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| The Three basix cells that comprise the cellular portion of blood are: |
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1. Erythrcytes
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| How much blood does the average person have in the body? |
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| The fluid portion of blood is called? |
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| How much of the blood volume does plasma constitute? |
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| Erythrocytes are the first cellular component and constitute approximately ___ of the total blood volume. |
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| The oxygen-carrying pigment of the erythrocytes is called |
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| White blood cells are called |
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| The major function of these cells is to defent the body against infection |
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| The five main types of leukocytes are divided into two basic categories. What are they? |
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| The Grandular Leukocytes are? |
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Neutrophil
Eosinophils
Basophils |
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| The Agranular leukocytes are? |
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| Thhrombocytes or platelets are tiny bits of cytoplasm that have broken off fromthe large cells inthe bone marrow called |
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| Platelets play a major role in |
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| Medical reports often list short forms for hematocrit, segmented neutrophils, Basophils, Eosinophils, & Lymphocytes. These terms are? |
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Hematocrit - Crit
Segmented neutrophils - segs
Basophils - Basos
Eosinophils - eos
Lymphocytes - lymphs |
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| Hemoglobin serves what purpose? |
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| The heart is roughly the size of a? |
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| The right venticle pumps blood throught the? |
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| pulmonary trunk and into the lungs |
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| The left ventricle pumps blood through the? |
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| aorta and into the systemic arteries |
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| The contraction of the heart chanbers is called? |
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| The relaxation of the heart chambers is called? |
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| Carries blood away from the heart |
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| Carries blood toward the heart |
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| Wher gases, nutrients, etc. are exchanged |
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| its primary function is delivery of blood to every cell of the body |
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| Transport blood away from the heart |
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| Where exchanges of gases, nutrients, elecctrolytes, hormones, and other fcomponents take place |
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| Relaxation of the heart chambers. |
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| Part of the complete blood count that includes the number of leukocytes in the blood. |
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| One of three basic cells that compris the cellular portion of the blood (Red Blood Cells) |
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| Percentage of red blood cells in a complete blood count. |
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| oxygen-carrying pigment of the erythrocytes. |
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| Another name for white blood cells, their major function is to defend the body against infecting organisms. |
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| Large cells found in the bone marrow. |
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| Fluid portion of the blood |
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| Also called thrombocytes, they play a major role in blood clotting. |
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| Contraction of the heart chambers. |
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| Play a major role in blood clotting. |
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| Transport blood towards the heart |
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| Pumps blood to specific parts of the body. the right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs, and the left ventricle pumps blood to the systemic arteries. |
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| The major systemic artery; this is the artery from which all others arise. |
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| This ascends from the left ventricle in the heart. The only branches off the ascending aorta are the right and left coronary arteries, which serves myocardium (middle or muscle layer) of the heart. |
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| After ascending and supplying the heart, the aorta arches posteriorly and to the left. This is know as the aortic arch. there are three vessels that come off of the aortic arch. |
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| Onne of the three vessels coming off the aortic arch. Also called innominate artery. |
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| One of the three vessels coming off the aortic arch. |
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| One of the three vessels coming off the aortic arch. |
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| This is a continuation of the aortic arch as it descends through the thoracic (chest) cavity to the diaphragm. it is a very large vessel and divides into major branches to the organs and muscles of the chest. |
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| These arteries enter the heart. |
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| These are for circulation to the lungs. |
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| These enter the esophsgus as it passes through the mediastinum. |
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| There are several cervical arteries: ascending cervical artery, deep cervical artery, descending cervical artery, superficial cervical artery, and transverse cervical artery. These are in the cervical (neck) area. |
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| There is an inferior thyroid as well as an inferior thyroid artery of Cruveilhier, a lowest thryroid artery, and a thyrocervical trunk from which many arteries branc out. |
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| There is a descending scapular artery, dorsal scapular artery, scapular circumflex artery, and transverse scapular artery. In addition to strictly scapular arteries, there are also the suprascapular and subscapular arteries. These surround and/or supply the scapula. |
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