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  1. What is the difference between leukopenia, leukocytosis, and Leukemia
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Leukopenia- not enough white blood cells do to bleeding or difficientsy
Leukocytosis- To many WBC
Leukemia-(EXtreme Leukocytosis) a cancer of the body’s blood forming system (usually WBCs formed in excess and released as immature forms)

2
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  1. Which type of WBC is NOT produced from a myeloid stem cell?
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Lymphocytes are produced from lymphoid stem cells

3
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What do myeloid stem cells produce?

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RBCs
Platelets
All WBCs except lymphocytes

4
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  1. What specific hormone will promote the development of granulocytes from myeloid stem cells?
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G-CFM

5
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  1. What happens to an erythroblast just prior to it entering circulation?
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It loses its nucleus

6
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  1. When does a monocyte truly become a mature cell? When do Granulocytes?
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When it migrates into a peripheral tissue. Granulocytes stay in the red marrow until they are mature

7
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  1. Lymphoid stem cells are created in red bone marrow. Where do lymphocytes typically mature?
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Lymphoid stem cells can migrate from red marrow to other lymph tissues (spleen, thymus, lymph nodes).

8
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  1. Hormones stimulate the production of most WBC. What stimulates the production of lymphocytes?
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Antigen or antibody presentation

9
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What are platelets shaped like? How long is there lifespan? How many are there?

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Non-nucleated, spindle-shaped cell fragments, 4 um in length and 1 um thick
Platelets have a lifespan of 9-12 days, and a normal circulating platelet count = 350,000/ul
•Release chemicals to initiate and control the clotting process
•Aggregate to form temporary patches (platelet plug) in wall of damaged blood vessels
•Actin and myosin filaments within platelets contract after a blood clot is formed to reduce the size of the vessel wall damage

10
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  1. Describe the typical inactive platelet?
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Really small compared to red blood cell spindle shape

11
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  1. What is a typical normal platelet count?
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35,000 platelets per microliter

12
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  1. What specific signal can stimulate platelet production by megakaryocytes.
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•Megakaryocytes are stimulated to do so by Thrombopoietin (TPO), a hormone produced by kidneys that accelerates platelet formation

13
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How do megakaryocytes create platelets and how many do they make?

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  • Platelets are produced by megakaryocytes shedding bits of membrane-enclosed cytoplasm.
  • Each megakaryocyte will produce about 4000 platelets.
14
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  1. Define Hemostasis
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Hemostasis is a process which causes bleeding to stop. It is the first stage of wound healing.

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  1. What are the three phases of hemostasis?
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  • Vascular Phase
  • Platelet Phase
  • Coagulation Phase
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  1. What happens during the vascular phase of hemostasis?
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  • Damage to a vessel wall causes a local contraction (shrinking) referred to as a vascular spasm
  • The vascular spasm lasts about 30 minutes and includes:
  • Contraction of endothelial cells to expose underlying basement membrane
  • Release of both clotting factors and growth factors (hormones to promote regrowth)
  • Endothelial cell membranes become “sticky”
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  1. What happens during the platelet phase of hemostasis?
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  • Starts with attachment of platelets to sticky endothelial cells, exposed basement membrane and collagen fibers (platelet adhesion)
  • Continued platelet aggregation leading to platelet plug
  • Platelet activation includes:
  • They become more spherical and extend cytoplasmic processes (they look hairy)
  • They release ADP, thromboxane A, serotonin, clotting and growth factors (PDGF), and calcium ions to promote further aggregation and repair
  • Prostacyclin and other factors work to limit the size of the platelet plug
18
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  1. What happens during the coagulation phase of hemostasis?
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Coagulation or blood clotting

19
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  1. What is the importance of compounds like antithrombin-III heparin, and thrombin?
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Limit coagulation process from getting out of hand

20
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  1. What is the source of activation of the intrinsic pathway?
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•Intrinsic pathway – Enzymes (Factor XII) activated by exposure to revealed collagen fibers

21
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  1. What is the source of activation of the Extrinsic pathway
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•Extrinsic pathway – Tissue factor (Factor III) released from damaged endothelial cells

22
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  1. What do we call the process of clot dissolution?, and what enzyme is responsible?
    Fibrinolysis is the process of clot dissolution
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The Enzyme Plasmin is responsible