BLOOD Flashcards
What percentage of the body mass is blood?
7%
How many litres of blood are in the body?
5L
What are the functions of Blood? (3)
Transport
Acid-Base Balance
Protective
What are the transport blood functions?
Nutritive, Respiratory, Excretory, Hormone Transport
What are the acid-base balance blood functions?
Regulation (normal ph range of 7.30-7.45)
What are the protective blood functions?
Some blood cells, and some blood proteins
What is blood composed of?
Plasma, Buffy Layer, RBCs
Normal Blood Volume
Normovolemia
Lower Blood Volume
Hypovolemia
Higher Blood Volume
Hypervolemia
What is the composition of plasma?
90% water Ions (0.9% NaCl) Nutrients Respiratory Gases Proteins
3 Types of plasma proteins
Albumins. Globulins, Fibrinogen
Hematocrit
Percentage of Blood Volume occupied by Red Blood Cells
4 ways to separate Plasma Proteins
- Differential Precipitation by salts
- Sedimentation in an ultracentrifuge
- Electrophoretic Mobility
- Immunological Characteristics
What is electrophoresis?
Fractionation method based on the movement of charged particles along a voltage gradient
Rate of Migration
is influenced by # and distribution of charges and molecular weight of each protein
% of Albumins
60
% of Globulins
35
% of Fibrinogen
5
Origin of plasma proteins in the liver?
Albumin, Fibrinogen, a1,a2, B Globulin
Origin of plasma proteins in the lymphoid tissue?
Y globulin
The ___ is the origin of each type of plasma protein except Y globulins
liver
What happens to plasma proteins if the liver is diseased
plasma proteins decreased
What happens to plasma proteins during a renal disease?
decrease of Albumin
What happens to plasma proteins during a bacterial infection?
increase of Y (gamma) globulin
Net Flow
for water to move
the difference in osmotic pressure
Only __________ solutes contribute to the effective osmotic pressure
Non-Diffusible
What solutes do not contribute to the effective osmotic pressure? Why?
Diffusible
Plasma Proteins are diffusible/non-diffusible
non-diffusible
Exerting an osmotic effect
colloidal osmotic pressure
What is the colloidal osmotic pressure of plasma?
25 mm Hg
What happens when the colloidal osmotic pressure of plasma increases?
water flows into plasma
What happens when the colloidal osmotic pressure of plasma decreases?
water will flow into ISF
What is the role of plasma proteins? (3)
- Determines the distribution of fluid between the plasma and ISF by controlling transcapillary dynamics
- Contribute to the viscosity of plasma by maintaining blood pressure
- Contribute to the buffering power of plasma to maintain normal pH 7.30-7.45
Is there protein diffusion across the capillary wall
No protein diffusion
What is the major contribution to the colloidal osmotic pressure?
No protein diffusion across the capillary wall
What does the colloidal osmotic pressure of plasma determine?
Amount of water into or out of capillaries
Bulk Flow
- hydrostatic pressure difference between the compartments
- flow of molecules subjected to a pressure difference
2 Transcapillary Dynamics
Filtration
Osmotic Flow
What does filtration do?
tends to push out the fluid from inside the capillaries
What does osmotic flow do?
due to plasma proteins and tend to pull in or retain fluid inside capillaries
The magnitude of bulk flow
hydrostatic pressure difference
What type of forces are filtration and osmotic flow?
starling forces
what do starling forces determine?
The distribution of ECF volume between the plasma and ISF
Diffusion
The exchange of nutrients, gases, and wastes across the capillary wall
The main organ in the circulatory system
Heart
Capillary Bed
the site where exchanges take place between plasma and ISF
Arterial
Blood enters capillaries
Venous
Blood exits capillaries
Net filtration pressure
the total pressure that promotes filtration
Net absorption pressure
the total pressure that promotes absorption
where do exchanges take place?
along the whole length
What percentage of fluid filtered out is reabsorbed directly back into the capillary?
90%
What percentage of fluid filtered out is drained by lymphatic vessels?
10%
Lymphatic System
- network of blind-ended terminal tubules
- coalesce to form lymphatic vessels
- converge to form large lymphatic ducts
- drain into large veins in the chest
Order of plasma protein concentrations
Fibrinogen < Globulins < Albumin
Order of plasma protein molecular weight
Albumin < Globulins < Fibrinogen
Order of plasma protein C.O.P
Fibrinogen < Globulins < Albumin
Most abundant plasma proteins
Albumin
Proteins exert osmotic pressure
- related to
- inversely related to
related to concentration
inversely related to molecular weight
Factors of Transcapillary Dynamics (4)
- hydrostatic pressure
- C.O.P
- capillary permeability
- lymphatic drainage
Edema
Accumulation of excess fluid in the interstitial spaces
Conditions that lead to edema
increased hydrostatic pressure
decreased plasma protein - (C.O.P)
increasing capillary permeability
obstruction of lymphatic drainage
Why does hydrostatic pressure increase?
Net filtration increases
Net absorption decreases
Why does C.O.P. decrease?
Failure to synthesize plasma proteins (Liver disease)
Loss of protein (Kidney disease)
Severe protein malnutrition (KWASHIORKOR)
Why does capillary permeability increase?
The capillary wall becomes more permeable
- more plasma proteins escape into ISF
- which exert an oncotic effect
How does lymphatic drainage become obstructed?
Elephantiasis resulting from parasite infestation
Fibrinogen and some globulins are essential to _________
clotting
Y-globulin provides
specific resistance to infection
Albumin and some globulins act as
carriers for lipids, minerals, hormones
- cholesterol, iron, steroid hormones
Types of Blood Cells
Red Blood Cells - erythrocytes
Platelets - thrombocytes
White Blood Cells - Leukocytes
Size of Red Blood Cells
7.2μ
Size of Platelets
2-3μ
Size of White Blood Cells
10-18μ
Order the size of the 3 Blood Cells
Platelets < Red Blood Cells < White Blood Cells
The lifespan of Red Blood Cells
120d
The lifespan of Platelets
7-8d
The lifespan of White Blood Cells
hrs-yrs
Cytokines
substances that are released by one cell and affect the growth and development and activity of another cell
What do cytokines influence
Proliferation and differentiation of blood cell precursors - hematopoietic growth factors
Prenatal Sites of Hematopoiesis
Liver and spleen
Postnatal Sites of Hematopoiesis
Axial skeleton, distal long bones, flat bones of skull, shoulder blades, pelvis, vertebrae, sternum, ribs, rounded end of long bones