ENHANCEMENT CLASS: INTRODUCTION TO BLOOD Flashcards
transports oxygen from lungs to tissue; clears tissues of carbon dioxide; transports glucose, proteins and lipids; and moves wastes
BLOOD
Involves in Physiologic and Pathologic activity of the
human body
BLOOD
Average volume of the human body:
5 liters
pH of Blood:
7.35 – 7.45
Specific gravity:
1.045 – 1.065
Body temperature:
98.6-degree Fahrenheit
More Viscous than water
BLOOD
Red in color
BLOOD
Arterial blood color:
Bright red
Venous blood color:
Dark red
FUNCTIONS OF BLOOD
- Transportation
- Regulation
- Protection
COMPOSITION OF BLOOD
PLASMA
BUFFY COAT
PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS
PLASMA PERCENT IN WHOLE BLOOD
55%
COMPOSITION OF PLASMA
- 90% - Water
- 8 – 10% Solutes
BUFFY COAT PERCENT IN WHOLE BLOOD
4%
COMPOSITION OF BUFFY COAT
- Leukocytes
- Platelets
PERCENT OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS IN WHOLE BLOOD
41%
COMPOSITION OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS
- Erythrocytes
- Fibrinogen (Non – Anticoagulated Tubes)
- Anucleated
- Biconcave
RBC
COLOR OF RBC
SALMON PINK
RBC CONTAINS__________ THAT IS WHY ITS COLOR IS SALMON PINK
HEMOGLOBIN
RBC SIZE
7 – 8 um in dm
Kills and phagocytose BACTERIA and other foreign debris
NEUTROPHIL
50% - 75% of the total peripheral WBCs in adults.
NEUTROPHIL
NEUTROPHIL SIZE
10 to 15 um in dm
Effector and regulatory cells for adaptive immunity
LYMPHOCYTE
20% - 40% of the circulating WBCs
LYMPHOCYTE
LYMPHOCYTE SIZE
7 – 10 um in diameter
Precursors of macrophages and other mononuclear phagocytic cells
MONOCYTE
2% - 11% of circulating leukocytes
MONOCYTE
MONOCYTE SIZE
15 – 20 um
Kill helminthic and other PARASITES; modulate local inflammation. INCREASED IN ALLERGY REACTION TOO
EOSINOPHIL
1% - 3% of the circulating WBCs in a non-allergic person
EOSINOPHIL
EOSINOPHIL SIZE
12 to 15 um in diameter
Modulate inflammation, release histamine during ALLERGY
BASOPHIL
0% - 2% of circulating leukocytes
BASOPHIL
BASOPHIL SIZE
10 to 15 um in diameter
