Chapter Ten Flashcards
Reduced oxygen carrying capacity of the blood caused by a decreased number of erythrocytes or decreased percentage of hemoglobin in the blood
Anemia
White blood cells whose granules stain deep blue with basic dye; have a relatively pale nucleus and granular-appearing cytoplasm
Basophils
Clotting of blood
Coagulation
Red blood cells
Erthrocytes
The fibrous insoluble protein formed during the clotting of blood
Fibrin
Cellular portion of blood
Formed Elements
The oxygen transporting pigment of erythrocytes
Hemoglobin
White blood cells
Leukocytes
Agranular white blood cells formed in the bone marrow that mature in the lymphoid tissue
Lymphocytes
Large single nucleus white blood cell; agranular leukocyte
Monocytes
The most abundant of the white blood cells
Neutrophils
The fluid portion of the blood
Plasma
One of the irregular cell fragments of blood; involved in clotting
Platelets
Important step in clotting. Present in plasma to thrombin an enzyme
Prothrombin
Injured tissues release this and it plays an important role in clotting
Thromboplastin
