Chapter 7: Blood Flashcards
Color of an unoxygenated blood
Dark Red to Purple
Compositon of Blood
Plasma, Formed Elements (RBC, WBC, Platelets)
Normal pH level of Blood
7.4
Largest Plasma Protein and this protein needed to complete the final step of blood clotting
fibrinogen
smallest plasma protein
albumin
The antibodies of the immune system
Gammaglobulin or immunoglobulin
Other term for platelets
Thromboplastid and Thrombocytes
This is used to distinguish formed elements of blood and cells in the bone marrow from each other
Romanowsky and Giemsa
The percentage of a plasma in a centrifuged blood sample with anticoagulant
54%
what type of connective tissue is blood?
Loose Connective Tissue
Size of Male RBCs
4.5-6.0 M/cu mm
Size of Platelets
150,000-400,000/ cu mm
Size of WBCs
4,500-10,500/cu mm
It is immature cells, presence in ribosomes, and polychromatophilic erythrocytes
Reticulocytes
Exhibits variation in shape of RBCs
poikilocytosis