Exam #1 Blood Flashcards
AP2
Polycythemia
Abnormal red blood count number
thick blood and increases viscosity
Leukemia
Abnormal amount of white blood cells produced new white blood cells not functioning correctly
Leukopenia
Abnormally low white blood cells
Leukocytosis
White blood cell count over 11,000 normal response to infection
Opsonization
Coat pathogens using complement or antibodies to let macrophages more easily kill pathogens
Hemostasis
Stoppage of bleeding
1. vascular spasm
2. platelet plug
3. coagulation
Hemocytoblast
Stem cell for all blood cells
Interfron
Proteins that stop replication of a virus
Erythroblastosis fetalis
Fetal= baby rh+ and the mother is rh-
no rhogam shot
1st encounter for mother with rh+ blood nothing happens to the baby
the mother starts building antibodies against the rh factor
2nd pregnancy mothers antibodies will attack fetus which is why the rhogam shot is needed
Plasmin
Breaks up blood clot in healthy BV
Thrombin
Clotting factor activate fibrinogen fibrin mesh
Average hematocrit percentage of a female
37% to 48%
Average hematocrit percentage of a male
45% to 52%
Differences between each of the leukocytes
There are two types of leukocytes granulocytes and agranulocytes
Granulocytes have granules in their cytoplasm while agranulocytes do not
Lifecycle of RBC
Life span: 120 days
Hemoglobin to globin to amino acids to recycled
Hem to iron to ferritin or hemosiderin to bilirubin to small intestine to bowel movements
hemosiderin to blood
everything else will be consumed by macrophages
Jaundice
Yellowing of connective tissue