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Ch. 19 Blood Flashcards

1
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What does the cardiovascular consist of?

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Heart, blood, and blood vessels

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2
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What does circulating blood provide the body’s cells with?

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Nutrients, hormones, oxygen, and chemical messengers

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What type of cells do circulating blood carry?

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Immune cells

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4
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What does whole blood include?

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Plasma and formed elements

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5
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What is hematocrit?

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The fraction of blood volume occupied by cells

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6
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What temperature is blood? Both Celsius and Fahrenheit

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38° C (100.4° F)

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7
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How much more viscous is blood than water?

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5x

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8
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What is the pH of blood?

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Slightly alkaline, 7.4 on pH scale

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9
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What is the percentage of blood in relation to your body weight?

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7%

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10
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How much blood do men carry?

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5-6 liters

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11
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How much blood do women carry?

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4-5 liters

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12
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What are the formed elements of blood? 3

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Platelets
White blood cells
Red blood cells

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13
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What is the plasma composition of blood? 3

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Water
Plasma protein
Other solutes

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14
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What are the 3 plasma proteins in blood plasma?

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Albumins
Globulins
Fibrinogen

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15
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What are the other solutes in blood plasma? 6

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Inorganic electrolytes
Na+, K+, Cl-, and HCO3-
H+ ions
Glucose, fructose, and other small carbohydrates
Amino Acids
Organic wastes
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16
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What are inorganic electrolytes in blood plasma?

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Ions that are present in the plasma

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17
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What is the red blood cell count?

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The number of RBCs in 1 microliter of whole blood

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18
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What is the typical red blood cell count in males?

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4.5–6.3 million

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19
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What is the typical red blood cell count in females?

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4.2–5.5 million

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20
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What are platelets important for?

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The clotting process

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21
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What are white blood cells/leukocytes important for?

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Immune function

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22
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What do RBCs of mammals lose?

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Most of their organelles including nuclei

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23
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What are 4 consequences of RBCs not having organelles?

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  • No cell division
  • No synthesis of proteins or enzymes
  • Energy demands are low
  • Use anaerobic metabolism of glucose (glycolysis) for energy demands
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24
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What 3 things do RBCs lack?

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Nuclei, mitochondria, and ribosomes

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25
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Without nuclei, mitochondria, and ribosomes, what are RBCs incapable of doing?

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Repair

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26
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What type of metabolism do RBCs carry out?

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Anaerobic metabolism

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27
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How long do RBCs live?

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120 days

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28
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What is the shape of a RBC?

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Each RBC is a biconcave disc

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29
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What are 3 features of the RBC structure?

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  • Large Surface area-to-volume ratio
  • Allows stacking
  • Enables bending and flexing for passage in capillaries
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30
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3 key proteins within RBC

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  • 2 alpha chains
  • 2 beta chains
  • Single Heme with Iron core
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31
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What is important about the iron core of RBCs?

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It is the key to why we recycle much of RBC components

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32
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What are hemocytoblasts?

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Multi-potent stem cells

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33
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What do hemocytoblasts give rise to?

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  • Myeloid stem cells

- Lymphoid stem cells

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34
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What is produced by myeloid stem cells?

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Red blood cells mostly, and some white blood cells

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35
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What is produced by lymphoid stem cells

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White blood cells (lymphocytes)

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36
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What is erythropoiesis?

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Red blood cell formation

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37
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During erythropoiesis in the first 8 weeks of development, where are RBCs formed?

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The embryonic yolk sac

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38
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Later in development, where does erythropoiesis occur?

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The liver, spleen, thymus, and bone marrow

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39
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In adults, where does erythropoiesis only occur?

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Red bone marrow

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40
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Building red blood cells requires:

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  • Amino acids
  • Iron
  • Vitamins B12, B6, and folic acid
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41
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What are the key factors to push Myeloid Progenitor Cells?

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IL’s, MS-CSF

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42
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Where are glycoproteins formed?

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In kidneys and liver

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43
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Where/when do erythropoietin appear?

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Appears in plasma when kidneys are exposed to low levels of O2 (hypoxia)

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44
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When erythropoietin is released and travels to bone marrow, what does it do?

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  • Increases cell division

- Speeds up maturation by accelerating Hb production

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45
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Regarding blood doping, why is EPO administered to healthy athletes?

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To increase hematocrits or packed hematorcrits reintroduced

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46
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What does blood doping increase?

A

Oxygen for muscles

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47
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What determines your blood type?

A

Which antigens are on your plasma membrane, glycoproteins or glycolipids

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48
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What are the different blood types?

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A, B, O, AB, and Rh- or Rh+

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49
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What is agglutination in RBCs?

