Blood part 1 Flashcards
3 functions of blood
Transport, acid-base balance, protective
Components of blood’s transport function (5)
Respiratory, nutritive, excretory, hormones, temp. regulation (heat dissipates in fluid)
Normal blood pH range
7.30 - 7.45
2 things to not about blood’s protective function (2)
Vs invading organisms + blood/cells and proteins part of defense mechanisms
2 fluid compartments blood contains
ECF (plasma) and ICF (blood cells)
2 ways of studying blood
in vivo, in vitro
Normal blood volume
normovolemia
Lower blood volume
hypovolemia
Higher blood volume
hypervolemia
Centrifuged blood composition
Plasma 55% Buffy layer (WBCs and platelets) <1% RBCs 45%
Hematocrit def.
% of blood volume occupied by RBCs
synonym for RBCs
erythrocytes
Hematocrit formula
Ht = (height of erythrocyte column/height of whole blood column ) * 100
Normal value for hematocrit and value for women
45%, women = slightly lower than 45%
Complete blood count (CBC) what it is
Report giving counts of different cell types in the blood and information about the blood (RBCs, types of WBCs, hematocrit, etc)
Blood volume % of body weight
7-8% of body weight
Blood volume in 70 kg male
5 - 5.5 L
TOTAL Blood volume occupied by RBCs
45% * 5 = 2.25 L
TOTAL Blood volume occupied by Plasma
2.75 L
Composition of plasma 4 things that are found and what fluid compartment this composition ressembles
water, ions, other molecules, proteins
Water in plasma
More than 90% of it
Ions in plasma and their concentration
Na+, K+, Mg 2+, Ca 2+, Cl -, HCO3 -, PO4 -
Approx. of ion concentration in plasma
Approximated by physiological saline 0.9 g/dL NaCl
Other molecules in plasma
O2, CO2 (constant turnover volume - turnover = replacement), glucose, amino acids, lipids, urea, lactic acid
Proteins in plasma
Albumins, Globulins and Fibrinogen (3 major groups, categories)
What kind of molecule are the plasma proteins (+ meaning)
Colloids. = dispersed insoluble molecules in suspension
Proportion of proteins in plasma
7g %
4 methods of protein seperation
Differential precipitation by salts
Sedimentation in ultracentrifuge
Electrophoretic mobility
Immunological characteristics
Differential precipitation by salts principle
Seperated in diff. proportions depending on salt concentration
Electrophoresis def.
Fractioning method based on movement of charged particles along a voltage gradient
What influences rate of migration of proteins during electrophoresis
Number and distribution of charges + molar weight of each protein
Proteins charge and pH of plasma and why
Most of them are negatively charged at plasma pH because avec NH2 and COO-
Electrophoresis steps with plasma
Drop of plasma on negative end, prots migrate to positive end, Protein dye applied to see bands (stains)
On what liquid electrophoresis of plasma done
Serum (plasma without cloting proteins) so it doesn’t clot in presence of fibrinogen
Electrophoresis scan utility
graph -> measure area under each peak = know amount or concentr. of each protein group
Plasma electophoretic pattern (from + to -) and RELATIVE amount if 1 = few and 4 = a lot
Albumin (4) , alpha 1 globulins (1), alpha 2 globulins (3), beta globulins, Fibrinogen, gamma globulins
Serum electrophoretic pattern
No Fibrinogen peak
Renal disease consequence
Proteins lost from blood to urine
Electrophoretic pattern in renal disease
Lower albumin peak (smaller one so first to be lost in urine)