blood Flashcards
components of whole blood (3)
plasma
platlets
leukocytes (5)
plasma (matrix) plus formed elements
2 categories/ 5 kinds of Leukocytes
granulocytes: neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
agranulocytes: lymphocytes, monocytes
circulatory vs. cardiovascular system
circ: heart, blood vessels, AND blood
cardio: only heart, blood vessels
3 functions of the circulatory system
transport
protection
regulation
How transport?
O2, CO2
nutrients
waste to kidneys
hormones to organs
stem cells bone to tissues
How protect?
inflammation helps guard against infection
destroy harmful organisms/cancer cells
clotting
How regulates?
fluid balance (osmolarity regulation)
pH of extracellular fluids
regulating body temperature (pee more in winter)
hematocrit layers (3)
bottom is the erythrocytes
buffy coat WBCs and platelets <1%
plasma
serum vs. plasma
same as plasma with clots removed (no fibrinogen)
plasma
liquid of blood
3 plasma proteins
albumin - smallest, viscosity/osmolarity, most of globulins - (antibodies) alpha, beta, gamma fibrinogen - pre-clotting fiber
plasma proteins formed?
liver - albumin and globulins plasma cells- fibrinogen
plasma components
water, proteins, nutrients (glucose, vitamins, fats, minerals), electrolytes (Na+/Sodium), nitrogenous wastes (urea, toxic catabolic products), hormones, gasses (O2,CO2, Nitrogen)
viscosity? water vs. whole blood vs. plasma?
viscosity - how thin/thick “sticky” whole blood x4.5-5.5 as water plasma x2 as water
blood pressure if osmolarity is too high
too much water in blood = high BP
blood pressure if osmolarity is too low
too much water in tissues = low BP/ edema
osmolarity
molarity of dissolved particles that cannot pass through blood vessel wall electrolyte (sodium)/protein/RBC-water balance
hypoproteinemia
too little plasma proteins starvation, liver/kidney diseases, severe burns
kwashiorker
severe protein deficiency thin arms/swollen belly/fed cereals (after weaned)
hemopoiesis
making blood/ formed elements
colloid osmotic pressure (COP)
protein relationship to blood osmotic pressure *ed up in kwashiorker - edema, big belly, diarrhea, dehydration
hemopoetic tissues
tissues that make blood cells: embryo-yolk sac infancy on- red bone marrow makes 7 formed elements lymphocytes- made in lymphatic tissues (thymus, tonsils, lymph nodes, spleen, mucous membranes)
plasma replacement
water - mostly from digestive tract electrolytes/nutrients-dig. Tract gamma globulins- conn. Tissue plasma cells proteins-liver
RBC characteristics
biconcave no nucleus/mitochondria anaerobic fermentation to make ATP plasma mem. Glycolipids - determine blood type cytoplasm-carbonic anahydrase (CAH)- role in gas transport/pH balance