ch18 Flashcards
What does the circulatory system consist of?
Heart
Blood Vessels
Blood
What does the cardiovascular system consist of?
Heart
Blood vessels
What is hematology?
Study of blood
What are the main functions of the circulatory system?
Transport
Protection
Regulation
How many litres of blood does an adult have?
4-6L
What type of tissue is blood?
A liquid connective tissue
What is plasma?
matrix of blood
clear light yellow fluid
What are formed elements?
Blood cells and cell fragments
RBC
WBC
platelets
Name the 7 formed elements
Erythrocytes
Platelets
Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
What are erythrocytes?
Red blood cells
(RBC)
What are platelets?
cell fragments of megakaryocytes
Name the five leukocytes
Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
What type of blood cell are leukocytes?
White blood cells
Name the Granulocytes
Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils
Name the agranulocytes
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
Name the cell type
Eosinophil
Name the formed element
Erythrocyte
Name the formed element
Basophil
Name the formed element
Lymphocyyte
Name the formed element
Monocyte
Name the formed element
Neutrophil
Name the formed element the black line leads to
platelets
What is Hematocrit
centrifuging of blood to separate components
What is the buffy coat ?
A small layer of leukocytes and platelets between plasma and blood
What is the normal volume of RBC
37-52%
What volume of plasma is normal ?
47-63%
What is blood plasma made up of?
Water
Proteins
Nutrients
electrolytes
nitrogenous wastes
Hormones
Gases
What is Serum?
remaining fluid when blot clots and solids are removed
Serum is identical to plasma except for….
abscence of fibrinogen
What are the three major categories of plasma proteins?
Albumins
Globulins
Fibrinogen
What is the function of Albumin proteins
Contribute to viscosity and osmolarity
influence blood pressure
influence blood flow
influence fluid balance
what is the function of Globulins?
Antibodies
provide immune system functions
What are the 3 types of globulins
Alpha
Beta
Gamma
What is the function of fibrinogen
precursor of fibrin threads that help form blood clots
Where are plasma proteins formed?
Albumins and fibrinogen: Liver
Globulins: plasma cells
What is blood viscosity ?
How thick or sticky your blood is
Why is viscosity important?
Circulatory function relies upon blood being right thickness to flow.
If blood is too thick?
viscous, can clog arteries and veins
raise blood pressure
What is blood osmolarity ?
total molarity of those dissolved particles that cannot pass through the blood vessel wall
If osmolarity is too high?
blood absorbs too much water raising blood pressure
if osmolarity is too low ?
- too much water stays in the tissue
- blood pressure drops
- edema occurs
How is optimum osmolarity acheived?
body’s regulation of sodium ions, proteins and RBC’s
What is kwashiorkor?
- children with severe protein deficiency
- thin arms and legs
- swollen abdomen
What is Hypoproteinemia?
- Deficiency of plasma proteins
- extreme starvation
- Liver or kidney disease
- severe burns
What is hemopoiesis?
Production of blood and formed elements
What to hemopoietic tissues do?
produce blood cells
What does the yolk sac do?
produces stem cells for first blood cells
Red Bone marrow produces which of the formed elements?
All 7
What are pluripotent stem cells?
hemopoietic stem cells, where all formed elements begin
What is a colony forming unit?
specialized stemm cells that only produce one class of formed element
what is myeloid hemopoiesis?
blood formation in the bone marrow
What is lymphoid hemopoiesis?
blood formation in the bone marrow
After infancy this only means Lymphocytes
What are the two principle functions of Erythrocytes?
- Carry oxygen from lungs to cell tissues
- Pick up CO2 from tissues and bring to lungs
Describe the anatomy of erythrocytes
Biconcave shape with thick rim
Lose nearly all organelles during development
lack mitochondria
Lack nucleus and DNA
Blood type determined by surface glycoproteins and glycolipids
cytoskeletal proteins give membrane durability and resilience
Each HB molecule is comprised of
4 protein chains
Adult HB has..
2 alpha and 2 beta chains
fetal Hb contains….
2 alpha and 2 gamma chains
What do globins bind?
CO2
How many heme groups in hemoglobin?
4
Why are erythrocytes and hemmoglobins lower in women?
- Androgens stimulate RBC production
- periodic menstrual losses
- Women have more body fat
What is erythopoiesis?
RBC production
How many RBC are produced per second?
1 million
What is the average lifespan of an erythrocyte?
120 days
How long does erythropoiesis take?
3-5 days
Erythrocyte colony foming units have receptors for…
erythropoietin (EPO)
Where is EPO produced
Kidneys
What is the common name for dietary iron (Fe3+)
Ferric
What is the common name for dietary iron (FE2+)
Ferrous
What is iron metabolism?
Absorption of iron in to body to be turned in to hemoglobin and myoglobin
Stomach acid converts Fe3+ to…..
Fe2+
……binds to Fe2+ and transports it to the small intestine
Gastroferritin
Iron is absorbed into the blood plasma from the small intestine and binds to…….for transport to bone marrow liver and other tissues
transferrin
In the liver, some transferrin releases…….for storage
Fe2+
Fe2+ binds to apoferritin to be stored as
ferritin
Reamining transferrin is distributed to other organs to make…….
Hemoglobin and myoglobin
Why do we need B12 and folic acid have for iron metabolism?
Rapid cell division and DNA synthesis that occurs in erythropoiesis
Why do we need vitamin C and copper for iron metabolism?
Cofactors for enzymes synthesizing hemoglobin
What are the stimuli for increasing erythropoiesis
- Low levels O2 (hypoxemia)
- High altitude
- increase in exercise
- Loss of lung tissue in emphysema
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Which type of feedback control is involved in erythrocyte homeostasis?
Negative feedback control
What is hemolysis?
rupturing of RBCs in liver and spleen
what is the role of macrophages in the spleen?
- digest membrane bits
- separate heme from globin
What are the two types of polycythemia?
Primary polycythemia (polycythemia vera)
Secondary polycythemia
What is primary polycythemia?
Cancer of the erythropoietic cell line in red bone marrow
RBC count as high as 11 million RBC
Hematocrit 80%
What is secondary polycythemia?
RBC up to 8 million
caused by dehydration, emphysema high altitude or physical conditioning
Dangers of polycythemia
Increased blood volume
Increased blood pressure
Increased viscosity
Can lead to embolism, stroke or heart failure
Three causes of anemia
Inadequate erythropoiesis or hemoglobin synthesis
Hemorrhagic anemia from bleeding
Hemolytic anemia from RBC destruction
What is pernicious anemia?
autoimmune attack of stomach tissue leading to inadequate B12 absorption
What is Hypoplastic anemia?
Slowing of erythropoiesis
What is Aplastic anemia
complete cessation of erythropoiesis
Three potential consequences of Anemia
Tissue hypoxia and necrosis
blood osmolarity is reduced
blood viscosity is low