BLOOD Flashcards
Composition of blood
Plasma 55%
Eements of blood 45%
Percent of blood in the total body weight.
8%
Plasma is mainly composed of?
water 90-95%
Intracellular fluid in plasma
2/3 or 70% of the body weight
Extracellular fluid in plasma
1/3 or 30% of the body weight
movement of water in the membrane from lower tohigher concentration
OSMOSIS
Hypertonicity will cause the cell to?
shrink
Hypotonicity will cause the cell to?
Swell
Isotonicity will cause the cell to?
No change in the cell
Plasma is composed of?
Water and Proteins
The most abundant protein in the blood.
Albumin
Protein responsible for OSMOSIS
Albumin
Fluid inside the blood cell is called?
Cytosol
Reason why intracellular fluid has more fluid than extracellular fluid.
To maintain flow.
Organ that places water in the blood.
Kidney
The smallest protein.
Albumin
Protein in the blood that is the binding site of the drug.
Albumin
The largest protein in the blood that carries immunity.
Globulin
What organ produces Albumin?
Liver
Protein that is the binding site of some HORMONES
Globulin
What produces immunoglobulin?
Plasma
Thyroid hormone + globulin
Thyroglobulin
responsible for hemostasis
Clotting factors
What organ produces clotting factors?
Liver