Blood/Cardiovascular system Flashcards
Blood
The only fluid connective tissue in the human body that takes up 8% of the body.
Color is a scarlet red when oxygenated. Color is a dull red when deoxygenated.
pH levels remain between 7.35-7.45
Temperature is at 100.4F
Average volume is around 5-6 liters.
Type A Blood
Type of blood that carries A-antigens and B-antibodies
Cannot mix with type B or AB blood.
Can mix with type A and O blood.
Type B Blood
Type of blood that carries B-antigens and A-antibodies.
Cannot mix with Type A or AB blood.
Can mix with type B and O Blood.
Type O Blood
Type of blood that carries no antigens and carries both A and B antibodies.
Is the universal donor and can only receive/mix with type O blood.
Type AB blood
Type of blood that has both A and B antigens.
Is a universal recipient(they can mix with any other types of blood.)
Erythrocytes
Red Blood cells
Function: Carry and distribute waste, nutrients and oxygen throughout the body
Has no nucleus, contains few organelles and carries large amounts of hemoglobin.
Leukocytes
White Blood cells
Function: Defends the body against disease and bacteria
Has a nucleus, organelles, and is able to move into and out of blood vessels with ease
Platelets
initiates clotting process when a blood vessel bursts.
Plasma
The liquid structure of blood.
Includes dissolved nutrients, salts, respiratory gas, hormones, plasma proteins, and waste products.
Granulocytes
A type of white blood cell that’s granules can be strained, possesses a lobed nucleus, and includes neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils
Agranulocytes
A type of white blood cells that lack visible granules, have a spherical nucleus, and includes lymphocytes and monocytes
Neutrophils
Type of granulocyte that has a multi-lobed nucleus with granules.
Attacks bacteria through phagocytosis
Eosinophils
type of granulocyte that has large brick-red granules and is found in response to allergies and parasitic worms.
Basophils
Type of granulocyte that contains histamine granules. Responsible for initiating inflammation, active in injury sites.
Monocyte
Type of agranulocyte where is the is the largest white blood cell and it initiates immune response to viruses.
Lymphocytes
Type of agranulocyte where the nucleus fills most of the cell and it is involved in the attacking of viruses and abnormal tissues.
Iron deficiency anemia
Results from abnormal or deficient hemoglobin content in the red blood cells. Decreasing the amount of oxygen that reaching your body.
Sickle Cell anemia
A genetic disorder where your blood cells are abnormally shaped(like a crescent moon)
Polycythemia
An excessive or abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the body
Leukocytosis
An excessive or abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the body.
Leukemia
The overproduction of white blood cells.
Take the places of red blood cells. Treatable with bone marrow transplants, chemotherapy, and radiation.