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Describe the relationship between the cardiovascular system and the repiratory system |
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mutually dependent on each other, ventilation/profusion to be eficient |
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What is the largest organ in the body and which system is it a part of? |
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skin, integumentary system |
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Why do medical assistants need to know about all the systems of the body? |
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body systems are integrated. disease in on organ probably has manifested to others. |
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How many bones are in the human body? |
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the production of blood cells in the bone marrow |
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Which bones are responsible for hematopoiesis? |
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The nervous system is composed of what two divisions? |
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centeral nervous and peripheral nervous system |
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What organs/structures make up the urinary system? |
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kidney, ureter, bladder, sphincter, urethra |
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What would glucose in your urine possibly indicate? |
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Which cellular component is responsible for creating a cellular compartment that is separate from the extra cellular body fluids? |
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Plasma Membrane (cell membrane) |
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Which of the following best describes the cytoplasm? |
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The fluid portion of the inside of the cell. |
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For what cellular task is the organelle mitochondrion responsible? |
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Cellular energy production |
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Make the association: Ventral:anterior posterior:? |
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The opposite of lateral is: |
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Which of the following best describes the frontal plane? |
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To which system does the adrenal gland belong |
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In terms of feedback loops, which of the following are true? |
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positive feedback is primarily up regulation |
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Which layer of the skin is avascular? |
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Muscles in the leg are found: |
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In the lower extremity below the knee |
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The radius and ulna run through which part of the body? |
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Blood in the stool that can not be seen is sometimes described as: |
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-itis is the suffix describing inflamation. The word that best describes inflamation in the liver is: |
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Which of the following organisms require the use of the host's reproductive machinery? |
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The main function of sweating (diaphoresis) |
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Thermoregulation of the body |
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Hair and nails are composed of whcih of the following proteins? |
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Parathyroid hormone plays a significant role in the metabolism of: |
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Which of the following diseases are associated with insulin? |
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The parasypathetic nervous system is a direct branch of: |
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the sutonomic nervous system |
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What is the number of chromosomes in male and female gametes? |
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Which parts of the lungs are over perfused with respect to the rest of the lung? |
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The treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning is high inspired 02. What is the mechanism for its efficacy? |
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Oxygen competes for binding on heme |
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match perfusion and bentilation in the lung |
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Which structure movees mucus in the air-ways to the parynx? |
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The term for inflamation in the kidney is: |
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Which of the following structures connect the kidney to the urinary bladder? |
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A device used in the office to measure obstruction due to asthma is called? |
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Which organ(s) are involved in regulating the pH of the body? |
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A person presents with rhinorrhea as a result of a cold. The rhinorrhea is most likely due to: |
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The liver would best be described as an organ of the: |
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Which of the following best describe the differences between the terms gastritis and gastroeneritis? |
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Gastroenteritis is inflamation of the digeestive tract |
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Muscular arteries are lined with: |
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In the lung, the tracea bifurcates into how many main stem bronchi? |
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Which of the following gases best dissolve in the blood plasma? |
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Which types of cells are educated in the thymus? |
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Which organ plays a large role in the removal of old red blood cells? |
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The accumulation of thyroid hormone in the thyroid can cause great enlargement of the organ. This condition is rightly called: |
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Type 1 diabetes is the best described as a lack of: |
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pancreatic endocrine function |
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Which substance is responsible for preventing air spaces from collapsing? |
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The spiglottis protects the: |
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Trachea from swallowed food |
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A decrease in platelets are most likely to cause: |
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Bacteremia would best be described as: |
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Anemia can be caused by many factors, the most common cause is: |
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Compared to arteries, veins have a sustantially smaller: |
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Which is more superficial? |
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Leakage of blood into the tissues from a vein will form a: |
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The application of ----- will greatly decrease the chance of hematoma at the site of venipuncture. |
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What makes up the majority of formed elements? |
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Describe the difference between serum and plasma: |
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Neutrophils, basophils, and eosinophils are what type of white blood cells? |
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What are the two main lymphocytes? |
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Hemostasis is greatly enhanced by the contribution of what cellular fragments? |
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Regulation of body temperature is facilitated by the movement of: |
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Cooler internal blood toward the warmer surface |
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Vasoconstriction is a manifestation of: |
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How many chambers are in the heart? |
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Right ventrical, Left ventrical, right atrium, left atrium |
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What divides the heart into left and right sides? |
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Which side of the heart is oxygen rich? |
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Which is rich in carbon dioxide? |
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What two systems make up the circulatory system? |
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cardiovascular and lymphatic |
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A main constituent of a hemostatic clot is: |
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Leukemia is a disease involving which blood components? |
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Coagulation factors are produced in this organ? |
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Which of the following describes the order of decreasing cellular population? |
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Neutrophils. eosinophils, basophils |
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Which of the following terms from your reading describes: The water like portion of your blood that carries many vital components including glucose, fats, metabolic waste, and even antibodies. |
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The final conersion of Fibrinogen to Fibrin is classically found at the end of which coagulation cascade? |
