Chp 13 Blood Flashcards
transports food, gases, and wastes to and from the cells of the body
blood
what are the two other transported items by blood?
- Chemical messengers (hormones)
- Blood proteins, WBCs, platelets
what the percentage of cells in the blood volume (RBCs, WBCs, platlets)
45%
blast =
baby
red blood cells transport nutrients and oxygens
erythrocytes
immature RBCs are known as
erthroblast
where do RBCs originate?
bone marrow
a cell that destroys worn out erythrocytes in spleen, liver, and bone marrow
macrophages
white blood cells
leukocytes
platlets
thrombocytes
what WBC contains heparin and histamine
basophils
what WBC is a phagocytic cell involved in allergic responses and parasitic infections
eosinophils
what WBC is phagocytic cell that accumulates at sites of infection
neutrophils
what WBCs are phagocytic cells that become macrophages and digest bacteria and tissue debris
monocytes
what WBC controls the immune response and makes antibodies to antigens
lymphocytes
what plasma protein maintains proper proportion and concentration of water in blood
albumin
what plasma protein is another part of blood containing plasma proteins: alpha, beta, and gamma globulins
globulins
what plasma protein are antibodies that bind to and destroy antigens or foreign substances (IgG, IgA, IgE, IgD)
immunoglobulins
what plasma proteins (2) are clotting proteins
fibrinogen and prothrombin
A antigen (ag) and anti-B antibody (ab) would be type ____ blood
A
B antigen (ag) and anti-A antibody (ab) would be type ____ blood
B
A and B antigen (ag) and no antibody (ab) would be type ____ blood
AB
no antigen (ag) and anti-A and B antibody (ab) would be type ____ blood
O
what blood type is the universal recipient
Type AB