Blood & Lymph Flashcards
Blood removes what
Wastes; hydrogen, urea, carbon dioxide
What blood cells fight infection
White blood cells
Blood contains ___ factors
Clotting
Blood transport what
Oxygen and nutrients to tissues; hormones
Blood is a ___ tissue
Connective
Blood regulates what three things
Temperature
pH
Distributes heat
Blood composition is constantly __ so composition remains constant
Reconditioned;monitored
Blood flow to other organs can be adjusted according to ____ needs
Metabolic
What body part can tolerate the least disruption in supply?
Brain
The % of ___ to total blood volume
Erythrocytes
You can look at blood composition by a __
Hematocrit
Solid cells make up ___% of blood
45
___% makes up plasma of blood
55
Three formed elements of solid cells in blood consist of ___,___,____
Red blood cells
White blood cells
Platelets
Red blood cells or erythrocytes make up __% of 45%
99.9
Red blood cells or erythrocytes job it to transport ___ to tissue and balance ___
Oxygen
pH
Red blood cells are what in shape
Bio concave
Do red blood cells have a nucleus?
No
Life span of a red blood cell
120 days
White blood cells are also called what?
Leukocytes
What do white blood cells do?
Fight infection
Platelets are cell __
Fragments
Job of a platelet
AIDS in clotting
Plasma is an extra cellular fluid made of 92% ___
Water
Plasma is made 1% of what 5 things?
Proteins Nutrients Hormones Gas Electrolytes
Plasma helps maintain ____ ______ and ____
Osmotic pressure
pH
Carrier proteins attach to what and help force it into blood
Lipids
Most common to dissolve material in blood
Albumins
Albumins are produced by what body part
Liver
Plasma proteins that are antibodies for immunity and are carrier proteins
Globulins
Plasma proteins that cause pull helping in blood clotting
Fibrogen
Blood is somewhat ____ (meaning thick)
Viscous
The general formation of blood cells (rbc, wbc, platelets)
Hematopoiesis
Formation of erythrocytes
Erythropoiesis
When kidney cells lack oxygen the become
Hypoxic
All blood cells begin as common ___ cells
Stem
Blood cells formed within the yolk sac, liver and spleen
Fetus
After birth red blood cells become
Red bone marrow
At infant stage red bone marrow is in ___ of most bones
Cavities
In an adult red bone marrow is in the ___ of long bones
Epiphyses
All blood cells end as ___
Erythrocytes
Hemoglobin is located in the ___ blood cell
Red
Hemoglobin contains what two things?
Protein
Iron
1 hemoglobin molecule can carry _ molecules of oxygen
4
Hemoglobin bonded with oxygen
Oxyhemoglobin
Hemoglobin bonded with Carbon dioxide
Carbaminohemoglobin
Hemoglobin bonded with carbon monoxide
Carboxyhemoglobin
Red blood cells live how many months?
4
What body part breaks down red blood cells and hemoglobin
Spleen
When the spleen breaks down hemoglobin into heme its creating __ and ___
Iron
Bilirubin
Bilirubin is broke down from heme out of hemoglobin and is then sent to what body part? What color?
Liver
Yellow
When the spleen break hemoglobin down into globin it creates a ___
Protein
When the spleen break hemoglobin down into globin it then goes back to ___ ____
Blood circulation
When hemoglobin break down ___ is stored in the liver
Iron
Bilirubin is converted into __ and secreted during digestion
Bile
If bilirubin isn’t converted into bile you get
Jaundice
Skin has a yellow tint and bilirubin builds up in the blood
Jaundice
Red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are broke. Down by what body part?
Spleen
The spleen produced ___ blood cells in the fetus
Red
The spleen ___ red blood cells in adults
Stores
Debris and foreign material are removed by the spleen via ____
Phagocytosis
Clumping of red blood cells due to antigen and antibody complex
Agglutination
Antigen A has antibody _
B
Antigen B has antibody _
A
Antigen AB has antibody _
None
Antigen O has antibody _
A & B
Blood type O is the universal donor because it doesn’t have a ___
Antigen
Blood type AB is the universal recipient because it doesn’t have a ___ in the blood
Plasma
Antibody
Rh+ means
Antigen present on rbc
Rh- means
Antigen absent on rbc