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What do monocytes consume? (3)
- 1. bacteria
- 2. fungi
- 3. dead cells
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How long do monocytes live?
several weeks to months
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Why are monocytes easy to recognize?
They have monogrammed M nucleus and sometimes the nucleus is kidney shaped.
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Identification of blood cells can be done by using....
pattern-recognition software
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What is a condition where bone marrow stop producing WBCs, infections occur, and the infection can cause death within 3-6 days?
Leucopenia
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What is a cancer of the blood marrow (where RBCs are produced) when cells continue to divide, but fail to mature?They later lodge in the spleen, lymph nodes, and liver.
Leukemia
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Are platelets who cells, or cell fragments?
Cell fragments
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What are the products of the breakup of megakaryoctes in the bone marrow?
Platelets
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How many platelets are there in the blood?
About 300,000 per microliter
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What do platelets contain that allow them to change shape?
Actin and myosin
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What is hemostasis?
The process of preventing bleeding
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What does the failure of hemostasis lead to?
Internal hemorrhage or bleeding (which can lead to anemia, or in an extreme case... death)
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What is caused by a leakage of blood from sucutaneous capillaries?
a bruise
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