Chapter 6 Blood, Lymphatic, & Immune System

Question 1

Liquid plasma

Answer 1

55% of the whole body & water 90-92%

Question 2

8-10% portion of plasma

Answer 2

plasma proteins : albumin, globulins, and fibrinogen

Question 3

albumin

Answer 3

transport fatty substances that cannot dissolve in the watery plasma

Question 4

3 types of of globulins

Answer 4

1) (most common) gamma globulin acts like an antibody
2) fibrinogen is a blood clotting protein
3) smaller amounts of other important substances that are dissolved in the plasma for transport : calcium, potassium, sodium, glucose, amino acids, fats
* ) waste products urea and creatinine

Question 5

Red blood cells (RBC)

Answer 5

aka erythrocytes; biconcave disk shape

enucleated, and red=hemoglobin

Question 6

white blood cells

Answer 6

aka leukocytes; 5 different types

Question 7

Erythrocytes

Answer 7

aka rbc biconcave disk shape

enucleated, and red=hemoglobin

Question 8

hemoglobin

Answer 8

iron containing pigment

picks up oxygen from lungs and distributes to tissue all over body

Question 9

lifespan of RBC

Answer 9

120 days

Question 10

bilirubin

Answer 10

waste product disposed of by the liver; only portion of RBC that can’t be reused

Question 11

leukocytes

Answer 11

WBC, provides protection against the invasion of pathogens (bacteria, viruses, foreign material)

Question 12

2 categories of WBC

Answer 12

granulocytes (granules in the cytoplasm)

agranulocytes (without granules in the cytoplasm)

Question 13

Granulocytes

Answer 13

basophils - release histamines/heparin to damaged tissue
eosinophils - destroys parasites/ increase during allergic reactions
neutrophils - engulfs foreign/damaged cells; most numerous

Question 14

Agranulocytes

Answer 14

monocytes - engulfs foreign/damaged cells

lymphocytes - plays severa. roles in immune response

Question 15

platelet

Answer 15

smallest of all formed blood elements; aka thrombocyte

Question 16

platelets

Answer 16

not formed cell, rather formed -