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Medicine - Hematology

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What are the chief functions of the hematologic system?
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What percentage of the blood is composed of water and solutes?
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How many quarts of blood are typically found in adults?
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Plasma makes up what percent of the blood volume?
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What is plasma, and what does it contain?
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Where are plasma proteins made?
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What are plasma proteins made of?
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What are the cellular components of the blood?
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What is the function of albumin in the blood?
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What are globulins, and what is their role?
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What are clotting factors/proteins, and what is their primary function?
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What are erythrocytes, and what are they responsible for?
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What is the primary function of leukocytes?
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What types of cells are included in granulocytes?
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What types of cells are included in agranulocytes?
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What is the largest lymphoid organ in the body?
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What is the splenic pulp, and what does it contain?
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What are the venous sinuses in the spleen, and what is their function?
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What is the primary function of the lymph nodes?
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What is hematopoiesis?
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What is extramedullary hematopoiesis, and when does it occur?
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What organ is primarily responsible for making blood cells?
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What is erythropoiesis?
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What are erythrocytes derived from?
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What stimulates the maturation related to erythropoiesis?
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Erythropoietin causes an increase in what process?
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What do the peritubular cells of the kidneys produce?
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What causes hypoxia to the kidneys?
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How long do erythrocytes normally live?
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What happens to old or senescent erythrocytes?
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Aged red blood cells are sequestered and destroyed by what?
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Where does the destruction of senescent erythrocytes occur?
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What is myelopoiesis?
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What do leukocytes arise from?
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When are agranulocytes and monocytes released into the bloodstream?
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What encourages the production and maturation of leukocytes?
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When does the production of leukocytes increase?
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What is thrombopoiesis?
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How long do platelets live?
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What occurs during the process of thrombopoiesis?
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What regulates platelet levels, and where is it made?
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What is hemostasis?
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What is the sequence of events in hemostasis?
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What occurs during clot retraction?
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What system assists with the lysis of blood clots?
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What is the enzyme that dissolves clots?
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What are D-dimers, and what do they indicate?
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Does blood cell count increase or decrease above adult levels at birth?
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The hypoxic intrauterine environment stimulates what production, resulting in what condition?
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Children tend to have more atypical lymphocytes as a result of what?
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What occurs with erythrocyte life with aging?
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What are possible causes of erythrocytes being replaced more slowly?
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What happens to lymphocyte function with age?
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What happens to the humoral immune system with age?
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