Blood Part 1 Flashcards
What type of tissue is blood?
Specialized Connective Tissue
Blood: Name the cells.
- Formed elements
- Plasma
- Fibers
Blood: Name the fibers.
Fibrin strands
What is hematocrit? Give normal values for males and females.
*It’s the percent of RBC’s out of total blood volume
- Male: 5-6 L
- Female: 4-5 L
What is the pH value of blood?
7.35 - 7.45
Give % of total blood volume of RBC’s, WBC’s and platelets, and plasma
RBC’s = 45% of blood volume
WBC’s and platelets = < 1% of total blood volume
Plasma = 55% of total blood volume
3 functions of blood – give examples of each
1) Distribution
* Delivers O2 from the lungs and nutrients from the digestive tract to all body cells
* Transports metabolic wastes from cells to elimination sites
* Transports hormones of endocrine system and enzymes
2) Regulation
* Maintains appropriate body temp.
* Maintains normal pH in body tissues
* Maintains adequate fluid volume in the circulatory system.
3) Protection
* prevents blood loss via clot formation
* Prevents infections - antibodies, complement proteins, WBC’s
Blood Plasma, what does it consist of (know percentages)
- Plasma Proteins 7%
- Other Solutes 1%
- Water 92%
What is Colloid?
Fluid with suspended substances that don’t settle out of solution
Name the 3 major categories of plasma proteins (their %’s) and their functions
1) Albumins 58%
* Involved in transport, maintain fluid levels (osmotic pressure)
2) Globulins 38%
* antibodies
* Transport globulins that bind ions, hormones, and other compounds.
3) Fibrinogen 4%
* Functions in clotting, molecules interact to form large insoluble fibrin.
Where are most of the plasma proteins made?
Produced by the liver
Erythrocytes what are they and what is their normal value?
- RBC’s
* 99.9%
RBC: do they have a nucleus?
No
RBC: Describe structure and function – why is there structure critical for their function?
- Biconcave disc
- Anucleate
- Bags of hemoglobin
- Lack mitochondria
**
What does anucleate mean?
No nucleus
Do they have mitochondria? Why or why not?
No, because they don’t consume O2 they’re carrying it.
What is hemoglobin? Describe its structure. Define oxyhemoglobin, deoxyhemoglobin and carbaminohemoglobin
*molecule which transports respiratory gases.
- Structure:
- Protein with complex quaternary structure
- Each molecule has 4 polypeptide chains
- Each chain contains a single heme pigment molecule
Oxyhemoglobin (HbO2)
*Iron interacts with molecule of oxygen
Deoxyhemoglobin
*Hemoglobin not bound to oxygen
Carbaminohemoglobin
*CO2 that binds with hemoglobin in blood
Where is RBC’s produced?
Only in red bone marrow
What is myeloid tissue?
It’s tissue of bone marrow
What is the stem cell for all blood cells?
Hemocytoblasts also called Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)
What is Erythropoiesis?
Blood cell formation
What hormone is involved with erythropoiesis?
Erythropoietin
What gland secretes erythropoietin?
Kidney
What is the stimulus for its release
- Anemia
- Decreased blood flow to the kidneys
- decreased oxygen content of air in the lungs
- damage to respiratory surface of the lungs.
What is the target organ for this release? Effects at the target organ?
- Kidney
- Stimulates stem cells and developing RBCs in the red bone marrow
How long do RBCs live? Where are they destroyed and by what? How are they broken down?
- 120 days
- Destroyed in spleen, liver, or bone marrow
- Destroyed by macrophages
- Macrophages engulf old RBCs before they rupture and remove Hb molecules and cell fragments
Hemoglobin recycling:
- Iron
- stored in phagocyte or, released into bloodstream.
- Globular proteins
- Disassembled into amino acids for other use
-Heme,bilicerdin,bilirubin Bloodstream
- Hemoglobin
- Not phagocytized breaks down into protein chains and eliminated in urine
Define Hypoxia. Give examples for this condition.
-Having low oxygen levels in your tissues/blood
- Anemia
- Decreased blood flow to the kidneys
- decreased oxygen content of air in the lungs
- damage to respiratory surface of the lungs.