Blood Flashcards
What are bloods functions
Transport oxygen co2 neutriants waste hormones
Homeostasis regulates ph temp and water
Protects fluid loss against toxins and microbes
What are the formed elements of blood?
erythrocytes
Leucocytes granulocytes+ agranulocytes
thrombocytes
What are erythrocytes?
No neucleus red blood cells squeeze into small vessels Biconcave Lives for 120 days Destroyed in liver/spleen Contains haemoglobin
What is haemoglobins function?
Transport gasses
Can carry 4 O2 molecules
What is bloods composition percentages
55% plasma
What are agranulocytosis?
Similar to cells in areolar tissue
Lymphocytes to destroy invaders with antibodies
Monocytes phagocytic consume invaders kidney shaped neuclei become macrophages in cells
What is a basophil?
Releases histamine and heparin like a mast cell in ct
Neutrophil
Largest group of white cells phagocytic first line of defence
Eosinophil
Phagocytic
What are thrombocytes
A neuclate
Clot formation secreats thrombokinase
Clot formation
Localised bv constriction
Platelets clump together adhearing to bv walls and each other
Thrombokinase changes fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin traps blood cells
Clot forms lot squeezes serum out as it dries and contracts
What are the components of the cv system
Blood
Blood vessels
Heart