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level: Level 1

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level questions: Level 1

Question	Answer
Decreased red blood cells	Anemia
Increased red blood cells	Polycythemia
Blood clotting	Hemostasis
Maintaining dynamic balance within the body	Homeostasis
Production of blood cells and platelets	Hemopoiesis
Increased white blood cells	Leukemia
Decreased white blood cells	Leukopenia
Major blood loss	Hemorrhage
Low tissue oxygenation	Cyanosis
Free floating clot in the blood stream	Embolus
Fixed clot	Thrombus
Clotting factor 4	Calcium
Measure of the percentage of red blood cells	Hematocrit
Inability to clot	Hemophilia
Hemoglobin s-Hbs	Sickle cell anemia
Transportation of oxygen, Co2, nutrients, waste products	Erythorcytes
Hemostasis, decrease blood loss, blood clotting, mediators promoting vascular spasm.	Platelets
Initial inflammatory response, phagocytic properties, production of free radicals	Neutrophils
Heparin, histamine, intensify inflammatory response	Basophils
Allergic response, combats the effects of histamine	Eosinophils
Formation of macrophages	Monocytes
Heparin and histamine release- anticoagulation/inflammation	Mast cell
specific immune response, forms plasma cells, antibody production, immunoglobulins	B-Lymphocytes
Specific immune response, cell-mediated immunity, cell lysis	T-lymphocytes
Formation of platelets needed for clotting	Megakaryocyte
A protein used to store iron in the liver	Ferritin
The study of blood tissue	Hematology
Liquid connective tissue consisting of cells surrounded by a liquid extracellular matrix	Plasma
Transportation, regulation, protection	Functions and properties of blood
Blood	pH 7.4
Withdrawal of blood from a vein. common site is the median cubital vein	Venipuncture
RBC, WBC, platelets, Eosinophil, basophil, neutrophil, monocyte, mast cells	Myeloid stem cells
T-lymphocyte, B-lymphocyte, natural killer cells	Lymphoid stem cell
Regulate progenitor cells	Hemopoietic growth factors
Stimulate proliferation of progenitor cells involved in phagocytosis and immune responses.	Cytokines
Produced by endothelial cells lining blood vessels and binds to hemoglobin. causes vasodilation.	Nitric oxide
Artificially induced polycythemia	Blood doping