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Lesson 8, Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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Transport medium

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the role blood is playing when it moves substances from one place to another

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2
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Interstitial space

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The space surrounding cells

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Regulatory tissue

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The role blood is playing when it helps you maintain your normal body temperature

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4
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Viscosity

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A measure of a fluid’s resistance to flow

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Plasma

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The liquid portion of blood

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Erythrocytes

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Red blood cells

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Leukocytes

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white blood cells

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8
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Thrombocytes

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Platelets

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Hemoglobin

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Molecules in red blood cells that bind to oxygen

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10
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Biconcave

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Thinner in the middle

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11
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Globins

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The four proteins that make up a hemoglobin molecule

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12
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Alpha and Beta Chains

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The specific names of the globins that make up a hemoglobin molecule

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13
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Heme

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A flat molecule inside hemoglobin

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14
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Iron

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The element that oxygen binds to in a hemoglobin molecule

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15
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Amoeba

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A one-celled animal that can change its shape

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16
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Diapedesis

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The ability of some white blood cells to squeeze through the walls of blood vessels

17
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Chemotaxis

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The movement towards something due to a chemical signal

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Neutrophils and monocytes

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white blood cells that kill bacteria and viruses by phagocytosis

19
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Phagocytosis

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Surrounding and engulfing something

20
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Macrophages

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What monocytes are called when they leave the bloodstream

21
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Basophils

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white blood cells that release heparin and histamine

22
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Inflammation

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increased blood flow and swelling of tissue

23
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Heparin

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A chemical that keeps blood from clotting by acting as a blood thinner

24
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Eosinphils

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White blood cells that decrease inflammation

25
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Lymphocytes

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White blood cells that secrete antiobodies

26
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Platelets

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Smallest of all blood cells; involved in blood clotting

27
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Antibodies

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Proteins that only attack one kind of germ

28
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Fibrin

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Fibers that help form a platelet plug

29
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Platelet plug

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A plug formed of platelets and fibrin which stop the bleeding of a small wound

30
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Thrombus

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Another name for a platelet plug

31
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Hemostasis

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The stopping of the flow of blood

32
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Histamine

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A chemical released by basophils that cause infalmmation

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