Blood L2-4 Flashcards
blood functions
gas transport/ exchange
solute distribution
immunity
body temp
blood clot regulation
acid-base homeostasis preservation
BP stability
blood constituents
erythrocytes
leukocytes
thrombocytes
soluble materials
plasma
cellular elements
plasma constituents and functions
water/ plasma proteins/ globulins/ fibrinogen
thermoregulation
transport
plasma proteins
serum albumin > large protein
liver-synthesised
osmotic pressure/ lipid and steroid hormone transport
globulins
bind/ transport ions/ hormones/ lipids
immune proteins
electrophoresis function
identifies plasma proteins for diagnostics
erythrocytes
~35% Hb
primary oxygen transport
80-96 femtolitre volume
microcytic
small RBC
found in Fe-deficiency anaemia
macrocytic
large RBC
folate-deficiency anaemia
erythropoiesis
RBC formation
26 day feedback loop
starts in bone marrow, ends in vessels
cirrhosis
disorder
causes?
progressive decrease in plasma production proteins
causes: viral hepatitis, cancer, alcoholism
number oxygen per Hb
4
haemoglobin components/ structure
4 subunits> 2 alpha, 2 beta
4 Fe-containing haem to reversibly bind O2 molecules
haem
iron-containing pigment
porphyrin ring w 1 Fe central atom
4 types of globin
alpha (2 genes on ch16)
beta (1 gene on ch11)
delta
gamma
HbA
97%
2a 2b
HbA2
~2.5%
2a 2delta
HbF
foetal
2a 2gamma
Hb binding factors
oxygen partial pressure
no. free oxygen binding sites in molecule
2 forms of Hb
taut
relaxed
taut Hb
decreasing oxygen affinity/ partial pressure
releases oxygen
relaxed Hb
increasing oxygen affin/ partial pressure
firm oxygen binding
what does Hb bind to?
O2, CO2, H+ of carbonic acid, CO, NO
haemoglobinopathies
abnormal globin chain production
thalassemia types
minor
intermediate
major
thalassemia
decreased production / absence of normal globin chains
defect at gene expression/ recessive
gross deletion of >1 globin genes
sickle cell anaemia
Glut-6-val mutation in B sub-unit
therefore polymerises at low partial pressure
causes ischaemia/ infarction
RBC life-span reduction
sickle cell trait
heterozygotes
rarely symptomatic
Glucose-6-phosphate
rate-limiting enzyme in pentose phosphate pathway required for energy and glutathione production
lacking in sickle cell RBCs
a-thalassemia
from India
a-globin deficiency
excess beta chains/ unstable b tetramers
B-thalassemia
mediterranean
b-globin deficiency
a chain excess/ no tetramers
RBC membrane damage therefore toxic aggregates at high conc
Fe overload
electrophoresis a-thalassemia
decreasing HbA
HbH presence
electrophoresis b-thalassemia
decreasing HbB
haemostasis
arrest of bleeding from a broken blood vessel
platelets
anuclear cell fragments
budded off of megakaryocytes
megakaryocyte
large bone marrow cell
thrombopoietin
hormone produced in liver/ kidney regualting megakryocyte/ platelet production
stimulates megakaryocytic extended arm via bone marrow sinusoids to vessels
no. platelets per megakaryocyte
1000-3000
platelet storage/ activation
stored in spleen
activated by sympathetic nervous system
platelet life span and end
~7-10 day life span prior to apoptosis/ phagocytosis in spleen/ liver
dense tubular system
regulates platelet activation by calcium release
thromboxane A2 synthesis site
platelet granule types
alpha > clotting mediators
delta > platelet activators/ clotting agent/ contain ADP/ Ca2+/ serotonin
vascular spasm
vessel damage releases vasoconstrictors, slowing blood flow and therefore minimising blood loss
endothelial surfaces adhere via platelets sticking to exposed collagen
platelet plug formation
von willebrand’s factor aid sticking
plug seals break in vessel lining fro compaction/ vasoconstriction/ clotting cascade stimulation
prostacyclin PG12
Normal blood vessel lining release
inhibits platelet aggregation
restricts platelet plug to damaged region
final step of blood clotting
fibrinogen conversion to fibrin (soluble> insoluble)
fibrin plug enmeshes RBC’s