Blood Flashcards
Total iron in the body
4-5g
Acts as an acid base buffer for whole blood
Carbonic anhydrase
Primary storage protein of iron in the liver
Ferritin
Secondary storage protein of iron
Hemosiderin
Transport of iron
Transferrin
Most numerous wbcs
Neutrophils
Least numerous wbcs
Basophils
Highly lobulated nucleus
Neutrophils
Bilobed nucleus, stain bright red with eosin dyr
Eosinophils
Bilobed/trilobed nucleus, largely densely basophilic(blue granules)
Basophils
Produces histamine, heparin, bradykinin, serotonin
Basophils
Largest wbc
Monocytes
Eccentrically placed nucleus
Monocyte
Life span of plateletd
7-10 days
Smallest wbc
Lymphocytes
Round densely stained nucleus with a pale basophilic non granular cytoplasm
Lymphocytes
Movement of neutrophils and macrophages
Ameboid
1st line of defense of the body
Tissue macrophages
2nd and 3rd line of defende
Neutrophils, monocytes
Adaptive immunity involves the formation of?
Antibodies
Divalent antibody
IgG
Most abundant antibody
IgG
Smallest ; secondary responses; so many
IgG
Primary immune response
IgM
Largest
IgM
Antibody that acts as an antigen receptor
IgD