Blood basic Flashcards
PLASMA
Is the yellow liquid portion of the blood
WHAT DOES PLAMSA CONTAIN?
water, salt, nutrients , gases, clotting factos , antibodies, toxins , chemicals, drug, etc
Consists of cell suspended in …..
PLASMA
WHERE MOST BLOOD CELL PRODUCE IN?
most blood cellls are produced in the bone marrows
How much blood is in a humans body?
AVERAGE OF 5 LITERS (10 unit) A unit of blood/plasma is * 525 ml (1 pint)
How much red blood cell are ther in the human body?
40-45% blood
WHAT IS OXYGEN TRANSPORT?
Struture of red blood cell suits its main fuction of oxygen transport.
WHAT RED BLOOD CELLS
they are filled with protein( hemoglobin), abbreviated Hb, which picks up and transport oxygen.
Role of the RED BLOOD CELLS
pred blood cell pass through the lungs and pick up oxgen; oxgen binds to iron atoms in the Hb molecules
CAN ALSO CARRY C02 BACK TO LUNGS
What is the function of White blood cells?
The defense and general housekeeping.
Search and destory infected,inflammed or damaged tissues.
What is the amount of white blood cell in the body
small fraction of the whole blood
what is the immue system prgrammed to do
they are prgrammed to destroy any cell that does not display the corrrect idenfity markers.
what are antigens
they are molcule tha t are recogized as forgein by the immue system and trigger immue repsonse
UNLIKE RBC - THEY HAVE A NUCLUES ( DNA FINGERPRINTING )
how long does platelet last
5-9 days
what does platelet do
bits of cytoplams pinched off from large cells in the bone .