test/blood
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- force that draws water into a solution
- osmotic pressure
- plasma minus fibrinogen
- serum
- WBC that has histamine in their granules that attract other WBC to the inflamed site
- basophils
- the enzyme that could digest the fibrin strands
- plasmin
- what is produced by platelets that stimulates the contraction of blood vessels of injured tissue
- serotonin
- proteins in the plasma that exerts osmotic pressure to maintain water balance between blood and tissues
- albumin
- t/f; the pH of blood is slightly alkaline
- true
- our "body's bacterial slayer"
- neutrophils
- cells responsible for immune surveillance sometimes known as large granculocytes important in preventing cancer
- natural killer cells
- the "red blood cell graveyard"
- spleen
- enzymes that convert fibrinogen into a relatively insoluble protein called fibrin
- plasmin
- AB blood type lacks what
- antibodies
- blood cell formation and differentiation
- hemopoiesis
- a person's blood type is determined by what?
- presence or absence of antigens in the RBC cell membrane
- list the steps involved in the process of hemostasis
- vascular spasm, platelet adhesion, platelet aggregation, coagulation
- cells that secrete substances that attract and stimulate neutrophils, monocytes, and other phagocytic cells. Also secrete substances that lure fibroblasts into the region.
- active MACROphages
- 2 functions of the blood
- restricting fluid loss and transport of nutrients
- the formed elements of the blood
- RBCs, WBCs, platelets
- a person with a low blood volume is said to be
- hypovolemic
- plasma proteins necessary for blood clotting
- fibrinogen
- RBCs form stacks called
- rooleaux
- RBCs lack
- mitochondria
- T/F: red cells are uninucleated
- false
- a condition in which there is an inadequate number of WBCs
- leukopenia