Blood and Lymphatic System Flashcards
Blood Volume
5-6L (Males) and 4-5L (Female) 250-350ml (Newborn
Viscosity
3.5-4.5x thicker
Color
scarlet (oxygen rich) to dull red or purple (oxygen poor)
pH
7.35-7.45 (average of 7.40)
Specific gravity
whole blood 1.045-1.066
serum 1.024-1.028
plasma 1.025-1.029
venous blood
7.35 / arterial blood 7.45
FUNCTIONS OF BLOOD
- Respiratory
- Nutritional
- Excretory
- Buffering action
- Maintenance of constant body temperature
- Transportation of hormones and other endocrine
secretion that regulates cell function - Body defense mechanism
HEMATOPOIESIS
- Blood cell formation
- Occurs in red bone marrow
- All blood cells are derived from a common stem cell
(hemocytoblast) - Hemocytoblast differentiation
- Lymphoid stem cell produces lymphocytes
- Myeloid stem cell produces other formed elements
(EPO)
Erythropoietin
(TPO)
Thrombopoietin
(G-CSF)
Granulocyte CSF
(GM-CSF)
Granulocyte-macrophage CSF
Salmon colored biconcave disk; anucleate ; literally, sacs of hemoglobin; most organelles have been ejected
Erythrocytes
White blood cells or WBCs
Leukocytes
Cytoplasm stain pale pink and contains fine granules, which are difficult to see; deep purple nucleus consist of three to seven lobes connected y thin strands of nucleoplasm
Neutrophils
Red coarse cytoplasmic granules; figure-8 or bilobed nucleus stains blue-red
Eosinophils
Cytoplasm has a few large blue- purple granules; U- or S- shaped nucleus with constrictions, stains dark blue
Basophils
Cytoplasm pale blue and appears as thin rim around nucleus; spherical dark purple- blue nucleus
Lymphocytes
Abundant gray-blue cytoplasm; dark blue-purple nucleus often kidney shaped
Monocytes
Essentially irregular shaped cell fragments; stain deep purple
Platelets
The main function is to carry oxygen
* Biconcave disks
* Essentially bags of hemoglobin
* Anucleate (no nucleus)
ERYTHROCYTES (RED BLOOD CELLS)
- Iron-containing protein
- Binds strongly, but reversibly, to oxygen
- Each hemoglobin molecule has four oxygen binding sites
- Each erythrocyte has 250 million hemoglobin molecules
Hemoglobin
respond to a lower than normal oxygen concentration in the blood by releasing the hormone erythropoietin.
Kidneys
travels to the red bone marrow and stimulates an increase in the production of red blood
cells (RBCs).
Erythropoietin
manufactures RBCs from stem cells that live inside the marrow.
The red bone marrow
squeeze through blood vessel membranes to
enter the circulation
RBCs
work to supply continuous movement and oxygenation of RBCs.
heart and lungs
destroyed primarily by the spleen.
Damaged or old RBCs
is to respond rapidly to microbial invasion to kill the
invaders (phagocytosis)
neutrophils
- Cytoplasmic fragments of megakaryocytes
- Important in HEMOSTASIS
PLATELETS
Series of complex processes by which the body spontaneously stops bleeding and maintains blood on its fluid state within the blood vessel compartment.
HEMOSTASIS
oxygen carrying capacity of blood is reduced
Anemia
Inability to successfully eliminate foreign substances
Qualitative
- Leukocytosis
- Leukopenia
Quantitative
A. Thrombocytopenia
B. Thrombocytosis
Platelet Disorders
A. Hemophilia
B. Thrombophilia
Coagulation Disorders
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
Two parts
- Lymphatic vessels
- Lymphoid tissues and organs
Lymphatic system functions
- Transport fluids back to the blood
- Play essential roles in body defense and resistance to disease
- Absorb digested fat at the intestinal villi
excess tissue fluid carried by lymphatic vessels
Lymph
- Site where transport system begins
- Remarkably permeable
Lymphatic capillaries
- Next area where the lymph flows from the lymphatic
capillaries
Lymphatic collecting vessels
- Formed by the union of the largest collecting vessels
- Named mostly from the regions from which they
collect lymph
Lymphatic trunks