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Leukocytes that contain heparin, an anticoagulant

Basophil

Ion essential for blood clotting

Calcium

Compatibility testing for agglutination of donor RBCs by recipients' serum is

Cross matching

A thrombus that has broken away from a vessel wall and is freely floating in the bloodstream is

Embolus

The type of leukocytes that would increase rapidly during allergy attacks and infection of parasitic worms are

Eosinophils

Anemias appearing in old age can't result from

Erythrocytes mutations

The hormone that regulates the rate of erythrocyte production is called

Erythropoietin

Clot that is formed during the process of hemostasis

Fibrin

Blood cell formation in the red bone marrow is called

Hematopoeisis

The process of blood cell formation within the red marrow of bones is called

Hematopoiesis

The series of reaction that stop blood flow following a cut is

Hemostasis

An abnormal elevation of WBCs above the normal count of 11,000 cells/mm3 is called

Leukocytosis

The organ largely responsible for the synthesis of clotting factors is the

Liver

The most numerous white blood cells are

Neutrophils

Severe shock occurs with blood loss of

Over 30%

Excessive erythrocytes result in

Polycythemia

The red blood cell disorder caused by life at a high altitude is called

Polycythemia

The movement of WBCs to areas of inflammation in response to chemical mediators is called

Positive Chemotaxis

An immature RBC is called

Reticulocyte

If you carry Rh antigen, you're referred to as

Rh postive

Immune serum used to prevent maternal sensitization to Rh antigen is

RhoGAM

Chemical released to bring about vasoconstriction during the vascular spasm phase of hemostasis

Serotonin

Blood cell formation in adults can't occur in what part adult's femur

The shaft of the femur

Prothrombin activator coverts prothrombin to

Thrombin

An insufficiency of circulating platelets is called

Thrombocytopenia

Sequence of hemostasis

Vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, coagulation

Bleeding disorders often result from a lack of

Vitamin K

A clot that breaks away from vessel wall and circulates freely within the bloodstream is called

embolus

Not a physical characteristic of blood

sweet tasting

Treatment of hemophilia involves

transfusion of plasma or injections of missing clotting factor

How many gram of hemoglobin per 100mL does the whole normal blood contain?

12-18

Average of WBCs per cubic ml of whole blood

4000-11,000

The process whereby the binding of antibodies to antigens cause RBCs to clump is called

Agglutination

The plasma protein that contributes to the osmotic pressure of blood is

Albumin

A substance that stimulates the immune system to release antibodies

Antigen

Substances that the body recognizes as foreign are called

Antigens.

The process by which WBCs are able to easily slip in and out of blood vessels is called

Diapedesis


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