Chapter 17 Part 2- Blood Flashcards
Leukopoiesis
production of WBCs
What is Leukopoiesis stimulated by?
chemical messengers from bone marrow and mature WBCs
where do all leukocytes originate from?
hemocytoblasts
what is the blood voume level of WBCs?
<1%
how can WBCs leave capillaries?
via diapedsis
How do WBCs move through tissue spaces?
by ameboid movement and positive chemotaxis
Granulocytes
Neutrohils, eosinophils, and basophils
what are granulocytes?
- cytoplasmic granules
- larger and shorter lived than RBCs
- lobed nuclei
- phagocytic
Neutrophils
- most numerous WBCs
- 6hrs -> a few days
- fine granules
- pruple cytoplasm when stained
- graules contain hydrolytic enzymes or defensins
- very phagocytic- “bacteria slayers”
- ANC of 2500-6000 is normal
What WBC is most numerous?
neutrophils
Neutrophil graules contain ______ enzymes or ______
hydrolytic
defensins
what WBC is a bacteria slayer that is very phagocytic?
Neutrophils
Eosinphils
- red staining, bilobed nuceli
- red (acidophilic) Coarse, lysosome-like granules
- digest parasitic worms that are too large to phagocytized
- modulators of immune respone
- 8->12 days, circulate 4/5 days
What WBC is able to digest parasiti worms that can not be phagocytized?
eosinphils
what WBC modulates the immune system?
Eosinphils
Basophils
- rarest WBCs
- large, purplish-black (basophilic) graules contain histamine.
- functionally similar to mast cells
- few hours to a few days
what is the rarest WBC?
basophils
histamine
an inflammatory chemical that a vasodilator and attracts other WBCs to inflamed sites
What WBCs contain histamine?
Basophil
what WBC is similar to mast cells?
basophils
how long is basophils life span?
few hours to a few days
Agranulocyte
lymphocytes and monocytes
what are agranulocytes?
lack visible cytoplasmic granules, have spherical or kidney shaped nuclei
Lymphocytes
-large, dark pruple, circular nuclei with a thin rom of blue cytoplasm
-crucial to immunity
- two types:
T cells and Bcells
What WBC is crucial to immunity?
lymphocytes
a large, dark purple, circular nuclei with a thin blue rim of cytoplasm
lymphocytes
what are the two types of cells in a lymphocyte?
T cells and B cells
what is a t cell?
act against virus infected cells and tumor cells- memory, cytotoxic, regulatory (suppressor, helper, natural killer
how long can memorycells live?
years or atleast months
what is a b cell?
give rise to plasma cells which produce antibodies
Monocytes
- largest leukocyte
- abundant pale blue cytoplasm
- dark purple staining, u- or kidneyshaped nuclei
- leave circulation, enter tissues, and differentiate into macrophasges
- activate lymphocytes to mount an immune response
- hours to day
T cells start the process to what
celluar immunity
monocytes are the largest WBCs? T/f
T
this WBC has an abundant pale blue cytoplasm
monocytes