Unit 6.1 Test Flashcards

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1
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Molecules that act as messengers helping control and coordinate a variety of cellular activities in the body.

A

Hormones

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2
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55% of blood volume, thinlight - colored layer consisting of white blood cells .

A

Plasma

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3
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What stops blood/promote blood clotting?

A

Platelets

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4
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The ______ system is a collection of glands and tissues responsible for secreting hormones.

A

Endocrine

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5
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____________ is the body’s tendency to mainatain conditions within appropriate limits.

A

Homeostasis

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6
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Just above the erythrocytes is a thin light-colored layer called the ________ coat containing leukocytes and platelets.

A

Buffy

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7
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RNA virus that attacks and destroys CD4 lymphocytes, there by decreasing the ability to fight infections with cell-mediated immunity

A

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)🩸🩸

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8
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The immune system’s response to its first encounter with a particular antigen

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Primary Immune Response

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9
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Polio, a crippling and sometimes deadly disease, has been eliminated from the United States and greatly reduced throughout the rest of the world, thanks to the availability of polio _______.

A

Vaccines

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10
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Sometimes the immune system begins attacking tissues that should be recognized as “self,” and these are called __________ diseases.

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Autoimmune

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11
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Infectious agent that can only replicate inside a living cell; consists of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) surrounded by particular sites on host cells.

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Virus

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12
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Programmed cell death.

A

Apoptosis

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13
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Immune systems reaction to invasion or injury characterized by release of chemicals that increase blood flow and summon white blood cells, resulting in redness, pain, warmth, and swelling.

A

Inflammation

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14
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Substances that cause an increased body temperature are called ________.

A

Pyrogens

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15
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Lymphoid organs in the back of your throat .

A

Tonsils

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16
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Large organ in the lymphatic system that filters blood.

A

Spleen

17
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The collection of molecules, cells, tissues, and organs that defend the body against infection.

A

Immune System

18
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During ______, tonsil become swollen and tender.

A

Tonsillitis

19
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Skin provides a strong barrier to __________ and toxins.

A

Pathogens

20
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Skin is home to more than a trillion cells in the body’s __________.

A

Microbiome

21
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Many bacteria that normally live on skin prevent overgrowth and invasion by disease-causing (__________) bacteria.

A

Pathogenic

22
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The process of stopping bleeding.

A

Hemostasis

23
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Inherited bleeding disorder resulting from deficiency of coagulation factors.

A

Hemophilia

24
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Upon entering the lymphatic system, this fluid is then known as ________.

A

Lymph

25
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There are tiny lymphatic capillaries in the small intestine, which are called _______.

A

Lacteals

26
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Cancer resulting from overproduction of abnormal immature leukocytes in bone marrow.

A

Leukemia

27
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Substance that triggers an immune response.

A

Antigen

28
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Category of blood based on red blood cell antigens.

A

Blood type

29
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The ultimate purpose of ________ is to protect the body from invaders.

A

Leukocytes

30
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Aplastic _________ is a disorder in which the body does not produce enough red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets.

A

Anemia

31
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The red-oxygenated-carrying-iron-containing pigment in the blood.

A

Hemoglobin

32
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The process of producing new red blood cells.

A

Erythropoiesis

33
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Blood’s cellular components can be classified into three categories, one of which is _______________, which are red blood cells

A

Erythrocytes

34
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The most severe form of sickle cell disease in which both genes for making hemoglobin’s beta chain have the mutation leading to production of hemoglobin S.

A

Sickle Cell Anemia

35
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Is an illness in which the amount of hemoglobin or the number of red cells in blood is too low

A

Anemia

36
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Because all blood passes through the kidneys frequently, kidneys are a great location to monitor blood’s ___________-carrying capacity, which depends on adequate RBCs.

A

Oxygen

37
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People who have the sickle-causing _______ in only one copy and a normal gene in the other copy have sickle cell trait.

A

Anemia

38
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_______ gives hemoglobin its ability to carry oxygen.

A

Iron