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| Blood is composed of CELLS |
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| Clear, straw colored liquid |
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| RBC & WBC Arise from these blood-forming cells |
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| Stem cells change their size & shape to become diffenntiated |
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| All blood cells originate in the bone marrow |
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| Destruction of blood cells; leads to death |
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MONOCYTE THT MIGRATES FROM BLOOD TO TISSUE SPACES
LARGE PHAGOCYTE |
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| Hormone secreted by kidney, stimulates RBC production |
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Protein composed of
HEME (iron containing pigmant)
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GLOBIN (protein)
Enables RBC to carry Oxygen |
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| ERYTHROBLAST TO ERYTHROCYTE |
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| AS RBC MATURES: LOSES NUCLEUS |
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| HEME RELEASES IRON & DECOMPOSES INTO YELLOW/ORANGE PIGMANT: BILIRUBIN |
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GRANULOCYTE
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POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTE
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MOST NUMEROUS WBC
BASOPHIL
EOSINOPHIL
NEUTROPHIL |
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| GRANULOCYTIC WBC W/ GRANULES THAT STAIN BLUE WHEN EXPOSED TO BASIC DYE |
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CONTAIN GRANULES THAT STAIN W/ EOSIN (RED ACIDIC DYE)
INCREASE IN ALLERGIC RESPONSES & ENGULF SUBSTANCES THAT TRIGGER ALLERGY |
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CONTAIN NEUTRAL GRANULES
(DO NOT STAIN)
PHAGOCYTES: INGEST/DESTROY BACTERIA |
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| PROTEIN; MAINTAINS PROPER H2O IN BLOOD |
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PROTEIN PRODUCED BY LYMPHOCYTES IN RESPONSE TO BACTERIA/VIRUS/OTHER ANTIGENS
ANTIBODY IS SPECIFIC TO ANTIGEN & INACTIVATES IT |
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COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR
(CSF) |
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| PROTEIN THT STIMULATES GROWTH/PROLIFERATION OF WBCs |
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| PROTEIN THREADS THAT FORM BASIS OF BLOOD CLOT |
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| PLASMA PROTEIN THT IS CONVERTED TO FIBRIN IN CLOTTING PROCESS |
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PART OF BLOOD CONTAINING DIFF PLASMA PROTEINS
IMMUNOGLOBULINS & ALPHA & BETA GLOBULINS ARE EXAMPLES |
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| WBC W/ NUMEROUS DARK-STAINING GRANULES: EOSINOPHIL, NEUTROPHIL, BASOPHIL |
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RESPONSE OF IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FOREIGN INVASION |
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PROTEIN W/ ANTIBODY ACTIVITY;
IMMUN/O MEANS NO PROTECTION |
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MONONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTE THT PRODUCES ANTIBODIES |
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| LG PLATELET PRECURSOR CELL FOUND IN BONE MARROW |
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LG MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTIC LEUKOCYTE FORMED IN BONE MARROW
MONOCYTES BECOME MACROPHAGES AS THEY LEAVE BLOOD & ENTER BODY TISSUE |
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| P/T A CELL (LEAUKOCYTE) W/ A SINGLE ROUND NUCLEUS; LYMPHOCYTES ARE MONONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES |
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REMOVAL OF PLASMA FROM WITHDRAWN BLOOD BY CENTRIFUGE.
COLLECTED CELLS ARE RETRANSFUSED BACK INTO DONOR.
FRESH-FROZEN PLASMA OR SALT SOLUTION IS USED TO REPLACE WITHDRAWN PLASMA |
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| PLASMA PROTEIN; CONVERTED TO THROMBIN IN CLOTTING PROCESS |
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IMMATURE ERYTHROCYTE W/ A NETWORK OF STRANDS THT ARE SEEN AFTER STAINING THE CELL W/ SPECIAL DYES |
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ANTIGEN ON RBCs OF Rh-POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
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PLASMA MINUS CLOTTING PROTEINS & CELLS
CLEAR/YELLOWISH FLUID THT SEPARATES FROM BLOOD WHEN ITS ALLOWED TO CLOT
IT IS FORMED FROM PLASMA, BUT DOESN'T CONTAIN PROTEIN-COAGULATION FACTORS |
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| UNSPECIALIZED CELL THT FIVES RISE TO MATURE, SPECIALIZED FORMS |
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| ENZYME THT CONVERTS FIBRINOGEN TO FIBRIN DURING COAGULATION |
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