Blood Flashcards
Functions of Blood
- Transport gases, nutrients, waste, cells, and hormones throughout the body
- transports O2, CO2, nutrients, hormones, heat, and wastes
- regulate pH, temperature, and water content of cells
- Protects against blood loss through clotting
- protects against disease through phagocytotic white blood cells and antibodies
* contains cholesterol and is a mixture of high and low-density forms
* High LDL ==> plaque on the inside of arteries (cardiac disease/stroke)
* High HDL ==> protects against heart disease
hemopoiesis
-the process by which blood cell components Is made
What percentage of plasma is found after spinning the blood tube
55%
What percentage of red blood cells is found after spinning the blood tube
45%
Blood constituents
-consist of cells and plasma
-if you treat blood with an anticoagulant and centrifuge it, the blood cells sediment leaving a supernatant of clear plasma
Erythrocytes (RBC): number of cells/mm3 (ul) of blood
4-6 million
Erythrocytes (red blood cells): function
-most numerous types of cells found in the blood
-mature RBCs make hemoglobin that binds oxygen and carbon dioxide which is transported
Erythrocytes (red blood cells): duration of development
about 15 days
Erythrocytes (red blood cells): life span
100-120 days
Erythrocytes: description
-biconcave
-anucleate disc
-salmon-colored
-diameter 7-8 um
Where are erythrocytes born and matured?
bone marrow
leukocytes (white blood cells)
-can move like an amoeba and migrate out of the blood vessels into the surrounding tissue
plasma
-consists of water (92%), lipids, salts, and glucose
-the proteins include hormones, salts include urea which are waste products of cells
-the proteins are mostly serum albumin and serum globulins
serum albumin
-made in the liver, helps to maintain the osmotic pressure of blood
-three types: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma
-Alpha: transports vitamin A
-Beta: transport transferrin
-Gamma: most antibodies are gamma globulins
Which white blood cells are granulocytes?
- neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils
Which white blood cells are agranulocytes?
-lymphocytes and monocytes
Neutrophils: description
-nucleus multilobed; inconspicuous cytoplasmic granules, diameter 10-12 um
-commonest type of WBC
-they self-destruct after one burst of activity
- are important in inflammatory reactions
Neutrophils: function
phagocytize bacteria
Neutrophils: number of cells/mm^3 (ul) of blood
3000-7000
Neutrophils: duration of developed
about 14 days
Neutrophils: life span
6 hours to a few days
Neutrophils: percentage of leukocytes
50-70% of leukocytes
Eosinophils: description
-nucleus bi-lobed
-red cytoplasmic granules
-diameter 10-14 um
Eosinophils: function
- kill parasitic worms
-destroys antigen-antibody complexes
-inactivate some inflammatory chemicals of allergy
-a high eosinophil count could indicate an allergic reaction
also important in killing parasitic worms
Eosinophils: number of cells/mm^3 (ul) of blood
100-400
Eosinophils: duration of development
about 14 days
Eosinophils: life span
about 5 days
Eosinophils: percentage of leukocytes
2-4 %
Basophils: description
-nucleus lobed,
-large blue-purple cytoplasmic granules
-diameter 10-14 um
- the rarest type of WBC
Basophil: function
release histamines and other mediators of inflammation; contain heparin an anticoagulant
Basophils: number of cells/mm^3 (ul) of blood
20-50
Basophils: duration of development
1-7 days