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What term means any abnormal or pathologic conditon of the blood?
Any abnormal blood disorder comes under the broad term blood dyscrasia.Any abnormal blood disorder comes under the broad term blood dyscrasia.
What is dyscrasia?
Dyscrasia is a term used to describe an abnormal or harmful mixture of bodily fluids or substances, especially blood, believed to cause disease. In modern medicine, dyscrasia is not commonly used as a diagnostic term but may be seen in historical or literary contexts.
Is plasmapheresis the removal of whole blood from the body separation of its cellular elements and reinfusion of these cellularelements suspened in saline or a plasma substitute?
Yes, that is a correct description of plasmapheresis. It is a procedure where whole blood is taken from the body, separated into its components (plasma and cellular elements), and then the plasma is either removed or replaced before the cellular elements are reinfused back into the body.
Does hemolytic anemia refer to the deficient production of all cellular elements of the blood?
No. Pancytopenia refers to this condition.
Define formed elements and list their three major categories?
Formed elements is cellular potion of the blood. three major categories are leukocytes, platelets and erythrocytes.
What does absolute eosinophils means?
This means that no eosinophils were observed in the blood sample taken and observed. This is not necessarily pathologic as eosinophils are the second rarest white blood cell type in the blood stream.
Is anemia in crohn's disease caused by blood dyscrasias?
Blood dyscrasia is a pathological condition of the blood, usually involving disorders of the cellular elements of the blood. Anemia is most often caused by poor function of the ileum and malabsorption of vitamin B12.
Can you have a heart rate of 280 over 180?
Um, you may be thinking of Blood Pressure... If so a Systolic Blood Pressure of 280 over a Diastolic Blood Pressure of 180 is possible, albeit pathologic.
Which cellular fraction in blood helps to clot the blood?
Platelets are the cellular fraction in blood helps to clot the blood. This process is also known as coagulation.
What is the origin and production of the formed elements?
Formed elements in blood, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, are produced in the bone marrow through a process called hematopoiesis. Hematopoiesis is regulated by various growth factors and hormones that stimulate the differentiation and proliferation of blood cell precursors. These cells then mature and enter the bloodstream to perform their respective functions.
What are the cellular component of the blood?
the cellular components of blood are:- 1. Red blood cells / Erythrocytes 2. White blood cells / Leucocytes 3. Platelets / Thrombocytes
The two phases of blood are?
Plasma, a nonliving fluid in which many orgainic and inorganic molecules are dissolved and formed elements.
