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Pluripotent stem cell
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a cell that can make many types of blood cells
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Hematopoiesis
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How pluripotent cells differentiate into different cells
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Erythropoietin
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Hormone that creates red blood cells
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Components of blood
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Plasma, Formed Elements, Red and White blood cells, Platelets
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Bohr Effect
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When a decrease in PCO2 acidity causes an increase in how much O2 binds with hemoblobin.
An increases in PCO2 acidity causes a decrease in the affinity of O2 with hemoblobin |
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2,3 biphosphoglycerate
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Chemical in red blood cells that affects hemoglobins affinity to O2
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Erythopoiesis Process
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Erythropoietin is secreted when renal cells sense hypoxia. This stimulates the bone marrow to increase RBC production.
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Sequestration
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trapping of RBC by an organ
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Marginated leukocytes
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Leukocytes that attach to the walls of blood vessels.
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Diapedesis
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Marginated leuckocytes that are more attached to the walls of the blood vessels leave the blood vessels by squeezing between the cells lining the blood vessels and follow chemical signals to the infection site. Destroyed by phagocytosis
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