Lab Techniques Flashcards

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Functions of circulatory system

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  • delivers nutrients and oxygen
  • carries carbondioxide &waste away
  • protection
  • maintains pH and temp
  • transfers hormones
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Purpose of the heart

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  • oxygen
  • WBC
  • Waste
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What happens if the right side of your heart has problems

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Will fill with fluid

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What happens if there is a problem with the left side of the heart

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Cause lung congestion

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Heart

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Muscle that pumps blood to all parts of the body

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Mammal heart is made up of how many chambers

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Four

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Reptiles hearts have how many chambers

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Three

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What are the four chambers of the mammal heart

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Atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, an left ventricle

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Arteries

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Carries blood away from the heart. They carry oxygen rich blood

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Veins

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Generally carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart from the rest of the body

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Blood is composed of??

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40%cells

60% plasma

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Anemia

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Lack of blood

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Capillary

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A microscopic vessel that creates oxygenated blood throughout the body

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Endocardium

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A thin layer that lines the interior of the heart

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Epicardium

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A thin layer that lines the surface of the heart

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Erythrocytes

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RBC

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Hematology

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The study of the structure of blood and the tissues that form blood

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Hematopoiesis

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The production and formation of blood cells

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Hemoglobin

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The iron containing pigment in RBC the carries oxygen

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Leukocytes

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WBC

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Lymph

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Transparent, whitish yellow liquid that contains WBC

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Myocardium

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The muscular layer of the heart wall

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Nephron

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Functioning unit of the kidney that filters and extracts waste from the blood

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Pericardium

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The fibrous sac that encloses the heart

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Phagocytosis

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To ingest foreign bodies, microorganisms, and other cells

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PCV

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Packed cell volume

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Plasma

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The clear, straw colored, liquid portion of blood

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Thrombocytes

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Platelet

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Urinalysis

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A series of laboratory tests used to evaluate urine

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Zone of inhibition

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Area where the growth of bacteria is lessened or stopped

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Granulocytes

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  • produced in bone marrow
  • lobed nuclei
  • granules in cytoplasm
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Agranulocytes

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  • produced in lymphatic organs
  • round nuclei
  • no granules in cytoplasm
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Clinical hemotology

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Division of medicine that uses lab tests on blood to determine illness

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TPP

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Measurement of proteins produced mainly by the liver

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Blood film evaluation

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Used to determine the size,color, and shape of cells and abnormalities in their formation

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Filtration

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Blood enters glomerulus through different arterioles

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Reabsorbation

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Substances