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Final Exam Blood Flashcards

1
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What is the function of blood?

A

Transport nutrients, oxygen, CO2, Waste products, hormones, heat, IS components

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2
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What is the normal pH of blood?

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7.4

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3
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Erythrocytes

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RBC

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4
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Leukocytes

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WBC

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5
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Thrombocytes

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Platelets

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6
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Plasma makes up what percentage of blood?

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60%

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7
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Erythrocytes make up what percentage of blood?

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40%

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8
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the fluid phase of the blood that contains non-cellular components

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Plasma

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9
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What 3 components make up plasma?

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Water, proteins, other solutes

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10
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What is the diff. between plasma and serum

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Serum does not contain coagulation factors

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11
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The amt. of the cellular components of the blood

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Hematocrit

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12
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Inc. hematocrit during physical activity is mainly due to inc. _____ activity

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Sympathetic nervous system

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13
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T/F. RBC lack a nucleus?

A

T

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14
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T/F. RBC lack mitochondria

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T

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15
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What is the function of RBCs?

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transport O2 from the lungs to cells of body and remove CO2 from tissues

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16
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Formation of blood cells

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Hematopoiesis

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17
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Formation of RBCs

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Erythropoiesis

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18
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Where does erythropoiesis occur in fetus?

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Liver and spleen

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19
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Where does erythropoiesis occur in adolesence?

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Red bone marrow of long bones

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20
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Where does erythropoiesis occur in the adult?

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Red bone marrow of flat bones

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21
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All blood cells are derived from a single cell type in the bone marrow:

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Pluripotent stem cells

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22
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If found in the blood, can be used as a measure of the production rate of erythrocytes

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reticlocytes

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23
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What 3 component s are needed for erythropoiesis

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  1. iron
  2. vitamine B12 and Folic acid
  3. erythropoietin
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24
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An increased number of erythrocytes

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polycythemia

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25
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Where does destruction of erythrocytes take place?

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spleen, liver, and bone marrow

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26
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What is the av. lifespan of RBCs

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90-140 days

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27
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All conditions in which the capacity of the blood to transport O2 is reduced?

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Anemia

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28
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3 general causes of Anemia

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  1. Blood loss
  2. RBC destruction
  3. Dec. RBC production
29
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RBC destruction

30
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Dec. production of RBCs

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Erythroid hypoplasia

31
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List some clinical signs of anemia

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  1. Pale mucous memb.
  2. depression/weakness
  3. lethargy
  4. jaundice
  5. recumbancy
  6. seizures
32
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What are the 3 classifications of Anemia?

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  1. Morphology
  2. Hb Content
  3. Regeneration
33
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Tells you the av. volume of each erythrocyte

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Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)

34
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Tells you the Hb content in a single erythrocyte

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Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH)

35
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Tells you the av. amt. of Hb w/i erythrocytes

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Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)

36
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Inc. number of circulating reticulocytes which indicates inc. bone marrow erythropoiesis

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regenerative anemia

37
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Reticulocytes number low no increased erythropoiesis

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Nonregenerative anemia

38
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If you dec. heamatocrit, you inc/dec blood viscoity

39
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What are the 3 functions of the lymphatic system?

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  1. transport fluid
  2. transport proteins and fat
  3. transport of pathogens and antigens from tissue to lymphatic vesels
40
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What is the monophyletic theory of hematopoiesis

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all cells of the blood originate in the bone marrow and develop from the same progenitor cell, the pluripotent hematopoietic stem cell

41
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What are the soluble components of innate immunity

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interferon, peptides, complement

42
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What are the soluble components of adaptive immunity

43
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What are the cell-mediated components of innate immuniity

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Macrophages, granulocytes, dendritic cells

44
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What are the cell-mediated component of adaptive immunity?

A

T lymphocytes

45
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The complement is activated by what 3 mechanisms

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  1. classical pathway
  2. alternative pathway
  3. lectin pathway
46
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macrophages in blood

47
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dendritic cell in skin

A

langerhan’s cells

48
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what is the function of dendritic cells

A

phagocytosis and antigen presentation

49
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what is the function of macrophages?

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pahgocytosis and antigen presentation

50
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What are the 3 functions of granulocytes

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  1. destruction of pathogens
  2. release of inflammatory mediators
  3. alert the adaptive immune system
51
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What 2 signals are necessary for b lymphocyte activation

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  1. antigen binds to BCR

2. T helper cell binds to B lymphocyte

52
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After activationm the B lymphocyte differentiates into a ____ cell and synthesizes ____

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Plasma; antibodies

53
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Protein complex in the memb. of T cells, responsible for recognition of antigens

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T cell receptors (TCR)

54
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What are the 3 co-receptors found on T cells

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CD4, CD8, CD3

55
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Antigens are presented to t cells by _____ molecules

56
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MCH-1 is found where? and presents to CD8 or CD4 T cells?

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All nucleated cell; CD8

57
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MHC-II is found where? and presents to CD8 or CD4 T cells?

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Antigen presenting cells; CD4

58
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What are the 3 profesional antigen-presenting cells?

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  1. dendritic cells
  2. macrophages
  3. lymphocyte
59
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Molecule/material that stimulates immune cells and induces an immune answer

60
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What are the 3 granulocytes?

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  1. neutrophil
  2. basophil
  3. eosinophil
61
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What are the 2 primary lymphatic organs?

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  1. Thymus

2. Bone Marrow

62
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What are the 5 secondary lymphatic organs?

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  1. adenoid
  2. tonsil
  3. spleen
  4. lymph node
  5. peyer’s patch in Sm. intestine
63
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Inappropriate or misdirected response to a specific antigen that results in harmful reactions upon exposure of a sentitized host to that specific antigen

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Hypersensitivity

64
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What are the 4 types of hypersensitivity rxns?

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  1. type I
  2. Type II
  3. Type III
  4. Type IV
65
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Type of hypersensitivity mediated by IgE and mast cells

66
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Type of hypersensitivity rxn mediated by IgG and IgM

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Type II and III

67
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Type of hypersensitivity rxn mediated by T lymphocytes

68
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The viscosity of the blood is primarily determined by the number of erythrocytes per unit volume. during serious anemia’s, the viscosity of blood is inc/dec and the cardiac output is inc/dec

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Reduced, increased

69
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Which of the following does belong to innate imunity

a. Cytotoxic T cells
b. Complement
c. Neutrophils
d. Only b and c
e. All of the above

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D. only B and C

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