cardio system

Question 1

What Is blood made up of?

Answer 1

It is a connective tissue that is made up of 45% of red blood cells, 1% of white blood cells and platelets, 55% plasma.

Question 2

Red Blood cells are called?

Answer 2

Erythrocytes.

Question 3

What are Red Blood cells?

Answer 3

Red Blood cells are biconcave discs. each RBC is about 1/3 hemoglobin.

Question 4

What is Hemoglobin?

Answer 4

Is a substance that bind to oxygen and allows RBCs to transport through the bloodstream.

Question 5

Adult hood RBCs cell production

Answer 5

When a human reaches adulthood, RBCs are produced by red bone marrow.

Question 6

what controls RBCs cell?

Answer 6

The hormone Erythropoietin controls the rate of RBCs produced

Question 7

what are essentials for RBCs production.

Answer 7

Vitamin B12, Folic Acid and iron are all essentials for the production of RBCs.

Question 8

White Blood Cells

Answer 8

White blood cells fight against disease. The blood transports WBC to the areas infected and where they will leave the blood stream and protect from illnesses and disease.

Question 9

What are white blood cells called?

Answer 9

Leukocytes

Question 10

What are WBC broken down in to?

Answer 10

Granulocytes, Agranulocytes

Question 11

Granulocytes

Answer 11

Posses granular, cytoplasm. Develops in the red bone marrow similar to the RBC

Question 12

Neutrophils

Answer 12

Most common type of WBC. Acts as the first line of defense against any type of bacteria/ microorganisms. They capture and destroy blood cells . Then they start tissue repair.

Question 13

Eosinophils

Answer 13

Cause inflammation during their attack on negative cells. Attack things such as parasites and some infections.

Question 14

Basophils

Answer 14

WBC that is the fewest amount in the body, but the biggest WBC in the body.Helps respond to allergic reactions.

Question 15

Agranulocytes

Answer 15

Lack dots in the cytoplasm made up of monocytes and lymphocytes.

Question 16

Monocytes

Answer 16

The fighter fighter of the cell, Seperates into two different type of cells dendritic cells and macrophages. Also removes dead cells from the body.

Question 17

Lymphocytes

Answer 17

Can form memory cells which remember viruses bacteria and help destroy them. Two types of lymphocytes T,B lymphocytes.

Question 18

T lymphocytes

Answer 18

Help control immune system, Directly attacks infected cells/ tumor cells.

Question 19

Cytotoxic T cells

Answer 19

Attaches to antigens and infected cells. They make holes in the infected cells membrane and inserts enzymes and destroys it.

Question 20

Helper T cells

Answer 20

Help other immune cells

Question 21

Regulatory/ suppressor T cells

Answer 21

make substances that help end immune response.

Question 22

B Cells

Answer 22

When a antigen bonds to a receptor, B cells are stimulated. Primary Immune response: They then transform into either plasma cells, memory cells.

Question 23

Secondary Immune response

Answer 23

Memory cells detect an infection and multiply, They can change into plasma cells and release antibodies.