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erythrocytes (RBCs) - ANSWER ✔✔gives blood its red color,
transports oxygen & carbon dioxide
thrombocytes (platelets) - ANSWER ✔✔a colorless portion of
mammalian blood that assists in blood clotting by adhering to other
platelets & to damaged epithelium
leukocytes (WBCs) - ANSWER ✔✔used for immune defense &
fighting infection
,sickle cell anemia - ANSWER ✔✔a hereditary condition that causes
abnormal hemoglobin, resulting in some red blood cells assuming an
abnormal sickle shape
infectious mononucleosis - ANSWER ✔✔viral disease caused by the
Epstein-Barr virus characterized by increased production of monocytes
& lymphocytes
polycythemia - ANSWER ✔✔a disorder characterized by an
abnormal increase in the number of RBCs in the blood & is a result of
bone marrow cancer
leukemia - ANSWER ✔✔type of cancer that involves the
overproduction of leukocytes & there are many different types
blood typing - ANSWER ✔✔-presence of antigens allow our immune
cells to recognize foreign cells present in our bodies
-when foreign cells are identified by our immune cells, the immune cells
then act to destroy them
-our blood cells have specific antigens present on them that are different
from the antibodies our immune cells carry
, -this helps our immune cells to not attack our own RBCs
blood type: antigens - ANSWER ✔✔blood type is determined by the
antigen that is present on the surface of their blood cells (ex. A antigen &
B antigen)
hemoglobin - ANSWER ✔✔an iron-containing protein in red blood
cells that reversibly binds oxygen & is made of four globin subunits &
four heme groups
why is hemoglobin important? - ANSWER ✔✔each heme group has
an iron molecule that binds oxygen
hematocrit - ANSWER ✔✔percentage of blood volume occupied by
red blood cells
what disorders can be seen in a hematocrit test? - ANSWER
✔✔polycythemia, dehydration, anemia
sample concentration equation - ANSWER ✔✔A = elc
how does the deoxygenation of hemoglobin change its absorption? -
ANSWER ✔✔as hemoglobin-oxygen is deoxygenated to hemoglobin,
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