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Chapter 4 Blood Flashcards

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What are erythrocytes?

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Red blood cells

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What are the functions of blood?

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TRANSPORTATION-oxygen,
nutrients,waste, hormones
REGULATION- temp, tissue fluid content, blood pH
DEFENSE SYSTEM-wbc, platelets, clotting factors

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What are leukocytes?

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White blood cells

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What are thrombocytes?

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Platelets (clotting)

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Where do all blood cells get made?

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Red bone marrow

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What is the function of erythrocytes?

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Carry oxygen

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What is the function of leukocyte?

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Fight infections and defend

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What is plasma?

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Liquid portion of blood (45%-78%)

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What is hematopoiesis?

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Making of blood

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What is a hematopoietic stem cell?

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Making of a cell (any kind) depending on chemical or physiological stimulus and involves numerous cell divisions.

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What is heme?

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Pigment portion, produced in mitochondria, contains iron atoms.

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What is globin?

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Protein portion, produced in ribosomes

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Heme group can carry how many molecules of oxygen?

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One molecule of oxygen

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Four heme groups can attach to how many globin molecules?

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One globin molecule

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What is oxyhemoglobin?

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Hemoglobin that is carrying oxygen

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One oxygen molecule is associated with how many iron molecules?

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One iron molecule

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What is deoxyhemoglobin?

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Hemoglobin that has released its oxygen

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What is cell senescence?

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When a cell dies

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What happens in rbc senescence?

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  • Enzyme activity decreases
  • cell deforms, becomes rounder and volume decreases
  • extravascular hemolysis
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What is extravascular hemolysis?

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Rbc membrane is destroyed, iron goes to red bone marrow and amino acids go to the liver for re-use.

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What is intravascular hemolysis?

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Rbc in circulation are subjected to stress, destruction and hemoglobin released into the blood.

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What is anemia?

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Decreased oxygen carrying capacity of the blood

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What is anemia caused from?

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Blood loss, increased rbc destruction, decreased rbc production and iron deficiency

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What is polycythemia?

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Increase in number of RBC

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What are the 3 types of polycythemia?

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Relative polycythemia
Compensatory
Rubea Vera

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What is relative polycythemia?

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Hemoconcentration due to fluid loss. (Vomiting, diarrhea)

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What is compensatory polycythemia?

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Result of hypoxia (high altitudes)

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What is polycythemia Rubra Vera?

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Red bone marrow disorder

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What are the two immune systems?

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Specific and non specific

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What are the two immune systems?

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Specific and non specific

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What are the actions of the immune system?

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  • Phagocytosis and destruction of foreign cells
  • lysis of foreign membranes
  • inactivation of pathogens
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What does non specific immunity do?

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  • Mechanical barriers-skin and mucous membranes
  • Chemical barriers
  • inflammatory response-tissue damage releases chemical factors
  • phagocytosis by neutrophils, eosinophils, monocytes, and tissue macrophages
  • natural killer cells
  • interferon- protein produced by cell after it has been infected , inhibits further development and spread of virus
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What is diapedesis?

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Process that wbc use to go from circulation into tissue spaces

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What is chemotaxis?

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Process that attracts wbc to inflammatory chemicals at a site of infection

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What is circulating pool?

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Within lumen of blood vessels

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What is a marginal pool?

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Line the walls of small blood vessels mainly in the spleen, lungs and abdominal organs.

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What are neutrophils?

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Most numerous, first guys to fight. Have 2-5 segments. They phagocytosis.

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What are eosinophils? (Allergies and parasites)

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Spend a lot of time in the tissue. They have anti-flammatories and phagocytosis

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What is eosinophila?

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Increase in eosinophils

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What are basophils?

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Granules contain histamine and heparin. Histamine helps initiate inflammation and allergic reactions. Heparin acts as anticoagulant and keeps blood flowing to an injured area

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Why are mast cells?

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Tissue basophils

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What is a monocytes?

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  • largest wbc in circulation
  • phagocytic cells
  • known as tissue macrophages
  • clean up
  • show up at end
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What is monocytosis?

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Increase number of monocytes.

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What is monocytopenia?

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Decreased number of monocytes

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What is specific immunity?

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Only attack specific pathogens

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What do non specific immunities attack?

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Any pathogens

46
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How many cells to specific immunity have?

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Two. B and T cells

47
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What are lymphocytes?

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  • no phagocytic abilities
  • live in lymphoid tissues
  • born in bone marrow
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What are the three types of lymphocytes?

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  • t cells
  • b cells
  • natural killer cells
49
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What are T-cells?

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Produced in thymus before going to lymphoid tissue. Responsible for cell mediated immunity and for activating B cells.

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What are B-cells?

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Responsible for antibody production. Are in lymph nodes and spleen.

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What is humoral immunity?

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B cells recognize an antigen and transform into plasma cells.

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What is a complement?

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Group of enzymes in plasma that can be activated by the attachment of and antibody to an antigen.

53
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What is a natural killer cell?

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Don’t have to be activated by a specific antigen. Can kill some killer cells and must come in direct contact to kill.

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What are immunoglobulin?

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Antibodies

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