exercise 18

Question 1

plasma

Answer 1

fluid portion of the blood; allows blood to flow; composed primarily of water, but also carries many chemicals including a variety of ions, dissolved gasses, proteins, and hormones; of the approximately 5.5 L of whole blood in a person, approximately 3 L are plasma

Question 2

formed elements of the blood

Answer 2

erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets; each began as a nucleated cell in the red bone marrow

Question 3

leukocytes

Answer 3

WBC; 4,000-11,000 per microliter

Question 4

Granulocytes

Answer 4

neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils

Question 5

agranulocytes

Answer 5

monocytes, lymphocytes

Question 6

monocytes

Answer 6

largest; oval, kidney shaped nucleus

Question 7

lymphocytes

Answer 7

smallest; round, slightly indented nucleus that may nearly fill the cell

Question 8

neutrophils

Answer 8

most common; multilobed/segmented nucleus

Question 9

eosinophil

Answer 9

bilobed nucleus

Question 10

basophils

Answer 10

least common and have so many granules that the round nucleus is often not visible

Question 11

platelets

Answer 11

thrombocytes; membrane-bound fragments of cytoplasm that come from megakaryocytes; function in the plasma; 150,000-450,000 per microliter

Question 12

erythrocytes

Answer 12

RBC; mature have no nucleus; biconcave; flexible and can be deformed; smaller than leukocytes but larger than platelets; 3.9-5.6 million per microliter

Question 13

antigens

Answer 13

agglutinogens; found on cell membrane of erythrocytes; serve as markers or name tags

Question 14

antibodies

Answer 14

agglutinins; produced by lymphocytes and added to the blood

Question 15

minor agglutination

Answer 15

the antibodies in the donated blood react with the antigens on the erythrocytes in the recipient blood

Question 16

major agglutination

Answer 16

the recipient receives the incorrect antigens on the erythrocytes in the donated blood

Question 17

whole blood

Answer 17

connective tissue that is composed of a fluid matrix and formed elements

Question 18

when an antibody interacts with an antigen on the surface of your erythrocytes, it forms

Answer 18

an immune complex

Question 19

the formation of immune complexes forms

Answer 19

antibody bridges; bc one antibody can bind to antigens on 2 erythrocytes and bc one erythrocyte has the ability to bind with many antibodies

Question 20

agglutination

Answer 20

the clumping of the erythrocytes due to the interaction btwn the antibodies and erythrocyte antigens

Question 21

washed erythrocytes

Answer 21

have had all plasma and plasma contents removed

Question 22

gene

Answer 22

segment of DNA that codes for a trait