Chapter 16 Flashcards
What is the temperature of blood?
100.4 degrees F or 38 degrees C
how does the temperature of blood contribute to thermoregulation?
It distributes heat throughout the body when you might be too hot or too cold
What is the pH of blood?
7.35- 7.45
What are the 3 formed elements of blood?
- Red blood cells
- White blood cells or leukocytes
- platelets or thrombocytes
Why are the 3 formed elements called “formed elements”?
because they are all formed in the bone marrow by the same stem cell
What contributes most to blood viscosity?
The amount of Blood cells and plasma proteins
Name the blood forming tissue from where all blood cells come from
Bone Marrow
What is the function of fibrinogen?
Helps with forming blood clots. Does this by converting to fibrin. Forms basic clot framework
What is the function of globulin?
They help transport metals, lipids, steroid-binding proteins, and hemoglobin. They also are antibodies that help with immunity
What is the function of albumin?
It helps transport stuff throughout the bloodstream, manages pH levels, thickens blood, and does colloid osmotic pressure ( attracts stuff into blood plasma)
Why do mature erythrocyte cells lack mitochondria? (red blood cells)
Because it protects oxygen from being used for energy production
How does having no mitochondria affect energy production in erythrocyte cells? (blood cells)
They are unable to get energy from the oxidative cycle via aerobic energy. So it relies on the breakdown of glucose and anaerobic energy.
What 2 hormones stimulate (activate) erythropoiesis?
- Erythropoietin
- thyroid hormones
What is the function of hemoglobin?
It carries oxygen in the red blood cell
Where is the location of hemoglobin?
In red blood cells
How much hemoglobin is there on red blood cells/ in the body?
270 million hemoglobin in ONE RED BLOOD CELL
Explain the structure of hemoglobin
Each hemoglobin molecule has 4 polypeptide chains
- Each polypeptide chain contains a single heme molecule
- Each heme molecule has one iron molecule
- and each iron molecule has one oxygen molecule