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| What percent of blood is plasma and what percent is formed elements? |
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55% plasma
45% formed elements |
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| What percent of plasma is madeof proteins? |
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| Plasma without clotting factors, straw colored liquid |
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| What are formed elements? |
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| % of RBC solid particles below plasma |
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| What are the 5 types of formed elements? |
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| Erythrocytes, Thrombocytes, Leucocytes and Agranular Lymphocytes and Agranular monocytes |
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| Name 3 granular WBC, Leucocytes |
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| Basophil, Eosinophil, and Neutrophil |
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| Lymphocytes and Monocytes |
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| What type of cell is a macrophage? |
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| White blood cell, agranulated Monocyte |
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| What type of cells are T helper cells? |
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| Agranular Lymphocytes that aid in cellular immunity and antibody immunity |
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| What type of cells are T killer cells/ |
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| Agranular lymphocytes that fight virally infected cells |
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| What type of cells are B-cells? |
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| Agranular leucocytes that are an antibody production -destroy bacteria |
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| There are 2 types of B-cells, what are they? |
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| Plasma cells that produce antibodies and Memory cells that fight future invasions because they have memory |
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| What is the structure of an erythrocyte? |
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| Does an erythrocyte have a nucleus? |
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| What is another name for no nucleus in an erythrocyte? |
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| What is another name for no nucleus in an erythrocyte? |
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| Does an erythrocyte have metabolism? |
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| Why doesnt a RBC have a nucleus and metabolize? |
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| Because we want to carry oxygen, not use it up |
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| What percent of cell weight is hemoglobin? |
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| What is a hematocrit variation? |
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| Difference between male and females. Males 40 to 54% and Females 38 - 46% |
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| What is the production of RBC called? |
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| What is a cell called just before it becomes an erythrocyte? |
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| Around the reticulocyte stage of becoming a RBC, what happens? |
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| What is a glycoprotein that stimulates erythropoiesis? |
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| What is the stimulus for release of erythropoietin? |
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| Hypoxia (lack of O2) in the kidney causes release of renal erythrypoietic factor that is a precurser to erythropoietin |
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| What does the reticulocyte count measure? |
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| Measures rate of erythropoiesis |
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| What is a High RC indicative of? |
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| Reticulocyte count high is indicative of bleeding, internal, hemolysis, and Iron Therapy response |
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| What is a low RC indicative of- reticulocyte count? |
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| Low RC- anemia, leukemia, hemmorhagic, aplastic-damaged bone marrow |
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