Blood Flashcards
What is blood
A connective tissue that transports, regulates and protects
What is Plasma
-Liquid top portion on test tube
-55%
-that has clotting proteins and serums
What are formed elements?
Erythrocytes ( RBC), Leukocytes ( WBC) and platelets ( Megakaryocyte)
What is centrifugation
Fractionated blood
Which plasma protein is most abundant?
Albumin
What are the key points of blood characteristics
- Viscosity
- pH
-Volume - Color
Elaborate on Blood Viscosity
“Blood is thicker than water”,
Elaborate on Blood pH
7.35-7.45
Elaborate on Blood volume
Adults =5L
Elaborate on Blood color
Varies with oxygen content, more oxygen the brighter the red
What are the key functions of blood
- Distribution/transportation
- Regulation
- protection
-Homeostasis
Elaborate on blood function of Distribution/transport
Nutrients: to reserve for GI tract to all cells
Oxygen: Lungs to all cells
waste: cells to garbate sites,(CO2 to lungs)
Hormones: Endo glands to traget
Elaborate on blood function of regulation
Temp: Skin blood flow
Ph
Bp(volume)
Electrolytes
Elaborate on blood function of Homeostasis
Blood to interstitial fluid to cells
Elaborate on blood function of protection
Clotting: prevents blood loss
Infection: immune transport
What are the functions of plasma protien
exert colloid osmotic pressure
immune/inflammation/clotting processes,
nutrition
acid/base balance
What is the plasma component that forms fibrin
fibrinogen
What is fibrinolysis
dissloving a clot
What is the difference from hematopoiesis and hemostasis
Hematostasis: used to prevent blood loss
hematopoesis: formed elements
what is thrombocyte
blood platelets
What causes decreased hematopoiesis
bone marrow faliure or deficiency of essential nutrients
What is a clot
Platelets and clotting factors
Clotting protiens
liver
What does the plasma serum contain
-Nutrients/waste
-Resp. gasses (co2 and o2)
- Electrolytes
- Blood proteins ( Large)
What are types of blood proteins
Albumin: 60% of blood and osmotic pressure
Transport protein: A and B goblins, lipoproteins
Immune protiens: y (gamma) gobulins Ex: antibodies
What is the lifespan of RBC
3-4 months, 100-120 days
What are RBC
Erythrocytes
How would you descibe a mature erythrocyte
Lack of most other organelles, bioconcave disc ( flexable), and most abundant cell and contains HB,hgb
What is the name of the process in which RBC are made
Erythropoiesis
first step for erythropoiesis
red bone marrow
- HSC ) hematopoietic stem cells
second step for erythropoiesis
Erythrocyte colony forming units (CFU)
- Communicated to be a RBC
third step for erythropoiesis
proerythroblast
-Immature pre-pre- RBC
Last step
Reticulocyte
- eject remaining organelles
forth step for erythropoiesis
Erythroblast
-Makes Hgb, mature RBC and nucleus shrinks and ejects
Kidney EPO
negative feedback
low tissue oxygen higher EPO
What does each hemoglobin molecule contain
four polypeptide subunits , two alpha, two beta and each bound to a heme group
What is a heme
A fancy carbon ring (Protoporphyrin (x)) holds iron
Iron hold oxygen
What is a globin chain
Holds heme group, protien (aa chain) and alpha/beta
Oxygen plus Hb
red color, REVERSIABLE binding
Lungs: Pick up oxygen
tissue: oxygen
( more oxygen= brighter red)
carboamino-Hb
Aids elimination, NOT mina carbon dioxide carrier