Exam 2 Flashcards
Blood, Heart,
What is another name for RBCs?
Erythrocytes
What is the most abundant WBC in normal individual?
Neurtophils
What three types of white blood cells are considered granulocytes?
Neutrophils, Eosinophils, Basophils
What is another name for WBCs?
Leukocytes
True or False: Anemia is an excess of RBCs?
False
What is the percent volume of blood sample occupied by RBCs called?
Hematrocrit
What is I.t called where blood is unable to carry sufficient oxygen?
Anemia
Condition where there is an abnormally high Hct
Polycythemia
Which blood cell are immune cells
WBC or Leukocytes
Most abundant type of WBC and have ganuiles
Neutrophils
2nd most abundant type of WBC with no granules and are the smallest WBC
Lymphocytes
3rd most abundant WBC with no granules and are the largest WBC
Monocytes
What is the 4th most abundant WBC, involved in inflammation, and have granules?
Eosinophils
What is the least common WBC , is involved with allergic reactions , have granules?
Basophils
Which WBC have granules
Neutrophils, Eosinophils, and Basophils
What type of blood cell is the most abundant in the body
RBCs
What is the matrix of blood
Plasma
What color is plasma
Yellow
What is the machine used to separate blood?
Centrifuge
What is each blood sample composed off
Plasma at 55%
Buffy Coat at <1%
RBCs at 45%
What WBC is involved with inflammation
Basophils
What WBC enters infected tissue by parasites and is also involved in inflammation
Eosinophils
Have kidney shaped or horse shoe shaped nucleus
Monocytes
What are smaller than RBC, found in the Buffy coat, seal small tears in blood vessels, and is instrumental in blood clotting?
Platelets
What WBC has a large round nucleus that almost completely occupies the cell?
Lymphocytes
What WBC have weird shaped nucleus and are small pale red and have blue cytoplasmic granules
Neutrophils
What WBC look exactly like eosinophils but with dark bluish/purple granules
Basophils
Which WBC have bi-lobed nucleus with large red cytoplasmic granules
Eosinophils
What color is Blood when it is high in Oxygen
Bright Red
What color is Blood when its low in Oxygen
Dark Red
Name of the liquid portion of the blood
Plasma
What is I.t called with the production of new blood cells
Hematopoiesis-aka hemopesis
Where does hematopoiesis occur
Red bone marrow (hip bones, vertebrae, and large flat bones
What are “hermatopeietic stem cells”
Red bone marrow stem cells that are continually dividing and forming new blood cells
What is the production of new RBC called
Erythropoiesis
What is EPO secreted by
live and kidneys when there is low blood oxygen
What is the production of new WBC
Leukopoiesis