Blood/hemopoiesis Flashcards
Blood=2 things:
formed elements (Cells) + plasma
Plasma is made of 3 things: ____, ____, and _____. Major proteins include: ____, ____, _____.
Water, protein, solutes
fibrinogen, albumin, globulins
Erythrocytes have a _____ shape and are 7-8 um in diameter. They have no ___ or ____.
biconcave
nucleus, organelles
Erythrocytes use _____ for energy. They have _____ _____ that makes bicarbonate to buffer blood.
glucose
carbonic anhydrase
Erythrocytes stain _____. One third of the RBC mass is ____.
eisonophilic
hemoglobin
RBCs are destroyed in the liver, bone marrow, and the _____, which is the main area of destruction.
Spleen
____ are new RBC’s made from ____ ____
reticulocytes
bone marrow
Reticulocytes contain ____, unlike older RBCs.
mitochondria
____ ____ ____ is due to a genetic alteration in the hemoglobin beta-globin chain. It is due to single amino acid substitution: ____ is substituted for _____.
Sickle cell anemia
valine, glutamic acid
In sickle cell anemia, there is denaturation of ____. There is clustering of _____ protein, ____, and _____.
hemoglobin
band 3, ankyrin, spectrin
In sickle cell anemia, spectrin is defective. This causes diminished ability to transfer ____. This affects the ability of the membrane _____ to assemble and disassemble
ubiquitin
skeleton
Cells deformed by sickle cell anemia have difficulty passing through _____ sinuses. They get trapped and removed by _____.
splenic
macrophages
Sickle cells can also adhere to capillary ____ cells. This causes _____ of vessels
endothelial
occlusion
The spleen of patients with sickle cell anemia is _____ due to sequestration of sickle cells in the ____ and _____.
enlarged
cords, sinuses
Hereditary spherocytosis is an inherited disorder that causes defects in the RBC _____
membrane
Spherocytic RBCs have a more _____ and less ____ cell. They are susceptible to destruction by ____ ____
spherical
deformable
splenic macrophages
What is the relationship of spectrin, band 3, the RBC membrane, and ankryin?
Spectrin attaches to ankryin, which attaches to Band 3, which is located on the rbc membrane.
Spherocytes have a deficiency in ______. These lack a ____ ___ ___ in blood smears.
spectrin
central pale zone
Spherocytes have an inability to alter their ____. This results in sequestration in the splenic ____ and failure to pass into splenic ____, enabling destruction by splenic ____.
shape
cords
sinuses
macrophages
Patients with hereditary spherocytosis exhibit ____ and ____.
anemia, enlarged spleen (splenomegaly)
____ _____ are indicative of denature Hb (ie in sickle cell anemia)
Heinz bodies
____ are cell fragements derived from ____ in the bone marrow.
platelets, megakaryocytes
Three functions of platelets:
blood clotting, clot retraction, clot dissolution
Platelets contain ____ granules, which are lysosomal in character, and dense core granules, which contain _____, ____, ____, and ____
alpha
serotonin, ADP, ATP, calcium
not sure if we need to know the different granules
Platelets contain numerous cytoplasmic ____. Importantly, they are a source of ____ compounds, such as thromboxane A2 (derived from _______ metabolism)
microtubules
vasoactive
cyclo-oxygenase
Upon activation, platelets change from their ____ shape to a more ____ appearance, with extensive ____ of the cell membrane that is associated with rearrangements of the cytoplasm (MT redistribution, rapid polymerization of actin into _____)
discoid
flattened
ruffling
microfilaments
There are three granulocytes associated with the blood:
Neutrophil, basophil, eisonophil
The neutrophil is a granulocyte with a ___ lobed nucleus (can have more lobes when mature).
3
Neutrophils are terminally differentiated and do not undergo ____. They release _____ compounds, then die
mitosis
vasoactive
RIP
The_____ is the first phagocytic cell to appear during inflammation. It is the most abundant of the ____
neutrophil
WBCs (white blood cells)
Neutrophils contain specific granules–>small ones with ____ ____ and antibacterial proteins called ____.
alkaline phosphatase
phagocytins
Neutrophils also contain large azurophilic granules with ____ and lysosomal enzymes. These produce ______.
myeloperoxidases
superoxides
Immature neutrophills are called ___ or ____ cells and have horse-shoe shaped nucleus. They are pumped out during ____ ____
stab, band
acute infection
_____ are granulocytes that contain large basophilic granules which contain _____ enzymes, _____, heparan sulfate, and _____ reacting substance. They also secrete _____ factor.
basophils
hydrolytic, histamines, slow
chemotactic