Blood Chapter Flashcards
Leucocytes
Granular In the cytoplasm
Neutrophils
Phagocytes
Responds to damaged tissues by bacteria and infection
Eosinophils
Granular stains orange
Fights allergies and parasites
Basophils
Makes an allergic reaction (histamine)
Granular
Monocyte
Phagocytes
Can go into tissues because it’s so big fights chronic infections
The clean up crew
Lymphocytes
Can be small or large
Made in the lymphatic system
Protective cell
Produces antibodies
Thrombocytes are
Platelets
No nucleus
Plasma is
Non living chemicals like iron nutrients
Hemostasis
Gets the blood in check
Prevents from blood loss- clotting
Calcium is needed
Cardiac output
The amount of blood pumped out of the left ventricle per minute
Stroke volume
The amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle per systole average 65-75ml
Heart rate per minute
Average 70-80 beats/min
5-6ml per minute
End diastolic volume (EDV)
The volume of blood still in a ventricle after a systole (contraction)
Starling’s law of the heart
The more cardiac muscles fibers stretch the more force-full the contraction ex. Exercise
Erythroblast
Red blood cells