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Newborns are given a shot of vitamin K just after birth because this organ requires it to form components of the coagulation cascade: |
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In what units are pressure measured, especially in medicine? |
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What is concentration gradients? |
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are established when concentrations are something are different in different places in space. (if you drop a sugar cube in a glass of water the concentration near the cube is very high. At the edges of the glass, however, it is very low. This establishes a concentration gradient. The sugar will diffuse from the higher concentration to teh lower and try to even out.) |
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What is action potential? |
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Once a channel is open, the membrane depolarizes at the location on the cellular membrane. Channels, which are next to this open as a result fo the changing potential and the change moves along the membrane opening even more channels. This is called propagation. The potential at which propagation occurs is called teh action potential. It is a go/no go electrical signal, but when the action potential is reached it is all go and the signal will propagate. |
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study of the structure of the body. Macro- Large macroscopic- you can see with the naked eye |
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study of the function of the body and cells. How does it function/how does it work? |
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study of microscopic structures. Tissues and cells. microscopes are used as well as slides. |
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functional units of several organs. 11 systems 1. cardiovascular, 2. lymphatic, 3. respiratory, 4. integumentary, 5.immune, 6. digestive, 7.reproductive, 8. endocrine, 9. nervous, 10. muscoskeletal, 11. urinary |
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body structures made up of several tissues that contribute to a functional body system |
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organized set of cells that have the same function |
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smallest living unit with a dedicated function |
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divides the right from the left unequally |
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directly down the middle- divides left and right equally |
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divides the front from the back |
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divides the top from the bottom |
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cranial, superior, or rostral |
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close to axil or medial part of the body |
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away from medial part of the body |
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towards teh tail or the bottom |
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A patient is scheduled to have a surgical removal of her kidney. Which of the following is the name of this surgery? |
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Which of the following describes a condition of infrequent mensturation with no other symptoms? |
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is the muscular squeezing of the digestive tract to push food along the system in the proper direction and contribute to its breakdown in the stomach. |
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What is antigen presentaton? |
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every cell in your body cuts up little pieces of itself and places th parts on the celll's surface. |
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What is the primary function of the aidic environment inside the stomach? |
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kill bacteria and foreign pathogens |
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What is the major exocrine gland that produces digestive enzymes? |
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The endocrine system functions by: |
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releasing hormones into the blood stream that effect their targets a distant locations from the secreting organ |
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there are no vessels to deliver nourishment |
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What is keratin classified as? |
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What does it mean that the epidermis is avascular? |
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there is no blood supply to the outer most layers of skin |
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Melanocytes produce what type of pigments? |
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Go through the stages of life creation: |
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start as two gametes then join together to form a zygote. It then becomes a blastocyst. Then they implant and become an embryo. Once organs and tissue are develped they form a fetus. |
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keeps the alveoli from collapsing. Keeps the air space open. |
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When ventilation and perfusion are matched to conserve the greatest amount of energy. |
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Hemoglobin has an iron molecule at its center and binds? |
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The failure of the body to effectively eliminate excess water and waste products would be due to a dysfuction in the: |
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Carry blood to the heart. They are superficial. they have thinner walls. They are confluent. They have valves that prevent back flow. |
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carry blood away from the heart. They are deep. They have thicker walls because they push the blood. no valves. They bifrocate. |
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Red blood cells. They have no nucleus. Biconcave disk shaped. Full of hemoglobin (Hgb) Hemoglobin is the proteing melecule in RBCs that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs. |
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white blood cells WBCs. Has a nucleus. Part of the body's defense against disease. There are 5- Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Neutrophils, Eosinophils, Basophils |
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In phagocytosis, first responders of inflamation, most abundant at 40% |
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counteracts histamine in allergic reactions. 1-4%, destroys parasitic worms |
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release histamine when activated, least in number .5-1% |
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plays large role in our immune system. T-cells and B-cells 20-40% |
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heler in immunity or killer |
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ability to attack and destroy foreign cells by phagocytosis. largest in actual size of all WBCs. 2-8% |
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plays a role in bleeding time. they are called platelets |
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blood is more basic than water. 7.4 water is 7 |
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the liquid, cell free, part of blood that has been treated with anti-coagulants. It contains Fibrin |
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the liquid of blood after coagulation, therefore devoid fo clotting factors as fibrogen. Contains no Fibrin. |
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hardening of the arteries |
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fatty deposits in the sub-intimal layer of the arteries |
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ballooning defect of the arterial walls that may rupture. |
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You are drawing blood from a patient who has suffered a heart attack. You know this because the chart reports that the patient has been diagnosed with: |
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Cardiac cells are able to function as part of an electrical system because of their ability to: |
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What color is deoxygenated blood as seen through the skin? |
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The risidual blood pressure in the arterial system after the heart contracts is called? |
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Lower than normal number of red blood cells in the circulatory system. |
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Higher than normal number of white blood cells in the circulatory system, characterized by many abnormal cell forms. |
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Decreased platelets in the circulatory system. |
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A weakening in the wall of a vessel (usually an artery) that can rupture and cause damage or death. |
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Abnormally low levels of white blood cells. |
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Anteriosclerosis of the intima, usually due to the accumulation of lipids. |
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A mass in the blood stream, usually a blood clot or fragment of a clot. |
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Benous inflammation; can be caused by excessive venipuncture. |
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Immunoglobulins bind to foreign particles (antigens) and activate immunoresponders such as macrophages and neutrophils. Before a macrophage is activated at the site of injury is was in the blood streak as a: |
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The mature neutrophil normally has a 3-lobed nucleus. An immature neutrophil often only has a bi-lobed nucleus and is called a band cell. What is the clinical signifigance fo numerous band cells a PBS? |
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Indicates the body is currently mounting a strong immune response. |
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