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Chapter 18: The Circulatory System: Blood


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Chapter 18: The Circulatory System: Blood

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hematology

640

plasma

640

formed element

640

viscosity

641

osmolarity

642

colloid osmotic pressure (COP)

642

serum

642

albumin

643

globulin

643

fibrinogen

643

nitrogenous wastes

644

myeloid hemopoiesis

645

lymphoid hemopoiesis

645

hemocytoblast

645

erythropoiesis

645

erythropoietin

645

hypoxia

647

hypoxemia

647

gastroferritin

647

transferrin

647

ferritin

647

leukopoiesis

648

macrophage

648

thrombopoiesis

648

megakaryocyte

648

erythrocyte

649

hemoglobin (Hb)

650

globin

651

heme

651

hematocrit

652

hemoglobin concentration

652

RBC count

652

hemolysis

652

biliverdin

652

bilirubin

653

bile pigments

653

primary polycythemia

653

secondary polycythemia

653

hemorrhagic anemia

654

hemolytic anemia

654

sickle-cell anemia

654

thalassemia

655

agglutinogen

655

agglutinin

655

ABO blood group

656

agglutination

657

transfusion reaction

657

Rh blood group

658

hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN)

659

leukocyte

660

granulocyte

660

agranulocyte

660

neutrophil

660

eosinophil

660

basophil

660

lymphocyte

660

monocyte

662

leukopenia

662

leukocytosis

662

myelocytic leukemia

662

lymphocytic leukemia

662

acute leukemia

662

chronic leukemia

662

hemostasis

663

platelet

663

vascular spasm

663

prostacyclin

663

platelet plug

663

degranulation

664

thromboxane A2

664

coagulation

664

fibrin

664

extrinsic mechanism

664

intrinsic mechanism

665

procoagulant

665

anticoagulant

665

reaction cascade

665

tissue thromboplastin

665

prothrombin

666

thrombin

666

clot retraction

667

fibrinolysis

667

kallikrein

667

plasmin

667

antithrombin

668

heparin

668

thrombocytopenia

668

hematoma

668

hemophilia

668

thrombosis

668

thrombus

668

embolus

669

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