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Module 11 vocab Flashcards

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Plasma

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The fluid portion of the blood, which is mostly water

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Viscosity

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The resistance to flow and alteration of shape due to cohesion

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Formed elements of blood

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The cells and cell parts of blood produce by the bone marrow

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Erythrocytes

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Red blood cells, which carry the oxygen in blood

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Leukocytes

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White blood cells, which perform various defensive functions in blood

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Platelets

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Cell fragments in blood, which help prevent blood loss

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Diapedesis

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Passage of any formed element of blood through the blood vessel and into the tissue spaces

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Chemotaxis

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Attractions of cells to chemical stimuli

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Hemopoiesis

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The process by which the former elements of blood (blood cells) are made in the body

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Hemostasis

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The process by which the body stops blood loss

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Coagulation factors

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Proteins in blood plasma, which help, initiate the blood coagulation process

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Antigen

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A protein or carbohydrate that, when introduced in The blood, triggers the production of an antibody

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Arteries

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Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

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Capillaries

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Tiny, thin-walled blood vessels that allow the exchange of gases and nutrients between the blood and cells

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Veins

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Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart

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Pulmonary circulation

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Circulation of the blood over the air sacs of the lungs

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Systemic circulation

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Circulation of the blood through the other tissues of the body

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Systolic phase

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The phase of the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles contract

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Diastolic phase

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The phase of the cardiac cycle in the high the ventricles relax

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Cardiac cycle

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One complete round of stystole and diastole

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Arterioles

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The smallest arteries that still have three tunics

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Venules

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Small veins that do not have three tunics but instead have only en endothelium, a basement membrane, and a few smooth muscle cells

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