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opportunistic infection
happens to immune-weakened person, wouldn't happen normally
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serum
blood without fibrinogen. no anticoagulant. it clots.
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plasma
blood WITH fibrinogen. WITH an anticoagulant. it does not clot.
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antibodies are made by
B lymphocytes
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cellular immunity
- T-cell mediated.
- acquired
- cytotoxic
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humoral immunity
B mediated
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plas/o
- formation, growth
- aplastic aka hypoplastic
- neoplastic
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poikil/o
varied, irregular
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-phoresis
carrying, transmission
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allo-
other, differing from normal
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aniso
dissimilar, unequal
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anemia: symptom or disease?
symptom
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seven kinds of anemia (SHIP HAF)
- sickle cell
- hemolytic
- iron-deficiency
- pernicious
- hemorrhagic
- aplastic
- folic-acid deficiency
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allergy
acquired, abnormal immune response
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indurated
hardened (scratch test positive response)
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autoimmunity
self/nonself are not distinguished
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GVHR
graft vs host reaction
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serology
blood test detecting presence of antibodies, antigens, other immunes
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RBC indices
calculation of size, volume, concentration of hemoglobin for an average RBC
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Schilling test
to diagnose pernicious anemia
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sentinel node
- first node that receives drainage from cancer
- most likely to have malignancies
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anticoagulant meds: prevent clots or fix existing ones?
prevent clots. they do NOT fix existing clots.
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