscope

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Agranulocytes

70
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Three types of lymphocytes

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T, B, and natural killer cells

71
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Large spherical nucleus, thin rim of pale blue cytoplasm

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Lymphocyte

72
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Lymphocyte function

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Attack pathogens, coordinate immune cell activity, and produce antibodies

73
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Kinsey shaped nucleus, abundant pale blue cytoplasm

74
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Functions of monocytes

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Become macrophages, phagocytize pathogens, and engulf debris

75
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Platelets (thrombocytes) function

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Form clots in response to damage

76
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Irregular membrane bound cellular fragments of cells called

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Megakaryocytes

77
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Megakaryocytes are found in

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Red bone marrow

78
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Parts of the Megakaryocytes…

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Pinch off and enter blood stream

79
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A low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) makes one

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Prone to bleeding

80
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Malignancy, cancer resulting in uncontrolled proliferation of white blood cells in bone marrow

81
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Excessively low erythrocyte or hemoglobin concentrations

82
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Abnormal excess of erythrocytes in blood

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Polycythemia

83
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Defect in hemoglobin molecule in the blood, abnormal RBCs

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Sickle cell disease

84
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Abnormally low concentration of platelets in blood

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Thrombocytopenia

85
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Hemopoisesis is the production of

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Blood cells, occurs in red bone mardie

86
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Stem cells are called

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Hematocytoblasts

87
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Hematocytoblasts can produce

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Myeloid or lymphoid stem cells

88
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The lymphoid stem cells give rise to the

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Three types of lymphocytes, while the myeloid stem cells produce all the other blood cells

89
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produced by defense cells to help protect against pathogens

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Immunoglobulins

90
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How many types of white blood cells are there…

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Neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, eosinophils, and basophils

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