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When RBCs “stick” together

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50
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What causes agglutination in RBCs?

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Antibodies called agglutinins “attack” foreign agglutinogens

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51
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What blood is the universal donor?

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O negative blood

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52
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What is another name for white blood cells?

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Leukocytes

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53
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What are the 4 duties of WBCs?

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  • Defend body against pathogens
  • Remove toxins, wastes, and abnormal or damaged cells
  • Circulate only a short period of their life
  • Can leave the blood and enter damaged tissue
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54
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What do WBCs have that RBCs don’t?

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Nuclei and other organelles

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55
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Like RBCs, what do WBCs also lack?

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Hb

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56
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5 examples of WBCs

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  • Monocyte
  • Eosinophil
  • Basophil
  • Lymphocyte
  • Neutrophil
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57
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What represents 50-70% of circulating WBCs?

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Neutrophils

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58
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How did neutrophils get their name?

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Because they are difficult to stain (neutral)

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59
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What are the first white blood cells to arrive at an infection?

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Neutrophils

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60
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How do neutrophils help at a site of infection?

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By attacking and digesting bacteria that has been “marked” with antibodies

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61
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What makes up less than 1% of WBCs?

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Basophils

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62
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What do basophils release?

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Granules into interstitial fluids

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63
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What does histamine mean?

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Dilates blood vessels

64
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What does heparin mean?

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Prevents blood clotting

65
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What gives eosinophils their name?

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Because they stain with the red dye eosin

66
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What makes up 2-4% of circulating WBCs?

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Eosinophils

67
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What kind of nucleus do eosinophils have?

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Bi-lobed nucleus

68
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What do eosinophils attack?

A

Things marked with antibodies

69
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What do eosinophils do during allergic reactions?

A

Numbers increase due to sensitivity

70
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How do eosinophils control inflammation?

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With enzymes that counteract inflammatory effects of neutrophils and mast cells

71
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Are monocytes large or small?

A

Very large

72
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What makes up 2-8% of circulating WBCs?

73
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What do monocytes secrete?

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Substances that draw fibrocytes to regions which begin to produce scar tissue

74
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What do monocytes do when they enter peripheral tissues?

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Become macropages

75
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What makes up 20-30% of circulating WBCs?

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Lymphocytes

76
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Where are lymphocytes typically?

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In connective tissue and lymphoid system

77
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How many classes of lymphocytes are there?

78
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What is the blood clotting phase called?

A

Coagulation phase

79
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What happens during the coagulation phase?

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Complex series of events ultimately leading to the conversion of circulating fibrinogen into the insoluble protein fibrin

80
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During the coagulation phase, what does the fibrin network do?

A

It grows, covering the surface of the platelet plug

81
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What does the coagulation phase depend on?

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Clotting factors (procoagulants). Many of the factors are proenzymes that act in a cascade fashion “turning on” other proenzymes

82
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What is the common pathway during the coagulation phase?

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  1. ) prothrombinase
  2. ) prothrombin –> thrombin
  3. ) fibrinogen –> fibrin
83
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What is the last step in the coagulation phase?

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Clot retraction pulls the torn edges of the vessel together

84
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What is fibrinolysis?

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Dissolving of the clot

85
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What does fibrinolysis begin with?

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Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and other factors –> Plasminogen

86
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During fibrionolysis, what does the activation of plasminogen produce?

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The enzyme plasmin which begins digestion of the fibrin strands

87
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What are 2 of the necessary items for coagulation?

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Calcium and Vitamin K

88
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Why is calcium necessary for coagulation?

A

Low calcium levels will impair blood clotting

89
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Why is vitamin K necessary for coagulation?

A

Vitamin K must be present for the liver to synthesize many of the clotting factors

90
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What is the fluid connective tissue of the cardiovascular system?

91
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What is blood?

A

A specialized connective tissue that contains cells suspended in a fluid matrix

92
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What kind of tissue is blood?

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Fluid connective tissue

93
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In addition to water and proteins, what else make up plasma?

A

Electrolytes, nutrients, and organic wastes

94
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Is plasma a formed element?

95
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Where are most plasma proteins produced?

96
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Which category of plasma proteins includes antibodies?

97
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Proportionately, what is the largest component of the plasma, other than water?

98
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What is the more filtered form of plasma?

99
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What is an advantage of serum?

A

It makes it easier to find things in plasma that aren’t as robust or populating

100
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What is the coating used on test tubes to prevent blood clotting?

101
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What would trigger a sample of blood to be abnormal in appearance?

A

Too many WBCs

102
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What is the easiest way to tell a RBC from a WBC?

