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| specific gravity of blood (density) |
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| 1.045-1.065 greater than H20 |
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90% water
7% proteins
3% electrolytes, AA, nutietns, wastes, hormones |
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| components of plasma proteins |
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60% albumins
36% globulins
4% fibrinogen |
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maintain osmosis
site for hormone attachment |
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| protein for blood clotting |
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alpha/beta: transport lipids and vitamins eg LDL and HDL
gamma: antibodies (IgA) |
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4.8 mill/mm3 females
5.5 mill/mm3 males |
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| CO2 + H2O <-> H2CO3 <-> HCO3- + H+ |
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| osmotic pressure of plasma |
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same as of RBC's
300 milliosmoles |
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| reticuloendothelial system |
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| phagocytic mechanism for destroying RBC's |
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| what Fe is stored as in bone marrow in the breakdown of RBC's |
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| differentiation of hemocytoblast (stem cells) |
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form osteoblasts
phagocytic |
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origninate in thymus gland
lymphocytes |
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originate in bone marrow, differentiate into plasma cells
lymphocytes |
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| draw out blood clotting diagram |
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| starts with thromboplastin ends with fibrin |
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| produced by basophils, breaks up clots |
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| plasminogen > plasmin > clot destruction |
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| prevents platelets from sticking |
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| prevents post operation clotting |
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fluid in bags when you give blood
removes Ca++, a clotting factor |
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| break up clots in post strokes |
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| decrease in RBC due to loss of blood |
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| decrease in RBC due to bone marrow malfunction |
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| decrease in RBC's due to thalassemia and sickle cell |
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| decrease in RBC's due to no B12/ intrinsic factor |
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