Blood Flashcards
Erythrocytes
Red blood cells
Thrombocytes
Platelets
What can be found in numbers of infection
White blood cells
Leukocyte
White blood cell
When the pancreas does not produce enough of me, blood glucose levels will rise, and diabetes mellitus can develop
Insulin
The origin of all blood cells
Stem cells (pluripotential or multipotential)
What are the three functions of blood
Transportation, regulation, defense
RBC=
Red blood cell
WBC =
White blood cells
What are the five types of white blood cells
Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
A chemical that when added to blood prevents the blood from clotting after it is removed from the body
Anticoagulant
What makes up plasma
Water and proteins
The production of all blood cells
Hematopoiesis
Poiesis =
To make something, production of
Blood transports platelets to sites of damage in blood vessel walls to form a plug that will control bleeding, this is a mechanism known as
Hemostasis
Accounts for 90% of senescent RBCs
Extravascular hemolysis
Amino acids, iron, and heme make up
Hemoglobin
Extravascular hemolysis occurs where
The spleen
About 10% of normal red blood cell destruction takes place by, or destruction that takes place within blood vessels
Intravascular hemolysis
PCV =
Packed cell volume
What is the primary byproduct of RBC destruction
Bilirubin
Hemogram =
Complete Blood Count (CBC)
What cell inhibits allergic reactions
Eosinophils
True or false a red blood cell has a nucleus
False
Lymphocytes look for specific
Antigens
True or false lymphocytes are NOT phagocytic
True
What is a distinct characteristic of monocytes that make them identifiable
Contains vacuoles, the nucleus looks fat and is not as dark in color.
A chemical that when added to blood prevents the blood for clotting after it is removed from the body
Anticoagulant
If the blood sample is allowed to clot in a tube that does not contain any anticoagulant, the remaining fluid is
Serum
What is the difference between plasma and serum
Serum is the liquid that remains after the blood has clotted.
Plasma is the liquid that remains when clotting is prevented with the addition of an anticoagulant.
True or false
In a newborn animal Hematopoiesis takes place primarily in the yellow bone marrow
False
It takes place in primarily red bone marrow because of the high demand for blood cells during growth
What are the three types of granulocytes
Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils