Clear, intercellular matrix of connective tissue

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What accounts for 55% of blood?

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Charged with delivering oxygen to cells and removing carbon dioxide...

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CELLS THAT ARE SHAPED LIKE A DISC WITH A SUNKEN CENTER

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GIVES BLOOD ITS COLOR

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THE PERCENTAGE OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN A SAMPLE OF BLOOD

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WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR RED BLOOD CELLS?

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WHEN THE DESTRUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS BECOMES EXCESSIVE

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WHAT CELLS ARE THE BODY’S LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST INVASION OF INFECTIOUS PATHOGENS?

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NEUTROPHILS, EOSINOPHILS, AND BASOPHILS ARE THE THREE TYPES OF (a)   .

THE MOST ABUNDANT OF THE WHITE BLOOD CELLS...

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EOSINOPHILS ARE INVOLVED WITH WHAT KIND OF REACTIONS?

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BASOPHILS POSSESS LITTLE OR NO (a)   ABILITY.

LYMPHOCYTES AND MONOCYTES ARE TWO TYPES OF...

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THESE ARE THE SMALLEST OF THE WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LONG TERM IMMUNITY

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T LYMPHOCYTES AND B LYMPHOCYTES ARE THE TWO TYPES OF

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(a)   LYMPHOCYTES DIRECTLY ATTACK AN INFECTED OR CANCEROUS CELL.

(a)   LYMPHOCYTES PRODUCE ANTIBODIES AGAINST SPECIFIC ANTIGENS.

ALL LYMPHOCYTES BEGIN IN THE ______ _________.

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THESE ARE THE LARGEST OF THE WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND ENGULF LARGE BACTERIA AND VIRAL INFECTED CELLS.

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STOPPING BLEEDING IS CALLED

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FORMING A MASS OF PLATELETS BY STICKING TO EACH OTHER AND TO A DAMAGED VESSEL IS CALLED A PLATELET (a)   .

A TEMPORARY RESPONSE BY SMOOTH FIBERS TO A CONSTRICT BLOOD VESSEL AND SLOW THE FLOW OF BLOOD TO AN INJURED VESSEL IS CALLED VASCULAR (a)   .

ANOTHER WORD FOR BLOOD CLOT...

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EXTRINSIC AND INTRINSIC (a)   RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF FACTOR X.

THE BLOOD CONTAINS NUMEROUS PROTEINS CALLED (a)   factors.

NUMBER OF BLOOD TYPES

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WHEN RBCs BURST IS CALLED

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THE PRODUCTION OF LARGE CLUMPS OF ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY MOLECULES IS CALLED

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A DEFICIENCY OF RED BLOOD CELLS IS CALLED

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CANCER OF THE BLOOD OR BONE MARROW

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UNWANTED BLOOD CLOT INSIDE THE VESSEL IS CALLED A

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IF A PIECE OF A CLOT BREAKS OFF AND CIRCULATES THROUGH THE BLOODSTREAM IT IS CALLED

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THE POINTED END OF THE HEART THAT IS LOCATED IN THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE HEART

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MIDDLE LAYER OF THE HEART

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WHICH ATRIUM RECEIVES DEOXYGENATED BLOOD THAT IS RETURNING FROM THE BODY THROUGH THE SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR VENA CAVAE?

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ELECTRICAL IMPULSES GENERATED BY THE HEART IS CALLED CARDIAC (a)   .

(a)   FIBERS DISTRIBUTE THE IMPULSES TO THE MUSCLE CELLS TO BOTH VENTRICLES, CAUSING THEM TO CONTRACT ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY.

(a)   INTERVAL REPRESENTS THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THE CARDIAC IMPULSE TO TRAVEL FROM THE ATRIA TO THE VENTRICLES.

(a)   WAVE REPRESENTS VENTRICULAR REPOLARIZATION.

A (a)   HEART RATE BEATS 60-100 BEATS PER MIN.

