Chapter 18 & 19 Blood Flashcards
Cardiovascular system locations (blood vessels)
Capillaries- exchange
Veins - carry blood to heart
Arteries- carry blood away from heart
Cardiovascular system BLOOD functions:
1) transportation
- removes waste
- o2 & co2
2) Homeostasis (regulation)
- body temperature
- body ph
- fluid balance
3) Immune protection
Cardiovascular system characteristics of BLOOD:
- Volume (men’s= 5-6L/Women= 4-5L)
- Viscosity (4-5x thicker than h20)
- Blood PH ( 7.35-7.45) (slightly alkaline)
- Blood Temperature (38 Celsius/100.4 F)
- Color
Physical composition of Blood: (%)
- Formed elements (45%)
2. Plasma (55%)
Formed Elements
(45%)
1) Erythrocytes (RBC) 44%: transports o2/co2
Both leukocyte & platelets =1%
2) Leukocyte (WBC): motile immune cells
3) Platelets: blood clotting = repair broken blood vessels
Plasma
55% =Extra cellular fluid of our blood
-92% H2o
-1% dissolved Solutes
(Na, nutrients,wastes,hormones)
-7% proteins
Actual hematocrit
% of blood = erythrocytes
Critical hematocrit
% of all formed elements
Plasma protein functions
- transporters(fatty acids,iron, hormones)
- proteins & Solutes control fluid level of blood
- Helps keep H2o in blood
- antibodies (y-shaped, binds to foreign substances)
- clotting factors
Types of proteins in plasma and their %
1) albumin= 58%
- transporters (fatty acids, hormones)
- proteins & Solutes help control fluid level of blood
2) globulins= 37%
- Alpha: transports lipids
- Beta: transports iron
- Gamma: antibodies
3) Fibrinogen= 4% (clotting factor)
4) regulatory hormones/enzymes = 1%
Leukocyte
Motile immune cells
Diapedisis
Immune cells travel In blood, when activated they squeeze out of blood vessel to the site where needed
Chemotaxis
Move towards specific chemicals
Types of leukocytes
1)Granulocytes
- neutrophil
- Eosinophils
- Basophils
2) Agranulocytes
- lymphocyte
- monocytes
Granulocytes
Neutrophil
Eosinophils
Basophils
Agranulocytes
Lymphocyte
Monocytes
Neutrophil
(Cytoplasm contains neutral colored granules)
(50-70% of leukocytes)
1) first responder to infection
2) pale granules in cytoplasm
3) multilobed nucleus
4) in our puss
Eosinophils
(1-4% of leukocytes) (red/pink granules)
(Phagocytize: antibody-antigen complexes)
1) allergens will eat
2) bilobed nucleus
Basophils
(0.5%-1% of leukocytes)
1) blue granules
2) bilobed nucleus
3) make heparin & histamine
Heparin
- Anticoagulant (prevents blood clotting)
- Brings more leukocytes to site of infection
- inactivates thrombin
Histamine
Recruit/signal for more leukocytes
runny nose, watery eyes
Lymphocytes
(20-40% of leukocytes) (large nucleus)
Types:
1) Natural killers: killing abnormal cells in body
2) B lymphocyte: make our antibodies/gamma globulins) (mature bone marrow)
3) T lymphocyte: manage a direct immune response) (thymus)
Natural killer cells
Killing abnormal cells in the body
B lymphocyte
make our antibodies/gamma globulins) (mature bone marrow)
T lymphocyte
Manage a direct immune response (thymus)
Monocytes
(2-8 % of leukocyte)
10-12 days in blood & then leave blood stream in macrophage