Blood Flashcards
Hematocrit and percentages of others
Volume of packed red blood cells
Men: 45%, Women 40%
Plasma: 55
Buffy coat (leukocytes and platelets) 1%
Composition of plasma (4)
92% water (optimal ph and osmolarity for homeostasis)
7% protein: Albumins, globulins, fibrinogen
Albumin
Made in
% in plasma
made in liver
>50%
maintains osmoticpressure, acts as carrier protein
Globulins
Types
Immunoglobulins (Gamma) anti bodies from plasma Nonimmune globulins (alpha, beta): produced in liver, maintain osmotic pressure, carrier proteins
Fibrinogen
Solubility and transformation
purpose
Soluble
Transformed into insoluble fibrin
Blood clots
Leukocytes subclassified into two groups based on
The two groups are
presence of specific granules
shape of nuclei
Polymorphonuclear Granulocytes
Mononuclear Agranulocytes
Polymorphonuclear Granulocytes
Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils
Mononulcear Agranulocytes
Lymphocytes: (B lymphocytes) (T lymphocytes) (Natural Killer Cells) Monocytes
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Neutrophil function
function
first responders to infection
acute inflammation
accumulates as pus
Eosinophils
function
Defense against parasites
Allergies, break down histamines
Chronic inflammation
Neutrophil granule contents
Lysozyme (specific granules)
Peroxidases (azurophilic granules)
Eosinophils
Granule contents
Peroxidase
Histaminase
arylsulfatase
Basophil
Function
regulate immune response to parasites
role in allergies via vasoactive agents (histamines)
Basophil
Granule contents
Histamine
Serotonin
heparin sulfate
Thrombocytes
Produced by
function
Megakaryocytes
blood clot formation, repair tears in blood vessel wall