Blood Composition | Formed Elements | Blood Types | Blood Terms | Blood Clotting |
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Plasma
What is the liquid part of blood?
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Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets
The three main formed elements are...
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Universal donor: Type O-
Universal Recipient: Type AB+
What is the universal donor AND the universal recipient blood?
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Leukocytosis
An abnormally high white blood cell count is a condition called...
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Coagulation
Blood clotting is also known as...
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Blood Serum
Plasma minus its clotting factors is...
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Red blood cells
Erythrocytes can also be called...
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Type A antigen
Anti-B antibodies
In type A blood, what antigen and antibodies are present?
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Hematocrit
What test measures total blood volume made up by red blood cells?
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Prothrombin activator
After an injury, clotting factors react to form what?
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Formed Elements
In the blood plasma, there are many different...
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Myeloid tissue and lymphatic tissue
What two kinds of tissue make blood cells for the body?
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The presence of the Rh antigen
What does the + or - stand for in a blood type?
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Thrombosis
The formation of a clot in a blood vessel is known as...
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Thrombin
Prothrombin is converted to what after platelets accumulate?
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55%
Plasma makes up what percentage of the blood?
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Immune defenses
What is the purpose of a monocyte?
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Type AB
Which blood type has both self-antigens and no antibodies?
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Excessive acid in the blood (low blood pH)
Acidosis is...
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Fibrinogen
Thrombin reacts with this to form fibrin
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Plasma proteins
What is the most abundant type of solute in the plasma?
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B lymphocyte
Which blood cell has the purpose of antibody production?
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An antibody
A substance made by the body in response to stimulation by an antigen is...
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Anemia
What condition results in an inability of the blood to carry sufficient oxygen to the body cells?
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Anticoagulants -
Pradaxa, Coumadin (warfarin), Lovenox
What can be used to treat thrombosis and embolisms?** Bonus - Give a specific name of one of these treatments
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