Final Flashcards
______ is composed of 92% water, plasma proteins, electrolytes, nutrients, gases, and wastes.
plasma
____ make are the most abundant plasma protein.
albumins
Albumins are made in the ____.
liver
Albumins, Globulins, Fibrinogen and Regulatory proteins are types of ______.
plasma proteins
Gamma-globulins are made in ______.
leukocytes
______ have the greatest influences on osmotic pressure in plasma because they are the most abundant plasma protein.
albumins
_____ transport ions, hormones, and some lipids in blood.
albumins
Alpha and Beta Globulins transport certain _____ molecules and hormones.
water insoluble
Gamma globulins are also called _______.
immunoglobulins (antibodies)
_____ globulins are made by leukocytes and play a role in the body’s defenses.
Gamma
_______ along with other clotting factors is responsible for blood clot formation.
fibrinogen
What are the three types of formed elements?
Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, Platelets
_______ is the percentage of formed elements in the blood.
hematocrit
______ are formed elements that lack a nucleus and cellular organs; packed with hemoglobin.
erthrocytes
_______ transport oxygen and carbon dioxide between tissues and lungs.
erthyrocytes
______ is red-pigmented protein within RBCs.
hemoglobin
Hemoglobin binds oxygen and _______.
carbon dioxide
Each hemoglobin molecule is composed of four globins; 2 _____ chains and ____ chains, a heme group, and an iron.
4 total = 2 alpha chains & 2 beta chains
Blood is ___ when oxygenated.
red
Blood is ____ when deoxygenated.
dark red (almost brown)
Old erythrocytes are broken down in the ______.
liver/spleen
Leukocytes that have visible granules are called ______.
granulocytes
Leukocytes with smaller granules not visible are called ______.
agranulocytes
Most numerous of leukocytes in the blood are ______.
neutrophils.
______ transform into large phagocytic cells called macrophages.
monocytes
Which three white blood cells are phagocytic cells?
neutrophils
monocytes
eosinophils
List the white blood cells in order of most to least prevalent.
Neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, eosinophils, basophils
Never Let Monkeys Eat Bananas
______ is the production of formed elements.
Hematopoiesis
What are the three formed elements?
erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets
Hematopoiesis occurs in ______.
red bone marrow
Erythropoietin (EPO) is not produced in the liver, but the in the ______.
kidneys
Erythropoieten is released when there is a ________ oxygen levels.
decrease in blood
Erythropoieten is inhibited when an ______ in blood oxygen levels are detected.
increase
_______ hormone has an influence on erythropoietin secretion.
testosterone
All _______ stem from myeloid stem cells.
Leukocytes
Erythrocytes, _____, granulocytes, and _______ stem from myeloid stem cells.
monocytes? mabye one more
B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, and natural killer cells are formed from _______.
lymphoid stem cells
What cell resides in the bone marrow and loses pieces of its cytoplasm to form platelets?
megakaryocytes ?
The three stages of hemostasis (stoppage of bleeding)
Vascular spasm
Platelet plug formation
Coagulation phase
Forming a clot?
?
What do the chemicals released by platelets do?
vascular spasms
attract more platelets
stimulate the third phase of blood clotting
stimulate replication of necessary cells.
What are the 3 phases of hemostasis?
vascular spasms
platelets plug formation
coagulation phase
_____ pathway is initiated by damage to the inside of the vessel.
intrinsic
_____ pathway is initiated by damage to the outside of the cell.
extrinsic
Clot retraction includes platelets squeezing ______ out of developing clots causing clots to become smaller as vessel walls are pulled closer together.
serum
Universal blood donor?
O-
Universal blood recipient?
AB+
Which antigen is responsible for the Rh blood group?
D
Do we naturally produce antibodies in the Rh blood group?
No, they are acquired
The blood coming into the right side of the heart is _____ blood.
deoxygenated (comes from body and goes to lungs)
The right AV valve is called the ______.
tricuspid valve
The left AV valve is called the ________.
bicuspid or mitral valve
The _______ valves sit between the atria and ventricles of each side of the heart.
atrioventricular valves (AV)
The chordae tendineae are connected to the _______.
AV valves
The _______ pericardium is the outermost layer of the heart.
fibrous
The fibrous pericardium is made of ________ connective tissue.
dense irregular
The fibrous pericardium anchors the heart in the thoracic cavity and prevents _______.
over expansion of chambers
The three layers of the heart.
Epicardium
Myocardium
Endocardium
The middle layer of the heart wall is called the ______.
Myocardium
The myocardium is the ____ layer of the heart wall.
thickest