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connective tissue composed of a liquid medium called plasma | |
WBC's that protect the body against invasion by pathogens | |
an undifferentiated cell is where blood cells are developed | |
RBC development in which RBC decrease in size and just before maturity, the nucleus is extruded | |
iron-containing compound developed by RBC's that gives them their red color and carries O2 to body tissues in exchange for CO2 | |
most numerous circulating leukocyte, and are motile and highly phagocytic | |
final step of coagulation in which this protein becomes insoluble and forms a net the traps blood cells | |
liquid portion of the blood and made of about 92% water and contains plasma proteins such as albumin and fibrinogen | |
ex. have negative blood type, have to get another negative blood type | |
caused by incompatibility between maternal and fetal blood | |
lymph system fluid in which lymphocytes and monocytes are suspended | |
maintains fluid balance of the body by draining extracellular fluid from tissue spaces and returning it to the blood | |
macrophages phagocytize bacteria and other harmful material | |
located in the upper part of the chest and it transforms certain lymphocytes into T cells (reaches maturity) | |
directly attack viral infected cells or cancer cells | |
turn into plasma cells (make antibodies, do not directly attack) | |
abnormal condition; increase (primarily with blood cells) | |
branch of medicine that studies disorders of the immune system | |
any condition in which the O2 carrying capacity of blood is deficient | |
infectious disease that attacks T cells and is caused by HIV | |
broad range of inflammatory changes and can include hives, eczema, and asthma | |
life-threatening condition due to extreme exposure to an allergy | |
genetic disorder caused by a defect in the gene responsible for hemoglobin synthesis | |
failure of the body to distinguish accurately between 'self' and 'nonself' | |
abnormal accumulation of fluids in the intercellular spaces of the body | |
hereditary disorder in which the blood-clotting mechanism is impaired | |
one of the acute infections caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) | |
destruction of a transplanted organ or tissue by the recipient's immune system | |
condition that occurs following bone marrow transplant in which the immune cells in the transplanted marrow produce antibodies against the host's tissues | |
localized accumulation of blood, usually clotted, in an organ due to a break or severing of a blood vessel | |
destruction of RBCs with a release of hemoglobin that diffuses into the surrounding fluid | |
immunity produced by the person's own immune system | |
(receiving) antibodies or other immune substances formed in one individual are transfered to another to provide immediate, temporary immunity | |
measurement of the percentage of RBCs in a while blood sample | |
test that measures the time it takes for plasma portion of the blood to clot. it's used to evaluate portions of the coagulation system | |
infusion of blood or blood components into the blood stream | |
grafting of living tissue from its normal position to another site or from one person to another | |
prevent blood clot formation by inhibiting the synthesis or inactivating one or more clotting factors | |
dissolve blood clots by destroying their fibrin strands |
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