Chapter 12: Blood Flashcards
Blood is a specialized connective tissue consisting of cells and fluid extracellular material called ______
Plasma
____ _____ that circulate in the plasma are erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets
Formed elements
Percentage of total volume of erythrocytes in the blood
Hematocrit
Is used to distribute oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, waste products, hormones, and heat
Blood
Nutrients, respiratory gases,nitrogenous waste products, hormones, and inorganic ions collectively called _______
Electrolytes
Made in the liver and serves primarily to maintain the osmotic pressure of the blood; most abundant plasma protein
Albumin
__- and __-________ made by the liver, transport factors like lipid, iron, and metal ions; groups of large globular proteins
α- and β-globulins
Plasma protein that are antibodies with various immune functions
γ-globulins (immunoglobulins)
Plasma glycoprotein which polymerizes during clotting; made in liver
Fibrinogen
Soluble fibrinogen turns into insoluble ______
Fibrin
Helps the antibody-antigen system in removing pathogens; enhancing phagocytosis of antigens, attracting macrophages and neutrophils, and rupturing membranes of foreign cells
Complement proteins
Is the solvent in which formed elements are suspended and proteins and solutes are dissolved
Water (~92% of plasma)
All _____ proteins serve to buffer against pH changes
Plasma proteins (~7% of plasma)
terminally differentiated structures , lacking nuclei and mitochondria, and completely filled with hemoglobin
erythrocytes
the biconcave shape of erythrocytes provides a large _____-to-_____ ratio and facilitates gas exchange
surface-to-volume
an ion channel integral protein, that is crucial for CO2 uptake; binds to the cell cytoskeleton
band 3 protein
integral protein important for cytoskeletal attachment
glycophorins
the glycosylated extracellular domains of the integral proteins include _____ sites that form the basis for the ABO blood typing system
antigenic
dimers of which forma lattice bound to underlying actin filaments; peripheral membrane on inner surface of membrane
spectrin
anchors the spectrin lattice to the glycophorins and band 3 proteins; peripheral membrane on inner surface of membrane
ankyrin