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Chapter 10- Blood Flashcards

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1
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What tissue has both fluid and solid components?

A

Blood

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The Function: Blood

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Serves as a vehicle for distributing body heat and for transporting nutrients, respiratory gases, and other substances throughout the body

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Define the Structure: Blood

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living blood cells are suspended in a non living matrix called plasma

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4
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Give an example: formed elements

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Blood cells

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What are Erythrocytes?

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Red Blood Cells

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6
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Give an example: oxygen level in Blood and colour

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Scarlet- oxygen rich

Dull red- oxygen poor

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The Function: Plasma

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Transports various substances

Helps to distribute body heat

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8
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Define: Blood

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the only fluid tissue in the body

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9
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What makes up whole blood?

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Erythrocytes
White blood cells & platelets
Plasma

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Define: Erythrocytes

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Red blood cells

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Define the Function: Erythrocytes

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primarily to ferry oxygen in blood to all cells of the body

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Define: Hemoglobin

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Iron-bearing protein

  • Transports the bulk of the oxygen that is carried in the blood
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Define: Leukocytes

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White blood cells

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Define the Function: Leukocytes

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Are crucial to the body’s defence system

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Define: Diapedesis

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the process where white blood cells are able to slip into and out of the blood vessels

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Define: Platelets

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are fragments of bizarre multinucleate cells called megakaryocytes

17
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Define: Hematopoiesis

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Blood cell formation

18
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Where does Hematopoiesis occur?

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In red bone marrow

19
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Define: Hemocytoblast

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bone cell former

20
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How are white blood cells and platelets formed?

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They are both stimulated by hormones

21
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Define: Hemostasis

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Stoppage of bleeding

22
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Name the 3 phases of Hemostasis

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  1. Vascular Spasm
  2. Platelet plug forms
  3. Coagulation events occur
23
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Name the characteristics of: Type O Blood

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  • Absence of both antegens (A & B)
  • Universal donor
  • Can only receive type O blood
24
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Name the characteristics of: Type AB Blood

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  • Presence of both antegens ( A & B)

- Universal recipient

25
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Name the characteristics: Type A Blood

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  • Can only receive type A or O blood

- Presence of either A or B antigens

26
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Name the characteristics: Type B Blood

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  • Presence of B antigens

- Can only receive type B or O blood

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