A&P CHAPTER 17: BLOOD Flashcards
WHAT TWO MAIN THINGS MAKE UP BLOOD
FORMED ELEMENTS AND PLASMA
ALBUMINS
PRIMARY CONTROLLER OF COLLOID OSMOTIC PRESSURE
GLOBULINS
CONTRIBUTES TO CONTROL OF OSMOTIC PRESSURE
ALPHA GLOBULINS
TRANSPORTS LIPIDS AND FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS
BETA GLOBULINS
TRANSPORTS LIPIDS AND FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS
GAMMA GLOBULINS
CONSTITUTES A TYPE OF ANTIBODY
FIBRINOGEN
KEY IN BLOOD COAGULATION, FORMS FIBRIN THREADS OF BLOOD CLOTS
ERYTHROCYTES
RED BLOOD CELLS
TRANSPORT CARBON DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN
MAKE UP 98% OF BLOOD
LEUKOCYTES
WHITE BLOOD CELLS
DESTROY PARASITES/PATHOGENS AND REMOVE WORN
CELLS
GRANULOCYTES
LEUKOCYTES WITH GRANULAR CYTOPLASM
- EOSINOPHILS
-BASOPHILS
-NEUTROPHILS
NEUTROPHILS
PHAGOCYTIZE SMALL PARTICLES
EOSINOPHILS
CONTROL ALLERGIC REACTIONS/INFLAMMATION AND KILL PARASITES
BASOPHILS
RELEASE HISTAMINE AND HEPARIN
AGRANULOCYTES
LEUKOCYTES WITHOUT GRANULAR CYTOPLASM
-LYMPHOCYTES
-MONOCYTES
MONOCYTES
PHAGOCYTIZE LARGE PARTICLES