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What stores white & red blood cells?
Spleen
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What organ contains macrophages and restores damaged RBC's?
Liver
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What organ stores T lymphocytes and is the site of maturation?
Thymus
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What contains WBC that help remove old and damaged RBC's from the bloodstream?
Lymph Nodes
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What blood component serves as a transport medium for nutrients, waste, electrolytes, gases, ect.?
Plasma
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What blood component protects & fights infection?
White Blood Cells
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What blood component assist in formation of clots?
Platelets
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The 3 types of WBC's?
- Granulocytes
- Lymphocytes
- Monocytes
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Name the 3 types of Granulocytes and what they do?
- Neutrolphils
- Eosinophils
- Basophils
They phagocytize
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What are the different types of Lymphocytes and what do they do?
T & B lymphocytes
- Provide immune response capabilities
- Produce the antibodies to fight infections
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What else is a monocyte known as and what does it do?
Macrophages
Phagocytosis
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4 key factors of coagulation
- Fibrinogen
- Prothrombin
- Proaccelerin
- Fibrin Stabilizing Factor
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What is Anemia?
How does it work?
Decrease in RBC's, HGB, & HCT
- Decreased hemoglobin
- =decreased O2 reaching tissues & organs of the body
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Name the different types of Anemia
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Iron Deficiency
- Folate Deficiency
- Anemia of Chronic Disease
- Sickle Cell Anemia
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What is Iron Deficiency?
Body is low on iron caused by lack of iron in the diet
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What is Folate Deficiency Anemia?
Inability to synthesize folate, which stops hematopoiesis
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What is Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia?
AKA pernicious, stops the maturation of RBC's in bone marrow
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What is Sickle Cell Anemia?
- C shaped RBC's that are unable to transport oxygen
- Genetics
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What is Anemia of Chronic Disease?
Is figured out to be the diagnosis after other forms of anemia are tested out
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What is Polycythemia?
Increased number of RBC's, WBC's and platelets
- Either a malfunction in the Bone Marrow
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- Low oxygen levels
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What is Hemophilia?
Genetic deficiency in clotting factors
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What is Leukemias?
A group of disorders affecting the hematopoietic or lymphoid system
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