Blood Flashcards
Blood
What type of tissue is blood?
Connective tissue
What temperature is blood?
100.4 degrees
What are the components of blood?
plasma and formed elements
What percentage of blood is plasma
50-60 percent
What percent of blood is formed elements
40-50 percent
What are formed elements
Erythrocytes Leukocytes and Platelets
Erythrocytes
Red blood cells
Leukocytes
White blood cells
Items formed in red bone marrow
Formed elements
What is the least dense component of blood?
Plasma
What is the buffy coat of blood?
Leukocytes and platelets makes up 1 percent
What is the most dense component of blood?
Erythrocytes,, makes up 45 percent
What are the types of leukocytes?
Granular leukocytes and argranular leukeocyte
Types of granular leukeocyte
Basophil, eosinphils, neutrophils
Acute infections
neutrophils (65 percent)