Blood: 12.1 Questions - Group 1 Flashcards
What type of tissue is blood?
Connective tissue
Where is blood normally located?
Inside blood vessels
Blood vessels that travel away from the heart are called:
Arteries
Blood vessels the travel towards the heart are called:
Veins
What blood vessel allows for materials to be exchanged between the tissues and blood?
Capillaries
Capillaries are built for exchange of _____________ and wastes.
nutrients
Capillaries are built for exchange of ________________ and carbon dioxide.
oxygen
What blood vessels carry carbon dioxide produced by the tissues?
Veins
What blood vessels carry wastes produced by the tissues?
Veins
What blood vessels carry nutrients and oxygen to the tissues?
Arteries
What are some of the chemicals that are transported by the circulatory system?
• Blood gases
• Nutrients
• Metabolic wastes
• Hormones
• Medicine, toxins
Name some of the ways the blood protects the body.
• White blood cells phagocytizing bacteria
• Producing antibodies
• Inflammation
• Blood clotting (sealing cuts and wounds)
What is regulated by the circulatory system?
• Fluid/Water balance by osmosis &
hormones
• Blood pH (acid/base balance)
• Temperature of internal organs
Where are all of the plasma proteins, albumin and fibrinogen, produced?
In the liver
The site for rbc, wbc, and platelet formation is the ______________.
Red bone marrow
When a tube of blood is spun in the centrifuge what happens?
When a tube of blood is spun in centrifuge what happens? The blood is separated into layers – the plasma and formed elements.
When a tube of blood is spun in centrifuge what is found in the upper clear layer?
Plasma
Blood that has been centrifuged, the bottom portion is called:
Formed elements
The majority of the formed elements are produced in the:
Red bone marrow
When a tube of blood is spun in centrifuge what is the percentage of plasma?
55%
Name the three major plasma proteins.
• Albumin
• Globulin
• Fibrinogen
Which plasma protein regulates water of the blood vessels by osmosis?
Albumin
Which plasma protein forms antibodies?
Globulin
Which plasma protein is associated with blood clotting?
Fibrinogen
