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| transports dissolved nutrients, gases, hormones and wastes through the body |
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| process by which blood develops |
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| 60% of the blood's volume |
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| albumins, globulins and fibrinogen |
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| maintain the blood's osmotic pressure |
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| transports nutrients to cells in the immune system |
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| plasma protein precursor to important factor in blood clotting |
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| most abundant cells in the blood (99% total cellular component) |
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| iron-containing protein (red color of RBC's) |
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| 1/3rd weight of RBC, carries 97% of the blood's oxygen |
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| salvaged iron from dead RBC's return to here |
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| production site for RBC's, WBC's and Megakaryocytes |
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| crucial to blood clotting |
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| sequence of responses that stops bleeding |
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| enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of fibrinogen into fibrin |
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| adhere to one another to create a sticky network to trap RBC's and other platelets, increasing density of clot |
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| eventually produces a "scab" |
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| clotting in an unbroken blood vessel, could result in an embolism |
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| % of total blood volume occupied by RBC's |
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| the formation of just RBC's |
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| 1% of total cellular component of blood |
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| protects the body from viruses and bacteria |
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| 60-70% of WBC's are these |
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| granulocyte; phagocytize bacteria |
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| granulocyte; phagocytize parasitic infections, allergens and inflammatory diseases |
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| 0.5-1% of WBC's are these |
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| granulocyte; large but hidden nucleus; secretes histamine (vasodilator) |
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| 25-33% of WBC's are these |
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| agranulocyte; destroys foreign cells (incl. cancer); "secret antibodies" serve as our immune memory |
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| largest of all blood cells; phagocytize pathogens and debris of dead cells |
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| macrophages; "suicide cells" |
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| transportation (o2, nutrients, etc), protection (against blood loss and disease) and regulation (ph, body temp. and water) |
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