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What is anemia |
Blood does not have enough healthy red blood cells |
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Polycythemia what is |
High red blood cell count |
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Definition of Hemophilia |
A disorder where blood does not clot |
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What is the normal or desirable range for plasma cholesterol concentration |
130 to 200 mg per 100 ml |
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What is an anticoagulant |
Substance that inhibits blood clot |
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Normal blood volume for adult male |
5 - 6 litters |
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Average blood volume for an adult female |
4 to 5 liters |
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What determines if a blood will be bright red or dull brick red |
Degree of oxygenation more oxygen brighter red |
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Most numerous leukocyte |
Neutrophil |
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What are the granulocytes |
Basophil neutrophil eosinophil |
Three of them |
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Also called an erythrocyte a anucleate formed element |
Red blood cell |
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Actively phagocytic leukocytes |
Monocyte neutrophil |
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Name the argranulocytes |
Monocytes and lymphocytes |
Two of them |
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Ancestral cell of platelets |
Megakaryocytes |
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What fight's parasite infections |
Eosinophil |
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Releases histamine and promotes inflammation |
Basophil |
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Many formed in lymphoid tissue |
Lymphocyte |
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Transports oxygen |
Red blood cell |
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Primarily water non-cellular fluid Matrix of blood |
Plasma |
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Increases in number during prolonged infections |
Monocyte |
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An abnormal increase increase in the number of white blood cells causes |
Leukocytosis |
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An abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells causes |
Polycythemia |
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A condition of too few red blood cells or red blood cells with hemoglobin deficiencies |
Anemia |
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An abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells |
Leukopenia |
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Why is differential WBC count more valuable then total WBC for pathology |
Differential WBC determine percentage of WBC . So increases or decreases are indicative of pathologens |
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What is normal value for total WBC count |
4000 to 11000 cells per mm |
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What is the normal value for total RBC count |
5 million cells per mm |
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What is the normal bleeding time |
2 to 7 minutes |
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What's a normal coagulation time |
3 to 6 minutes |
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Normal amount of blood platelets |
250,000 to 500,000 |
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Normal hemoglobin determination value |
13 or 18 G / 100 ml of blood |
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