Blood Flashcards
Name the type of blood vessels
Arteries veins capillaries the heart
What’s arteries do
Transports oxygenated blood through body
Are arteries high or low pressure
High
Do arteries have valves
No
Smallest arteries are called
Arterolies
What’s veins do
Transport deoxygenated blood
What’s veins used for
Blood samples
Are veins high or low blood pressure
Low
Do vain have valves
Yes to prevent back flow
Small veins are called
Venalis
What type of wall are capillaries made from
Single cell wall
What’s blood made of
Blood and plasma
What percent of plasma is water
90%
What’s plasma do in the blood
Holds water in blood to maintain osmotic pressure
What are fibrinogen and prothrombin made by and what does it do
Liver helps clotting
What’s albumin do
Maintains osmotic concentration in blood
What’s are immunoglobulins
Antibodies produced by immune system
Name three chemicals in electrolytes
Sodium potasssium calcium magnesium calories bicarbonate ion
Name gases that are transported
Oxygen and co2
Nutrients which is transported include
Amino acid fatty acid and glucose
Waste product which is transported include
Urea and creatin
What’s serum
Plasma with clotting factors
What’s leukocytes
White blood cells
Whats Thrombocytes
Platelets
