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- Transportation of dissolved gases, nutrients, hormones and waste products
- Defense (relationship with the immune system)
- pH and electrolyte balance
- Temperature control
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| Plasma accounts for ___% of blood. |
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- Water
- Electrolytes (ions)
- Plasma proteins
- Dissolved gases
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| Important plasma proteins (2). |
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Immunoglobulins (antibodies)
Fibrinogen (produces fibrin for blood clotting) |
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| Diameter of red blood cells. |
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| Red blood cells make up ____% of blood. |
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| Hematocrit in women ____%; hematocrit in men _____%. |
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| Average lifespan of a red blood cell |
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| Removal of worn out cells is done by the _______, the ___________ and the _____________. |
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| liver; spleen; bone marrow |
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| White blood cells make up ____% of all blood cells. |
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| Two classes of white blood cells. |
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| Granulocytes; Agranulocytes |
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| Three types of granulocytes. |
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| Neutrophils, Eosinophils; Basophils |
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| ____ % of white blood cells are neutrophils. |
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| Eosinophils make up ____% of white blood cells and take part in defence against ______________. |
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| Basophils make up less than ____ % of the white blood cells. |
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| Basophils contain ___________ and ___________. |
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| Two types of agranulocytes. |
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| Monocytes make up ____% of the white blood cells. |
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| Monocytes become _________ when they move out of the blood. |
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| Lymphocytes are _______ long. |
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| Granulocytes have a diameter of ____ microns. |
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| Lymphocytes make up ____ % of the white blood cells. |
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| Lymphocytes are found in the lymphatic system of ____________, _____________ and ________________ |
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| The differential count of neutrophils; eosinophils; basophils; lymphocytes and monocytes. |
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neutrophils: 40-75%
eosinophils: 1-6%
basophils: <1%
lymphocytes: 20-50%
monocytes: 2-10% |
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| Platelets are also known as _________. |
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| Platelets are formed in _____________ from _____________. |
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| bone marrow; megakaryocytes |
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| Platelets are ___ microns in diameter. |
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| Blood cells are formed from ___________________. |
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| multipotential stem cells |
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| Multipotential stem cells differentiate into five different ____________________. |
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| Five types of unipotentail stem cells. |
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- Unipotent erythrocyte stem cell
- Unipotent lymphocyte stem cell
- Unipotent monocyte stem cell
- Unipotent granulocyte stem cell
- Unipotent megakaryocyte stem cell
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| Unipotent granulocyte stem cell can be further divided into: _____________ promyelocytes, _____________ promyelocytes and _____________ promyelocytes |
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| neutrophilic; eosinophilic; basophilic |
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