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| Bones arranged along the veritcal line that passes through the body from head to space between feet. Head, spinal cord. |
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| What is appendicular skeleton? |
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| Upper and lower extremities and the bones that attach the extremities to the axis of the body. |
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| What are the five types of white blood cells? |
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| Basophils (helps with inflammation), neutrophils (phagocytosis during inflammation), lymphocytes(immune responses), monocytes (defense against worms and bacteria), eosinohils (fat removal from blood). |
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| Red blood cells. Carry oxygen and carbon dioxide. Biconcave disks. Contain hemoglobin. Originate from stem cels in the bone marrow. |
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| White blood cells responsible for housekeeping and defense; derived from bone marrow. Two types of WBC: 1. Granulocytes (have granules in cytoplasm) and include neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils; 2. Agranulocytes; have no granules; include monocytes and lymphocytes. |
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| Platelets: function is hemostasis; helps to clot the blood. |
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| What are the two main functions of white blood cells? |
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| Housekeeping and defense. |
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| what is the immature stage of a platelet? |
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| What is the function of hemoglobin? |
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| What is albumin and what happens to the body when there is not enough of it? |
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| Albumin moves water in and out of the blood. Also carries chemicals like swastes and therapeutic drugs. If there is not enough, it causes edema. |
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| What cell do all blood cells come from? |
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| what makes up hemoglobin? |
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| An iron-containing pigment molecule that binds with oxygen, forming oxyhemoglobin. |
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| What is erythropoietin and where does it come from? |
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| Erythropoietin stimulates bone marrow to produce more red blood cells in the kidneys when the oxygen in the blood drops too low. |
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What are the different blood types and how are they identified? |
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A (has A markers),B (has B markers), AB (has both markers) and O (has neither markers); determined by proteins on the surface of the red blood cells. |
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| What happens when incompatible blood is mixed? |
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| Agglutination takes place |
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| Idenitify normal lab value ranges for RBC, WBC, Platelets, Hemoglobin and Hematocrit. |
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| RBC: 4.2-6.1 WBC: 4.3 - 10.8 Platelets: 140,000-450,000 Hemoglobin: M: 13-16, F: 12-15 Hematocrit: M: 40-52%, F: 37-46%, CHild: 31-43% |
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| Helps prevent blood loss. |
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