11/14: Blood And Immune Flashcards
RBC life span
120 days or 4 months
How many globin and heme per HG
4 each
Or 2 pairs of each
So you can have 4 ox per HG
Neutrophil
Granulocyte
Phagocytic for bacteria/ basic
Look blue and neutral
Eosinophils
Granulocyte
Attach to parasites And release granules
Look pink
Basophils
Granulocyte
Release histamines to vasodilate and heparin to anticoagulate
Looks very dense and sharp and angular like a filled in stop sign
Monocyte
Agranulocyte
Phagocytic to the EXTREME
Kills all pathogens
Looks like it’s nucleus is a kidney
Lymphocyte
Agranulocyte
B- antibodies
T- second time recognition
NK- anything it doesn’t think is you
Looks like a flower most all nucleus
Where do platelets come from
Megakaryocytes
1st step in hemostasis
Vasoconstriction to tourniquet trauma area
Antigen
Markers of what to attack
This is what determines blood type
Antibodies
Attack foreign objects
Lymph produces
Lymphocytes
Bone marrow to thymus to lymph
What drains through the right lymphatic duct
Right side head
Right side thorax
Right arm
Drains to right subclavian vein
What drains through the left lymphatic duct
Rest of the body
Lymph
Filters out all unwanted stuff from blood including old cells and cancer cells