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Explain the functions of blood in the human body.
What are the components of blood?
What makes up plasma? Explain the functions of the 3 major plasma
proteins.
What are the cellular components of blood and what is the function of
each cell type?
Describe what platelets are and explain what their function is?
Explain the blood clotting process in detail.
Describe some clotting problems.
Explain the 3 lines of defense the body has against pathogens.
Explain the immune response as it occurs against a virus and a
bacterium.
Compare and contrast active and passive immunity.
Know the various blood types (ABO system) and how they are determined.
Know how blood types affect blood transfusions.
What are Rh factors and how are they determined? How are they a problem
during pregnancy?
What causes rejection during organ transplants and how can it be
avoided?
What is AIDS and how does it affect the immune system?
Why would a person not die directly from having the HIV virus?
How is HIV spread and how can it be prevented?
Describe the allergic response.
What is an autoimmune disease? What are some examples and what has gone
wrong to cause them?
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