A (a)   RHYTHM IS WHEN YOU HEART IS BEATING WITHIN NORMAL RANGE.

WHEN THE (a)   COMPRISING THE HEART’S VALVES THICKENS AND STIFFENS, IT MAKES HEART MURMURS MORE COMMON.

WITH AGE, (a)   AND CHEMORECEPTORS BECOME LESS REACTIVE, AND THE HEART BECOMES LESS RESPONSIVE TO ADRENERGIC STIMULATION.

THREE TYPES OF THESE MAKE UP THE FRAMEWORKS FOR THE VASCULAR SYSTEM.

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SWELLING CAUSED BY EXCESS OF WATERY FLUID THAT COLLECTS IN THE TISSUES OF THE BODY

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IT’S MEASURED WITH A SPHYGMOMANOMETER CONNECTED TO AN INFLATABLE CUFF AROUND THE UPPER ARM.

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NORMAL RANGE OF THIS IS 90-120 MM Hg SYSTOLIC AND NORMAL DIASTOLIC IS 60-80 MM HG.

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Which hormone is secreted by the posterior pituitary gland when the water content of the body fails?

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THE HORMONE THAT IS SECRETED BY THE ADRENAL MEDULLA WHEN BLOOD PRESSURE FALLS.

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A BULGE IN THE ARTERIAL WALL THAT RESULTS WHEN A PORTION OF THE ARTERIAL WALL WEAKENS

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ATHEROSCLEROSIS IS A BUILDUP OF SUBSTANCE CALLED (a)   IN THE ARTERIAL WALLS

WHERE ARE CLOTS MOST LIKELY TO FORM IN THE BODY BECAUSE BLOOD FLOW TENDS TO BE MORE SLUGGISH?

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WITH AGE, VEINS WEAKEN AND STRETCH. THIS PULLS THE CUSPS OF THE VALVES APART, ALLOWING FOR BLOOD TO FLOW BACKWARD. VEINS BECOME DISTENDED, WHICH LEADS TO AN INCREASED INCIDENCE OF (a)   VEINS.

WHAT IS THE LARGEST LYMPHATIC ORGAN IN THE BODY?

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WHICH LYMPHATIC ORGAN IS IN CHARGE OF IMMUNITY AND THE DESTRUCTION OF OLD RED BLOOD CELLS, BLOOD STORAGE, AND HEMATOPOIESIS?

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THE SPLEEN PRODUCES (a)   BLOOD CELLS IN THE FETUS.

(a)   IN THE SINUSES DIGEST WORN-OUT RBCs and imperfect platelets.

What kind of muscles aid the flow of the lymphatic system by contracting and squeezing the lymphatic vessels?

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_________ ___________ REMOVE 99% OF THE IMPURITIES IN THE LYMPH BEORE IT RETURNS THE FLUID TO THE BLOOD STREAM.

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THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST INFECTION CALLED THE EXTERNAL BARRIERS, INCLUDES THE SKIN AND THE (a)   MEMBRANES.

(a)   ACTIVE IS THE TYPE OF IMMUNITY THAT OCCURS WHEN THE BODY PRODUCES ANTIBODIES OF T CELLS AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO A PARTICULAR ANTIGEN.

(a)   PASSIVE IS THE FORM OF IMMUNITY THAT RESULTS WHEN A FETUS ACQUIRES ANTIBODIES FROMT THE MOTHER THROUGH THE PLACENTA, OR WHEN A BABY ACQUIRES THEM THROUGH BREASTFEEDING.

(a)   SENSITIVITY INVOLVES AN INAPPROPRIATE OR EXCESSIVE RESPONSE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.

AN ALLERGY IS A CONDITON WHEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM REACTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUBSTANCES CALLED (a)   , THAT MOST PEOPLE CAN TOLERATE.

THE MEANING OF HEM/O IS

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SCLER/O MEANS

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THE MEANING OF CARDI/O AND CORON/O IS

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ATHER/O MEANS

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