Chapter 19 Blood Flashcards
About 5 liters of ___________, a fluid connective tissue that makes up about 8% of total body weight, circulates through the blood vessels at all times.
Blood
One of the two major components of blood, _____________, is the liquid extracellular matrix of blood.
Plasma
The ____________ of blood include the cells and cell fragments found suspended in plasma.
Formed elements.
What are the 3 types of formed elements in the blood?
Erythrocytes- Red blood cells (RBCs)
Leukocytes- White blood cells (WBCs)
Platelets- small cellular fragments.
List the functions performed by blood
- Exchanging gases - both oxygen and carbon dioxide are transported by blood.
- Distributing solutes-plasma transports ions, nutrients, hormones and wastes, and plays a role in regulating ion concentrations in tissues.
- Performing immune functions-both leukocytes and immune system proteins are transported throughout body in blood.
- Maintaining body temperature- blood carries away heat generated as byproduct of many chemical reactions in body.
- Sealing damaged vessels by forming blood clots-platelets and certain proteins from blood clot; seals damaged blood vessels to prevent blood loss.
- Preserving acid-base homeostasis- pH of blood is maintained between 7.35 and 7.45; remains relatively constant as blood contains several important buffering systems.
- Stabilizing blood pressure- blood volume is major factor in determining blood pressure.
Three distinct layers form when a blood sample is spun rapidly in a centrifuge, these three layers include what?
Top layer- plasma (55% of total blood volume)
The middle layer- Buffy coat (1% of total blood volume)
Bottom layer- erythrocytes/hematocrit (44%)
____________ is a pale yellow liquid whose volume is 90% water.
Plasma
Define viscosity
Refers to the thickness of blood.
Less water in plasma leads to ___________ viscosity and _______________ blood flow.
Greater
sluggish/slow
__________________ forms colloid that makes up about 9% of plasma volume and include albumin, immune proteins (g-globulins), transport proteins and clotting proteins.
Plasma Proteins
Define albumin
A large protein synthesized in the liver. Responsible for blood’s colloid osmotic pressure; draws water into blood by osmosis.
Immune proteins, g-globulins, also known as _______________, are made by leukocytes, components of the immune system.
Antibodies.
_________________ binds to lipid-based molecules that otherwise are incompatible with the mostly water-based plasma, which allows these molecules to use blood as a transportation system.
Transport Proteins
These proteins stop bleeding from injured blood vessels by forming a blood clot with assistance from platelets.
Clotting Proteins.
What enables erythrocytes to transport oxygen and carbon dioxide?
Erythrocytes structure.
Describe the structure of a erythrocyte
The typical erythrocyte is a biconcave disc or a flattened donut-shaped cell that is concave on both sides. This shape increases the surface area of the cell, which is vital to their role in gas exchange.
Mature RBCs are ____________, having lost the nucleus during maturation, and lack most of the other typical cellular organelles.
Anucleate
What is a large protein that consists of 4 polypeptide subunits: two alpha chains and two beta chains?
Hemoglobin
An iron-containing compound in which polypeptides are bound.
Heme group
An iron ion in each heme group is oxidized when it binds to oxygen in regions of high oxygen concentrations which forms a red-colored molecule called what?
Oxyhemoglobin
Hemoglobin releases oxygen into regions, such as tissues surrounding systemic capillary beds, where oxygen concentration is ___________.
Low
In tissues where oxygen levels are low, hemoglobin binds to carbon dioxide forming ______________, which accounts for about 23% of the CO2 transportation in blood.
Carbaminohemoglobin
What is the life span of an erythrocyte?
About 100-120 days
What is the process that takes place in red bone marrow where the formed elements in blood are produced
Hematopoiesis