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Ch.26 Flashcards

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The liquid portion of blood is called

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Plasma

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What condition results in a lower than normal white blood cell count

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Leukopenia

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Clot that forms on the side of the blood vessel with no known injury

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Thrombus

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Gases resolved in plasma

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Oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide

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What plasma protein activates to create a mesh that entraps blood cells & plateles

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Fibrinogen

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A person with type A can donate red blood cells to

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Type A & type AB

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What is responsible for producing platelets

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Megakaryocytic

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A person with Type B can receive blood from

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Type O & Type B

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People with type AB blood have

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Neither antibody A nor B in their plasma

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What electrolytes dissolve in plasma

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Calcium, magnesium, and sulfate

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Type O blood is called

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Universal donor (blood can be given to most people)

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Erythrocytes will bind to what

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Antibodies

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What protein was first discovered on RBCs of rhesus monkeys

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Rh antigen

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A child born with erythroblastosis fetalis has

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Rh-negative female mate with an Rh-positive male

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What blood type has neither A or B antigens on the surface of their RBCs

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Type O blood

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Kidney failure, Bone marrow disorder, chronic blood cells, and iron deficiency are all caused by

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Anemia

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A person with Rh-negative is given Rh-positive blood, the Rh-negative blood will make

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Antibodies that could bind to Rh antigens on second exposure

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What blood disorder is characterized by dyspnea on exertion, swollen (non-tender) lymph nodes

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Leukemia

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Difficult breathing, excessive bleeding, enlarged spleen, reddened skin, is called

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Polycythemia Vera

20
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What causes RBCs to change to a crescent shape

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Sickle cell anemia

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A defective hemoglobin chain that primarily occurs in patients of Mediterranean descent is called

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What produces a large number of abnormal WBCs that prevent normal WBCs from carrying out their defective functions is called

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What bone marrow disease results in an abnormal high number of erythrocytes causing the blood to thicken

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Polycythemia Vera

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What does Diapedesis mean

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Leukocyte mobility through blood vessel walls

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How can erythroblastosis fetalis be prevented in the fetus
Give the mother the drug RhoGAM
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What is the liquid portion of a centrifuge blood sample called and a liquid without clotting factors
Plasma & Serum
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What organs are responsible for the destruction of aged RBCs
Spleen & Liver
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What would you expect to see in a differential WBC as possible evidence of such infection
Increased eosinophils
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What antigens are found in RBCs of individuals with type O blood
None
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Thrombocyte count of 50,000 would indicate
An inability to adequately control bleeding
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Bone marrow producing large number of abnormal WBCs preventing the healthy WBCs from properly working is called
Leukemia
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The term for the smallest plasma proteins is called
Albumins
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What do you call a Rh-negative with a Rh-positive that later has another Rh-positive fetus
Erythroblastosis fetalis
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Above normal number of WBCs in a given sample is called
Leukocytosis
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What is the first event that occurs after an injury (helps stop the flow of blood)
Blood vessel spasm
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Define Leukocytosis
Excessive WBC counts in the blood
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What has a large, round, single-lobed nucleus and no granules in the cytoplasm
Lymphocytes
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Erythrocytes are
RBCs
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A defective hemoglobin, resulting in small, pale, short-lived RBCs is called
Sickle cell anemia
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An abnormal RBC count of 3.4 million/mL is what condition
Anemia
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The pigment of a "orange-colored" on babies is called
Bilirubin
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What element does a buffy coat of a centrifuged blood sample called
Leukocytes
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The term of the plasma proteins involved in blood clotting is called
Fibrinogen
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The blood cell that absorbs blue stain best, having nuclei with two lobes is called
Basophil
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Blood cell having distinct nuclei with three or more lobes is called
Neutrophil
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Another name for platelets and formed from one type of WBC are called
Thrombocytes & Megakaryocyte
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