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| megakaryocytes (break down to form platelets) |
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| large RBC with large or multiple nuclei that take too long to mature in bone marrow |
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| red blood cells - erythro(red) cyte(cell) |
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| fragments of original blood cell - element of clotting-used megakaryocytes |
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| pulls fluid into solute from capillaries into tissue and from tissue into capillaries |
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| transports CO2 - protiens that transport lipids such as hormones |
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| majority of O2 and CO2 are transported where |
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O2 - hemoglobin in RBC
CO2 - plasma |
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| what is carried as a dissolved gas in plasma |
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| blood minus the RBCs - maintains fluid balance, transports lipids from digestive tract, filters infectious products in nodes |
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| filter out pathogens before they can reach CV system and spread throughout body |
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| direct attack on specific cells - mature in thymus |
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| make antibodies specific to particular infection - mature in bone marrow |
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| immediate response - macrophage |
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| T direct attack on specific pathogen & B cells that produce antibodies to specific pathogen |
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| excessive RBC breakdown in spleen |
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| excessive bleeding causing low RBCs |
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| low B12 - low intrinsic factor |
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| bacteria leads to whole body infection |
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| criteria for AIDS diagnosis |
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| CD4+ count less than 200 per mm3 of blood |
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| autologous transfusion/transplant |
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| homologous transfusion/transplant |
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