Blood: Review Flashcards
What are 3 elements are found in all connective tissue?
- Amorphous ground substance
- Cells
- Extracellular fibers
What is the body’s compensation for respiratory acidosis?
Increase in RR
What are the formed elements of the blood?
- Erythrocytes
- Leukocytes
- Thrombocytes
Which formed element is not a true cell?
Thrombocyte (platelet)
What is the hematocrit?
% of packed RBCs
What is the difference between plasma and serum?
- Plasma: Liquid portion of blood
- Serum: Fluid that is extruded from the clot
What are the plasma proteins?
- Albumin
- Globulin
- Fibrinogen
- Prothrombin
- Complement proteins
- Lipoproteins
What is the function of albumin?
Maintains colloid osmotic pressure (important in fluid balance)
What are the cells developed from the myeloid line?
Progenitor cells
What stimulates the formation of RBCs?
Erythropoietin
Where is erythropoietin made?
- Kindeys
- Liver
Where does hematopoiesis occur in an adult?
Trabecular bone regions
Vitamins needed for RBC production
- Protein
- Vitamin B12
- Folic acid
- Iron
- B2, B6
- Pantothenic acid (asshole could have said vitamin B5)
- Vitamin E
What is the importance of hemoglobin A1C?
Long term monitoring of blood glucose in diabetic patients
What happens to the RBC components when they’re broken down?
Recycled
