ch 18 pt 3 anatomy

Question 1

What is albumins?

Answer 1

Smallest and most abundant group of plasma proteins; greatest colloid osmotic pressure

Question 2

What is globulins?

Answer 2

Second largest group of plasma proteins

Question 3

What is gamma-globulins?

Answer 3

Antibodies

Question 4

What is fibrinogen?

Answer 4

Contributes to blood clot formation

Question 5

What is serum?

Answer 5

Is plasma with clotting proteins removed

Question 6

What is hemopoiesis?

Answer 6

Production of formed elements; red bone marrow

Question 7

What is regulatory proteins?

Answer 7

Includes enzymes and hormones

Question 8

What is hemoglobin?

Answer 8

Protein that carries oxygen

Question 9

What is hemocytoblasts?

Answer 9

Stem cells

Question 10

What is pluripotent?

Answer 10

Can differentiate into many types of cells

Question 11

What is myeloid line?

Answer 11

Big line, forms erythrocytes, all leukocytes except lymphocytes

Question 12

What is lymphoid line?

Answer 12

Small line, forms only lymphocytes

Question 13

Colony-stimulating factors (CSF)

Answer 13

Stimulate hemopoiesis - tells cells what to make

Question 14

What is erythropoiesis?

Answer 14

Red blood cell production

Question 15

What is needed for erythropoiesis?

Answer 15

Requires ion, B vitamins, amino acids