KIN 2500 : Anatomy Exam Five
15 Mar 2019
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Eventually turn into plasma cells that produce antibodies. T cells will attack some types of fungus, bacteria, cancer cells, and will. Natural killer cells will attack microbes and some tumors. Lymphocytes- b cells, t cells, or natural killer cells sometimes transplanted organs, Monocytes gets to the site of infection in great numbers and become - wandering macrophages; try to clean up dead tissue around infection. Emigration- go along epithelial tissue and then directly attack infection. Chemotaxis- chemicals released by microbes that are eaten up by macrophages. Lysosomes- have a type of bleaching agent that clean up. Leukemia- cancerous condition of wbcs: acute- uncontrolled production of immature leukocytes. Rbcs because wbc count is so high: chronic- an accumulation of rbcs in the bloodstream. Thrombocytopenia the inability to produce platelets at the right number. It is dangerous because if your platelet level goes down, you can bleed out. Coumadin oral medication prescribed to those with heart issues, prone to strokes.
