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Plasma
90% water; carries nutrients and hormones.
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Leukocytes
Able to double in number in response to infection; includes granulocytes and agranulocytes.
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Agranulocytes
A subcategory of leukocytes.
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Erythrocytes
Biconcave disc-shaped cells that carry oxygen to tissues.
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Erythrocytes
Capable of slipping in and out of capillaries.
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Plasma
Carries dissolved nutrients.
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Erythrocytes
Cells that carry oxygen to tissues.
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Erythrocytes
Contains hemoglobin
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All blood cells
Derive from hemocytoblasts.
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Thrombocytes
Essential in blood clotting.
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Thrombocytes
Fragments of megakaryocytes.
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Leukocytes
granulocytes.
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Leukocytes
Have amoeboid movement.
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Leukocytes
Increased numbers can cause leukemia.
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Erythrocytes
Lack nuclei.
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Erythrocytes
Life span averages 120 days.
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Plasma
Location of hormones.
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Plasma
Nonliving, sticky fluid.
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Thrombocytes
Also known as platelets.
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Erythrocytes
Reduced numbers can cause anemia.
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pH of blood
Normal blood pH is 7.35 - 7.45.
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Blood
Connective tissue.
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Average blood volume
About 5 liters in the body.
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Hematopoiesis
Blood cell formation.
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Hemocytoblast
Stem cell that blood cells form from.
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Red bone marrow
Place where blood cell formation occurs.
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Albumin
Plasma protein that maintains osmotic balance.
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Fibrinogen
Plasma protein that forms net-like structure when clotting.
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Spleen
Organ where phagocytosis of erythrocytes occurs.
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Hemostasis
Blood clot formation.
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