Blood/Circulatory System
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kelseypetch on February 4, 2011
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terms relating to blood function and formation
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Coagulation | Blood clotting |
| Erythropoiesis | The process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow |
| Fibrinolysis | A normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots |
| Hematopoietic | Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells |
| Hemoglobin | Iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen for delivery to cells |
| Hemostasis | Surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) |
| Plasma | Colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended |
| Serum | Watery fluid of the blood that resembles plasma but contains fibrinogen |
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