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Blood Flashcards

1
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What is the basic arrangement of blood vessels?

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Tunica Intima, Tunica Media and Tunica Adventitia

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Describe Tunica Intima?

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Single layer of squamous epithelial cells known as the endothelial cells supported by a basal lamina and a small layer of connective tissue

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Describe Tunica Media?

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Predominately muscle and can have a high amount of elastic tissue

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Describe Tunica Adventitia?

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Supporting connecting tissue

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5
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What are the largest arteries called?

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Elastic arteries

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6
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What are the elastic fibres required for?

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Elastic recoil

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7
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Describe the walls of elastic arteries?

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Inner half of the wall obtains nutrients from the lumen and the outer half has its own blood supply called the vasa vasorum

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What can been found between the tunica media and tunica adventitia?

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External elastic membrane

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9
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Function of arterioles

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Regulating blood flow in tissue

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10
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What are capillaries composed of?

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Endothelial cells and basal lamina

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11
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What are pericytes?

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Connective tissue cells that have contractile properties

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12
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What are the 3 forms of capillaries?

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Continuous Capillaries
Fenestrated Capillaires
Discontinuous Capillaries

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13
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What is the function of the postcapillary venule?

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Exchange of materials

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14
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What are the valves in the veins composed of?

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Extensions of the tunica intima

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15
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Where are most proteins in the blood produced?

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Liver

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16
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What is the role of Serum albumin?

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Maintaining osmotic pressure

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17
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Why are mature red blood cells not true?

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No nucleus or organelles

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18
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How long do erythrocytes last in circulation?

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4 months

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19
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How are aged cells removed?

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By spleen and liver

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20
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What are neutrophils?

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Granulocytes and are the most common type of leukocytes

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21
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Describe the nucleus of the neutrophil?

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Multilobed nucleus

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22
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What can neutrophils also be called?

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Polymorphonuclear leukocyte

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23
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Where are eosinophils released from?

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Bone marrow

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24
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How long do the eosinophils circulate for before moving into the tissue?

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8-12 hours

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25
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Are eosinophils larger than neutrophils?

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Yes

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26
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Describe the nucleus of the eosinophils?

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Bilobed

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27
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What is the role of eosinophils?

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Maintaining and inducing inflammation and fighting parasitic infections

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28
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Describe the nucleus in a basophil?

29
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Role of the basophil?

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Act as effector cells in allergic reactions

30
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What do mast cells contain?

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Herapin and histamine

31
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Where are monocytes found?

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Bone marrow and blood

32
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What is monocytes together called?

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Mononuclear phagocyte system

33
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Describe the nucleus of the monocytes?

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Non-lobulated

34
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What are the 2 cases of lymphocyte?

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B cells and T cells

35
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Where does T cells differentiate?

36
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What do B cells give rise to?

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Antibody secreting plasma cells

37
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What do T cells do?

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Form a complex set of cells that perform many defence functions

38
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Function of Platelets?

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Haemostasis

39
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Do platlets have a nucleus?

40
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What activates the production of fibrin which participates in clot formation

41
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What are the different types of stem cells?

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Totipotent, Pluripotent, Multipotent and committed progenitor cells

42
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What can form all types of cells of the adult, plus any extra embryonic tissue produced during development?

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Totipotent

43
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What can form all functional cell types of the animal?

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Pluripotent

44
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What can form a restricted set of cell types?

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Multipotent

45
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What can form only one cell type?

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Committed Progenitor cells

46
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Example of totipotent?

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Fertilised ovum

47
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Example of pluripotent?

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Embryonic stem cells

48
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Example of Multipotent?

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Lymphoid stem cells

49
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What is a Megakaryocyte?

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Giant cells found in the bone marrow

50
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What is plasma composed of?

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Water, proteins, nutrients and salts

51
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How can blood be separated?

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Centrifuge

52
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What is serum?

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Fluid left after clotting factors have been removed from the blood

53
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What are the proteins found in blood?

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Serum albumin, clotting factors and complement components

54
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What are erythrocytes?

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Red blood cells

55
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What is 1/3rd of the volume of RBC’s taken up by?

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Haemoglobin

56
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What is haemoglobin?

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An iron-containing protein

57
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What allows RBC’s to deform?

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They contain a network of flexible cytoskeletal elements

58
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What is the function of haemoglobin?

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To pick up oxygen in the lungs and deliver it to the tissues of the body

59
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What is a stack of red blood cells called and what can it indicate?

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Rouleau and can indicate disease

60
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What are the different types of white blood cells?

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Neutrophils
Lymphocytes
Eosinophils
Monocytes
Basophils
61
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What does the cytoplasm of neutrophils contain?

62
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What cells are basophils similar to?

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Mast cells

63
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Where do B cells mature?

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Bone marrow

64
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What do platelets induce production of?

65
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Sites of blood formation?

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Embryonic - Liver and Spleen
After birth - Bone Marrow
Mature Skeleton - Vertebrae, Ribs and Skull

66
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What happens to the marrow in bones not producing blood cells?

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Becomes adipose tissue

67
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What is the blood brain barrier induced by?

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Astrocytes

68
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What produces erythropoietin?

69
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What produces interleukins?

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Leukocytes as well as other cells

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