Blood Lab Flashcards
Generally considered as a special type of loose connective tissue, is the fluid that circulates in the Cardiovascular system
Blood
Oxygenated blood is _____ while unoxygenated blood is _______ in color
oxygenated - blood is light red
unoxygenated - blood is dark red to purple
The intercellular substance of blood is a fluid called ______
plasma
Cellular elements of blood, which are collectively referred to as formed elements are:
Red blood cells
White blood cells
Platelets
_______ transport oxygen from the lungs and nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract to tissues where they are needed. It also carries carbon dioxide and waste materials to the organs where they are to be disposed of
Blood
In the field of medicine, ______ is the tissue that is most widely used for diagnostic and monitoring purposes
Blood
Blood comprises about ____% of a person’s body weight
8%
Normal pH of blood is _______
7.4
a protein that forms fibrous network
Fibrin
If the clot is removed from clotted blood, the straw-colored fluid that remains is called
Serum
is a transparent, yellowish fluid that contains numerous dissolved substances
Plasma
Albumin accounts for ___ % plasma proteins
60%
globulins accounts for ___% plasma proteins
36%
fibrinogen accounts for ___% plasma proteins
4%
is the smallest of the plasma proteins that maintains the colloid osmotic pressure of blood and binds and transports some molecules, notably free fatty acids, some steroid hormones and bilirubin
Albumin
____ and ____ globulins bind and transport substances to various parts of the body
Alpha and Beta globulins
_____ globulins (immunoglobulins) comprise the antibodies of the immune sytem
Gamma globulins
_____ the precursor of fibrin, the protein needed to complete the final step of blood cutting
Fibrinogen
are plasma proteins that transport lipids, which are insoluble in water, from the intestines to the liver and from the liver to the tissues
Lipoproteins
this group of WBC contain specific granules in their cytoplasm
granular leukocytes (granulocytes)
this group of WBC does not contain any granules in their cytoplasm
agranular leukocytes (agranulocytes)