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A WBC has a nucleus and the cytoplasm is mostly white

103
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What are the two categories of WBCs?

A

Granulocytes

Agranulocytes

104
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What do granulocytes look like under a microscope?

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Balls of material and beading from vesicles

105
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3 types of granulocytes

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Neutrophils
Basophils
Eosinophils

106
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What is the first thing a neutrophil does to break down cellular debris?

A

Spits on it to begin breaking it up

107
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When you have an injury site, what is the first thing sent?

A

An army of neutrophils

108
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What do neutrophils and eosinophils have in common?

A

They both spit on debris to break it apart

109
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What occurs to transition basophils to mast cells?

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When the basophil gets out of the blood supply and takes up permanent residence in your airways and skin, it’s in connective tissue so we call it a mast cell

110
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2 types of agranulocytes

A

Monocytes

Lymphocytes

111
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3 types of lymphocytes

A

B cells
T cells
Natural killer cells

112
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What is the appearance of a lymphocyte?

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1 large nucleus with a little bit of cytoplasm

113
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What is the appearance of a monocyte?

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Large with a kidney bean-shaped nucleus

114
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What is the appearance of a neutrophil?

A

Round cell with a lobed nucleus

May resemble a string of beads

115
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What is the appearance of an eosinophil?

A

Bi-lobed nucleus

116
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What are the small blue objects in a sample of blood?

117
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What is the yellow in the background of a sample of blood?

118
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What are the pieces and proteins that stick outside the RBC?

119
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What are the molecules we make in our body to bind to antigens?

A

Antibodies

120
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What makes antibodies that attach to pathogens?

121
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If you have the Rh antigen, what does that mean for your blood type?

A

You’re positive

Ex. O positive

122
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What is the universal donor of blood?

A

O negative

123
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What is the universal receiver of blood?

A

AB positive

124
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What does MCV stand for?

A

Mean cell volume

125
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What is the purpose of determining mean cell volume?

A

Trying to figure out if your blood cells are the right size

126
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When is the Rh factor most important?

A

For women in pregnancy

127
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How to determine mean cell volume

A

hematocrit x 10 divided by RBC count

128
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What does MCHC stand for?

A

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration

129
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What is the purpose of determine MCHC?

A

Finding out how much hemoglobin is in a RBC

130
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What does hyperchromic mean?

A

Too much hemoglobin in a RBC

131
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What are the nonliving parts of blood plasma?

A

The plasma proteins, other solutes, and water

132
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What are the living parts of blood plasma?

A

The formed elements

133
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Why are RBCs considered a cell?

A

They have a membrane and can respond to some of its environment

134
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What is the lifespan of RBC?

135
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What is the lifespan of platelets?

136
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What is the purpose of the RBC structure?

A

Has to be able to stack to get as much into smaller spaces as possible

137
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What is the structure of hemoglobin?

A

4 chains of proteins: 2 are alpha and 2 are beta. In the middle is a molecule called a heme which has an iron atom in the middle bound to an oxygen atom

138
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How many oxygen molecules does one molecule of hemoglobin have?

139
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Within 24 hours, what do reticulocytes become?

A

Red blood cells

140
Q

What is CSF?

A

Colony stimulating factor

141
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What does IL stand for?

A

Interleukins

142
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In addition to water and proteins, what else make up plasma?

A

Electrolytes, nutrients, and organic wastes

143
Q

Which type of protein is responsible for transporting triglycerides in the blood?

A

Apolipoproteins

144
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A patient developed an obstruction in his renal arteries that restricted blood flow to his kidneys. What change would occur to the formed elements?

A

Hematocrit would increase.

145
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What is serum?

A

Plasma with the clotting factors removed

146
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Which plasma protein would you expect to be elevated if you were suffering from strep throat?

A

Immunoglobulins

147
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How is it that liver disorders can alter the composition and the functional properties of blood?

A

The liver is the primary source of plasma proteins.

148
Q

What are the “patrol agents” in the blood that defend the body against toxins and pathogens?

A

White blood cells and antibodies

149
Q

The formed elements of the blood consist of __________.

A

Red and white blood cells and platelets

150
Q

What would be the effect on your body if for some reason your liver was damaged and stopped producing albumins?

A

Tissue swelling

151
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Which component makes up the largest proportion of the formed elements?

A

Erythrocytes

152
Q

Where are most plasma proteins produced?

153
Q

Proportionately, what is the largest component of the plasma, other than water?

154
Q

Which of the plasma proteins functions in blood clotting?

A

Fibrinogen

155
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What portion of a person’s body weight does the blood represent?

156
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Which category of plasma proteins includes antibodies?

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