CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - BLOOD Flashcards
Blood helps maintain homeostasis in several ways:
- Transport of gases, nutrients, and waste products
- Transport of processed molecules
- Transport of regulatory molecules
- Regulation of pH and osmosis
- Maintenance of body temperature
- Protection against foreign substances
- Clot formation.
a type of connective tissue consisting of a liquid matrix
containing cells and cell fragments
Blood
the liquid matrix
plasma (55%)
formed elements
cells and cell fragments (45%)
The total blood volume in the average adult
4–5 L in females and 5–6 L in males
makes up about 8% of the total weight of the body
blood
a pale-yellow fluid that consists of about 91% water and 9% other substances, such as proteins, ions, nutrients, gases, waste products, and regulatory substances
plasma
a liquid
containing suspended substances that do not settle out of solution
colloid
make
up about 7% of the volume of plasma
plasma proteins
plasma proteins can be classified into
three groups:
Albumin - 58% of the plasma proteins and is important in regulating
the movement of water between the tissues and the blood; Partly responsible for blood viscosity and osmotic pressure; acts as a buffer; transports fatty acids, free bilirubin,
and thyroid hormones
Globulins - 38% of the plasma proteins that function in transporting many substances in the blood as well as protecting against microorganisms
Fibrinogen - 4% of the plasma proteins and is responsible for the formation of blood clots
plasma without the clotting factors
serum
(T/F) plasma volume remains relatively constant
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make up about
95% of the volume of the formed elements.
Red blood cells, or erythrocytes
The remaining 5%
consists of
white blood cells, or leukocytes and cell
fragments called platelets, or thrombocytes
(T/F) in healthy adults, white blood cells are the only formed elements possessing nuclei
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process of blood cell production
hematopoiesis or hemopoiesis
replaces red marrow in other body locations
yellow marrow
All the formed elements of the blood are derived from a single
population of stem cells in the red bone marrow called
hemocytoblasts
Red blood
cells, platelets, and most of the white blood cells develop from
myeloid stem cell
produce red blood cells
proerythroblasts
produce basophils, eosinophils, and neutrophils.
myeloblasts
produce monocytes
monoblasts
produce platelets
megakaryoblasts
secreted by endocrine cells of the kidneys, that stimulates myeloid
stem cells to develop into red blood cells
Erythropoietin (EPO)
regulate the development of the different
types of formed elements
colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) a
700 times more
numerous than white blood cells and 17 times more numerous than
platelets in the blood
Red blood cells (RBCs)
Involved in osmosis, membrane potentials, and acid-base balance
Ions (Sodium, potassium, calcium,
magnesium, chloride, iron, phosphate,
hydrogen, hydroxide, bicarbonate)
Source of energy and basic “building blocks” of more complex molecules
Glucose, amino acids,
triglycerides, cholesterol (Nutrients)
Promote enzyme activity
Vitamins (Nutrients)
Breakdown products of protein metabolism; excreted by the kidneys
Urea, uric acid, creatinine,
ammonia salts (Waster products)
Breakdown product of red blood cells; excreted as part of the bile from the liver into the small intestine
bilirubin (waste products)
End product of anaerobic respiration; converted to glucose by the liver
Lactate (waste products)
Necessary for aerobic respiration; terminal electron acceptor in electron-transport chain
oxygen (gases)
Waste product of aerobic respiration; as bicarbonate, helps buffer blood
carbon dioxide (gases)
Innate
nitrogen (gases)
Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions; hormones stimulate or inhibit many body functions
Regulatory Substances
main component of the red blood cell that occupies about
one-third of the total volume of a red blood cell and accounts for
its red color
hemoglobin
transport oxygen from the lungs to the various body tissues and to transport carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs
RBCs
occurs when red blood cells
rupture and the hemoglobin is released into the plasma.
Hemolysis
a complex protein consisting of four subunits
hemoglobin
Each polypeptide chain
globin
a red-pigment molecule containing one iron atom
heme
There are three forms of hemoglobin:
embryonic (first type of hemoglobin produced during development)
fetal (replaced to the third month od development)
adult (60–90% of the hemoglobin is adult hemoglobin)
oxygenated form of hemoglobin
oxyhemoglobin
Hemoglobin containing no oxygen
deoxyhemoglobin
a disorder in which
red blood cells become sickle-shaped
sickle-cell disease
carbon dioxide attaches to the globin molecule
carbaminohemoglobin
how many RBCs are destroyed every second?
2.5 million
mechanism done to replace the lost cells
homeostasis
maintained
by replacing the 2.5 million cells lost every second with an equal
number of new red blood cells
homeostasis
process by which new red blood cells are produced
erythropoiesis
immature
red blood cells
reticulocytes
Red blood cell production is regulated by
erythropoietin
The normal lifespan of a red blood cell
120 days in males and 110 days in females
located in the spleen, liver, and other lymphatic
tissue take up the hemoglobin released from ruptured red blood
cells
macrophages
conversion of hemoglobin
globin - amino acids - iron atoms - new hemoglobin // non-iron - biliverdin - bilirubin - free bilirubin - liver - conjugated bilirubin - bile
fluid secreted from the liver into the small intestine
bile
a yellowish staining of the skin
and the sclerae of the eyes caused by a buildup of bile pigments in
the blood and some tissues
jaundice
form a thin, white layer of cells between the plasma and the red blood
cells.
white blood cells (WBCs) or buffy coat
lack hemoglobin but have a nucleus
WBCs
hite blood cells are grouped into two categories based on their
appearance in stained preparations:
granulocytes (with large cytoplasmic granules and lobed nuclei)
agranulocytes (no granules)
three types of granulocytes
Neutrophils - stain with acidic and basic dyes
eosinophils - stain red with acidic dyes,
basophils - stain dark purple with basic dyes
two types of agranulocytes:
lymphocytes
monocytes
protect the body against invading microorganisms and remove dead cells and debris from the body
WBCs
Three characteristics of WBCs;
ameboid movement (ability to move as an ameba does, by putting
out irregular cytoplasmic projections. allows white blood cells to have more directed movement, instead of moving only with the flow of blood)
diapedesis - they become thin and elongated and slip between or
through the cells of blood vessel walls
chemotaxis - white blood cells can be attracted to foreign materials or dead cells within the tissue
accumulation of dead
white blood cells and bacteria, along with fluid and cell debris
pus
five types of white blood cells
neutrophils
eosinophils
basophils
lymphocytes
monocytes
e 60–70% of white blood cells; number of lobes
varying from two to five; polymorphonuclear neutrophils, or PMNs
Neutrophils
the first of the white blood cells to respond to
infection.
neutrophils
Neutrophils also secrete a class of enzymes called
lysozymes
2–4% of white blood cells; often have a two-lobed nucleus; e important
in the defense against certain worm parasites, increase in number in tissues experiencing inflammation, such as during allergic reactions (ex. histamine)
Eosinophils
have
harmful effects on respiratory airways in certain forms of asthma
eosinophils
0.5–1% of white blood cells; increase in number in both allergic and inflammatory reactions; contain large amounts of histamine (to increase inflammation) and heparin (inhibits blood clotting)
basophils
e 20–25% of white blood cells; smallest white blood cells; consists
of only a thin, sometimes imperceptible, ring around the nucleus; originate in red bone marrow and migrate through the blood to lymphatic tissues, where they can proliferate and produce more lymphocytes
lymphocytes