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Serum
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Serum The fluid portion of the blood. It is essentially similar in composition to plasma but lacks fibrinogen and other substances that are used in the coagulation (blood clotting) process.
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Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
Plasma
The watery, liquid part of the blood in which the red blood cells, the white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
Fibrinogen
The protein from which is generated fibrin, the essence of a normal blood clot.
Coagulation
In medicine, the clotting of blood. The process by which the blood clots to form solid masses, or clots.
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Serum sickness
A hypersensitivity reaction consisting of fever, rashes, joint pain and glomerulonephritis, resulting from localization of circulating, soluble, antigen-antibody complexes, which induce inflammatory reactions. Serum sickness was originally induced following therapy with large doses of antibody from a foreign source - e.g. horse serum.
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Sarcoma
A cancer of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels or other connective or supportive tissue. A sarcoma is also defined as malignant mesenchymal neoplasm; e.g. osteosarcoma, (malignant mesenchymal neoplasm arising from bone tissue). Malignant tumor of soft tissue (tissue that connects, supports or surrounds other structures and organs of the body). Soft tissue includes muscles, tendons, fibrous tissues, fat, blood vessels and nerves.
Serous membrane
A thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid
Serum
Systolic
Measurement of the maximum blood pressure in the arteries. The larger number is the systolic pressure caused by each pump of the heart.
Semen
The fluid containing sperm (the male reproductive cells) that is expelled (ejaculated) through the end of the penis when the man reaches sexual climax (orgasm).
Sperm
A sperm cell, or spermatozoon (pl. spermatozoa) (in Greek: sperm = semen and zoon = alive), is the haploid cell that is the male gamete. It is carried in fluid called semen, and is capable of fertilising an egg cell to form a zygote. A zygote can grow into a new organism, such as a human. Sperm cells contain half of the genetic information needed to create life. Generally, the sex of the offspring is determined by the sperm, through the chromosomal pair "XX" (for a female) or "XY" (for a male).
Spermatozoon
(plural, spermatozoa) The male gamete; a haploid, usually small, flagellated cell.
Spermatozoa
(singular, spermatozoon) The male gamete; a haploid, usually small, flagellated cell.
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Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
Plasma
The watery, liquid part of the blood in which the red blood cells, the white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
Fibrinogen
The protein from which is generated fibrin, the essence of a normal blood clot.
Coagulation
In medicine, the clotting of blood. The process by which the blood clots to form solid masses, or clots.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Serum sickness
A hypersensitivity reaction consisting of fever, rashes, joint pain and glomerulonephritis, resulting from localization of circulating, soluble, antigen-antibody complexes, which induce inflammatory reactions. Serum sickness was originally induced following therapy with large doses of antibody from a foreign source - e.g. horse serum.
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Sarcoma
A cancer of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels or other connective or supportive tissue. A sarcoma is also defined as malignant mesenchymal neoplasm; e.g. osteosarcoma, (malignant mesenchymal neoplasm arising from bone tissue). Malignant tumor of soft tissue (tissue that connects, supports or surrounds other structures and organs of the body). Soft tissue includes muscles, tendons, fibrous tissues, fat, blood vessels and nerves.
Serous membrane
A thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid
Serum
Systolic
Measurement of the maximum blood pressure in the arteries. The larger number is the systolic pressure caused by each pump of the heart.
Semen
The fluid containing sperm (the male reproductive cells) that is expelled (ejaculated) through the end of the penis when the man reaches sexual climax (orgasm).
Sperm
A sperm cell, or spermatozoon (pl. spermatozoa) (in Greek: sperm = semen and zoon = alive), is the haploid cell that is the male gamete. It is carried in fluid called semen, and is capable of fertilising an egg cell to form a zygote. A zygote can grow into a new organism, such as a human. Sperm cells contain half of the genetic information needed to create life. Generally, the sex of the offspring is determined by the sperm, through the chromosomal pair "XX" (for a female) or "XY" (for a male).
Spermatozoon
(plural, spermatozoa) The male gamete; a haploid, usually small, flagellated cell.
Spermatozoa
(singular, spermatozoon) The male gamete; a haploid, usually small, flagellated cell.
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