Chapter 14 Flashcards
Name of two types of cells whose main function is phagocytic activity
Neutrophils and monocytes
Straw colored liquid that remains when formed elements are removed from blood
Plasma
Name some materials blood carries
Oxygen, nutrients, co2, heat, hormones, wastes
Three functions of the blood
Transportation, regulation, protection
Blood proteins account for what percent of the plasma
7%
Most common blood protein
Albumins
Blood is approximately what % plasma
55%
Plasma is composed of about what % water
91.5%
Process of ingesting and destroying bacterial cells
Phagocytosis
Immature red blood cells
Reticulocytes
How many RBCs does the average person have per uL of blood
5 million
Inherited defect most common in African Americans that results in RBCs that are distorted
Sickle cell disease
Appendicitis or an acute infection will cause a rapid increase in which type of WBC
Neutrophils
Which leukocytes are agranulocytes
Lymphocytes and monocytes
Which leukocytes are granular leukocytes
Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
Which leukocytes develop into cells which produce antibodies
Lymphocytes
What is the average leukocyte count per uL of blood
5,000-10,000
What is the average number of platelets circulating per uL of blood
250,000-400,000
Fibrinogen and prothrombin are blood proteins necessary for this purpose
Blood clotting
In blood clotting, thrombin converts fibrinogen to this substance
Fibrin
If blood vessel cells are damaged they trigger formation of this enzyme in clotting’s first stage
Prothrombinase
What is the process of dissolving small Inappropriate clots called
Fibrinolysis
What is the effect of heparin and Coumadin on blood clotting
Inhibit (slow)
What is condition that causes the accumulation of fatty substances which cause rough spots on vessel walls
Otherosclerosis
Blood type gene that is inherited as recessive
O
If your blood accumulates in the anti-A typing serum but not in the anti-B typing serum then you have this blood type
A
If your blood accumulates in the anti-B typing serum but not in the anti-A typing serum then you have this blood type
B
If your blood accumulates in both anti-A typing serum and the anti-B typing serum, then you have this blood type
AB
If your blood does not accumulate in either of the typing serums, you have this blood type
O
Universal donors have blood that is this type
O
Universal recipient is this blood type
AB
Antigen protein present on the RBC membrane determines this
Blood type
Test that measures the percentage of RBCs in a sample of blood
Hematocrit
No one with type B blood can also have these antibodies
Anti-B
In emergency transfusions one must always consider how the recipient’s ________ react with the antigens of the donors RBCs
Antibodies
Mr A and Mr AB have volunteered to give blood to Mr B who has Tybe B blood. Mr A has type A blood and Mr AB has type AB blood. Which blood could be transfused safely into Mr. Bs bloodstream
Neither
If the mother is RH- and he father is RH + (vice versa) what condition may occur
Hemolytic disease
Complications in the birth of a third child to an RH- mother are most likely to occur when the child is RH+ and the toe prisons child are ____
RH+
If the father donates the RH+ gene and a mother donates the RH- gene what will be the RH of the children
RH+
Where does formation of most blood cells occur
Red bone marrow