Ch 20 Lec 2 - Blood Flashcards
stopping the flow of blood (clotting)
hemostasis
another name for platelets
thrombocytes
blood clotting involves the formation of a temporary blank
patch
a scab pulls skin blank
together
scab fibers are broken down by surrounding blank
skin tissue
all blood cells are derived from a blank stem cell
pluripotent
all cells except blank are derived from the resulting blank tissue
lymphocytes, myeloid tissue
formation of blood cells
hemopoiesis
in adults, all new blood cells are produced in the blank
bone marrow
when you are in uterus, what makes new blood cells?
epithelial tissue
When you are born, these make blood cells.
liver, spleen
the formation of red blood cells
erythropoiesis
red blood cells have no blank or blank
nucleus, mitochondria
red blood cells last for about blank days
120
we replace about blank percent of red blood cells per day
1