Advanced -blood Flashcards

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What are the functions of the blood?

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  • Transport of gases, nutrients and waste products eg. Oxygen
  • transport of processed molecules eg. Precursor of vitamin d from skin to liver and then kidneys
  • transport of regulatory molecules eg. Hormones
  • regulation of osmosis and pH ( normal pH of most tissues is 7.35-7.45 )
  • clot formation
  • maintenance of body temperature
  • protection against foreign substances. Eg antibodies
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Composition of blood?

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Plasma - 55%
Wbc and platelets - less than 1%
Rbc- 45%

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Liquid part of blood

Colloid :

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Liquid containing suspended substances that don’t settle out of solution

  • 91% h2o, remainder waste products, nutrients, ions, protein, and gases
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Protein of the blood

Globulins :

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Transports lipids, carbs, hormones, Iona and antibodies

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Proteins of the blood

Fibrinogen:

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Blood clotting

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Protein of the blood

Ions:

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Involved in osmosis, membrane potentials and acid based balance

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Proteins of the blood

Nutrients :

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Glucose, amino acids , triacylglycerol, cholesterol and vitamins

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Protein of the blood

Waste products:

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Urea, uric acid, creatinine and ammonia salts

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What is bilirubin?

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Breakdown of RBC’s

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What is lactic acid

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End product of anaerobic respiration

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Gases :

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Oxygen, CO2 and inert nitrogen

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Regulatory substances:

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Hormones and enzymes

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Formed elements

Red blood cells ( erythrocytes) :

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  • transports oxygen and CO2
  • biconcave disks
  • anucleate
  • contains hemoglobin
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Formed elements

White blood cells ( leukocytes)

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  1. granulocytes

2. agranulocytes

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Platelets ( thrombocytes)

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  • cell fragment
  • form platelet plugs
  • release chemicals necessary for blood clotting
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Components of RBC

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-1/3 hemoglobin

2/3 lipids, ATP, carbonic anhydrase

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RBC Function transport

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Oxygen from lungs to tissues:

  • 98.5% attached to hemoglobin
  • 1.5% dissolve in plasma

Carbon dioxide from tissue to lungs

  • 7% dissolve in plasma
  • 23% in combination with hemoglobin
  • 70% transported as bicarbonate ions produced as a result of combination of h2o and co2
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Hemoglobin composition

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  • four globin molecules: transport co2, nitric oxide brought from lungs to tissues. Induces smooth muscles to relax lowering BP
  • four heme molecules : each containing one iron atom to transport oxygen
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Erythropoiesis:

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RBC’s last 120 days in circulation

20
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erythropoietin:

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Hormone stimulates RBC production, produced by kidneys in response to low blood O2 levels

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White blood cells

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  • protect body against microorganisms and remove dead cells and debris
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Movements of the WBC

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  • ameboid : pseudopods
  • diapedesis : cells become thin and move between or through endothelial cells of capillaries
  • chemotaxis: attraction to and movement toward foreign materials or damaged cells
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Neutrophils :

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  • after leaving bone marrow, stay in circulation for 10-12 hours then move to other tissue
  • become fixed, phagocytize bacteria, antigen- antibody complexes and other foreign matter
  • lasts for 1-2 days, accounts for 60-70% of WBC
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Eosinophils:

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  • leave circulation and enter tissues during inflammatory response. Prevalent in allergic reactions
  • destroy inflammatory chemicals like histamine
  • release chemicals that help destroy tape worm, flukes and pinworms
  • account for 2-4% of WBC
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Basophils:
- least common - leave circulation and move through tissues - play a role in both inflammatory response and allergic reactions - account for less than 1% of WBC
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Lymphocytes:
- produced in red bone marrow but then migrate to lymphatic tissues and proliferate - responsible for antibody production - studied extensively with immune system - account for 20-25% of WBC
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Monocytes
- remain in circulation for 3 days, leave circulation and become microphages - phagocytic cells - can breakdown antigens and present them to lymphocytes for recognition - account for 3-8% of WBC
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Platelets
- cell fragments pinched off from megakaryocytes in red bone marrow - important in preventing blood loss
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Hemostasis:
Events preventing excessive blood loss - vascular spasm: vasoconstriction of damaged blood vessels - platelet plug formation - coagulation
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Coagulation factors:
- proteins found in plasma - circulate in inactive state until tissues are injured - damaged tissues and platelets produce chemicals that begin with activation of factors
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Pathways
- extrinsic | - intrinsic
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Blood clot:
A network of threadlike fibrin fibers, trapped blood cells, platelets and fluid