Exam 3 Flashcards
Which blood vessels have valves
Veins
One cell thick
Capillaries
Largest artery in the heart
Aorta
Wide lumen
Veins
Average volume of blood in the human body is:
3 liters
5 liters
8 liters
10 liters
5 liters
Arterial blood is ________ and venous blood is ________.
oxygenated; oxyhemoglobin
deoxygenated; oxyhemoglobin
oxygenated; deoxygenated
deoxygenated; oxygenated
Oxygenated, Deoxygenated
What is plasma made of?
Solutes, plasma proteins and water
What are the formed elements made of?
Thrombocytes
Leukocytes
Erythrocytes
90% of blood plasma is made of what?
Water
Red blood cells are efficient oxygen transport cells. Which is the major contributor to the significant oxygen-carrying capacity of the red blood cell?
Biconcave discs
Each hemoglobin molecule can transfer how many oxygen atoms
A) 1
B) 4
C) 250
E) 1 billion
4
What contains hemoglobin?
Erthrocytes
Functions to aid in defense against infections by microorganisms
Leukocytes
Cytoplasmic granules stain specifically with Wright’s stain
Granulocytes
Referred to as the “bacteria slayers”
Neutrophils
Most numerous leukocyte
Neutrophils
Digest parasitic worms that are too large to be phagocytized
Eosinophils
Least numerous leukocyte
Basophils
Lack visible cytoplasmic granules
Agranulocytes
Are cell fragments of megakaryocytes
Thrombocytes
Two types, T cells and B cells, play a crucial role in immunity
Lymphocytes
They leave circulation to enter tissues, differentiates into macrophages
Monocytes
Granules contain histamine
Basophils
Function is to assist the blood clotting mechanisms
Thrombocytes
An elevated neutrophil count would be indicative of ________.
an acute bacterial infection
Vasodilation is a step in Hemostasis
T or F
F
Platelets need to chemically react with exposed collagen fibbers to stick and form a glue like scene
True or false
False
What is vasodilation
When the blood vessels widen allowing more blood to flow through them and lowering your blood pressure
Platelets need to chemically react with exposed collagen fibers to stick and form a glue-like scene
False or true
True
Hypoxic meaning oxygen sufficient
False
Hematopoiesis is cell formation that occurs in the red bone marrow
True
False
True
Formation of white blood cells?
Leukopoisesis
Formation of red blood cells
Erythropoiesis
Formation of platelets
Thrombopoiesis
Formed by the lymphoid stem cell
Lymphocyte
Interleukins & CSFs= ?
White blood cells