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Decrease in the oxygen carrying ability of the blood
Decrease in the oxygen carrying ability of the blood
Anemia
An iron bearing protein transport most of the oxygen that is carried in the blood.
An iron bearing protein transport most of the oxygen that is carried in the blood.
Hemoglobin
Function primary to ferry oxygen to all cells of the body
Function primary to ferry oxygen to all cells of the body
Erythrocytes
Increases in wbc
Increases in wbc
An excessive or abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes.
An excessive or abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes.
The body does not form normal hemoglobin, instead abnormal hemoglobin is formed that becomes spiky and sharp
The body does not form normal hemoglobin, instead abnormal hemoglobin is formed that becomes spiky and sharp
They are the most numerous white blood cells
They are the most numerous white blood cells
Is a normal and desirable response to infectious threats to the body
Is a normal and desirable response to infectious threats to the body
Abnormally low WBC count
Abnormally low WBC count
Have a blue red nucleus that resembles earmuffs and brick red cytoplasmic granules.
Have a blue red nucleus that resembles earmuffs and brick red cytoplasmic granules.
Number increases rapidly during shorter term or acute infection
Number increases rapidly during shorter term or acute infection
What are the active phagocytes
What are the active phagocytes
Have large histamine containing granules that stain dark to purple.
Have large histamine containing granules that stain dark to purple.
The rarest of the wbc.
The rarest of the wbc.
Kill parasitic worms by deluging them with digestive enzymes
Kill parasitic worms by deluging them with digestive enzymes
Have a large dark purple nucleus that occupies most of the cell volume. They are the second most numerous leukocytes in the blood
Have a large dark purple nucleus that occupies most of the cell volume. They are the second most numerous leukocytes in the blood
The largest in wbc
The largest in wbc
Needed for blood clotting process that stops blood loss from broken blood vessels
Needed for blood clotting process that stops blood loss from broken blood vessels
Platelets are not technically cells. They are fragments of bizarre multinucleate cells called
Platelets are not technically cells. They are fragments of bizarre multinucleate cells called
Blood cell formation
Blood cell formation
Occurs in red bone marrow or myeloid tissue
Occurs in red bone marrow or myeloid tissue
The rate of erythrocyte production is controlled by a hormone called?
The rate of erythrocyte production is controlled by a hormone called?
Stopping the bleeding.
Stopping the bleeding.
A clot that develops and persist in an unbroken blood vessels
A clot that develops and persist in an unbroken blood vessels
If a thrombus breaks away from the vessel wall and floats freely in the bloodstream, it becomes an?
If a thrombus breaks away from the vessel wall and floats freely in the bloodstream, it becomes an?
Results from an insufficient number of circulating platelets
Results from an insufficient number of circulating platelets
A substance that the body recognizes as foreign it stimulates the immune system to mount a defense against it.
A substance that the body recognizes as foreign it stimulates the immune system to mount a defense against it.
results from an insufficient number of circulating platelets
results from an insufficient number of circulating platelets
a thrombus breaks away from blood vessel wall and floats freely in the bloodstream it becomes
a thrombus breaks away from blood vessel wall and floats freely in the bloodstream it becomes
a clot that develops and persists in unbroken blood vessels
a clot that develops and persists in unbroken blood vessels
