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The only fluid tissue in the human body
Classified as a connective tissue
Blood
Living cells
Formed elements
Non-living matrix
Plasma
Components of blood
Erythrocytes sink to the bottom (45% of blood, a percentage known as the hematocrit)
Buffy coat contains leukocytes and platelets (less than 1% of blood)
Buffy coat is a thin, whitish layer between the erythrocytes and plasma
Plasma rises to the top (55% of blood)
If blood is centrifuged
Color range of blood
Oxygen-rich blood is scarlet red
Oxygen-poor blood is dull red
pH must remain between 7.35–7.45
Blood temperature is slightly higher than body temperature at 100.4°F
In a healthy man, blood volume is about 5–6 liters or about 6 quarts
Blood makes up 8% of body weight
Characteristics of blood
Composed of approximately 90% water
Includes many dissolved substances
Nutrients
Salts (electrolytes)
Respiratory gases
Hormones
Plasma proteins
Waste products
Blood Plasma
Most abundant solutes in plasma
Plasma proteins
Most plasma proteins are made by?
the liver
Albumin—regulates osmotic pressure
Clotting proteins—help to stem blood loss when a blood vessel is injured
Antibodies—help protect the body from pathogens
Various plasma proteins
Blood becomes too acidic
Acidosis
Blood becomes too basic
Alkalosis
what happens incase alkalosis or acidosis occurs
In each scenario, the respiratory system and kidneys help restore blood pH to normal
Red blood cells (RBCs)
Erythrocytes
White blood cells (WBCs)
Leukocytes
Erythrocytes
Red blood cells (RBCs)
Leukocytes
White blood cells (WBCs)
Platelets
Cell fragments
Main function is to carry oxygen
Erythrocytes (red blood cells or RBCs)
Biconcave disks
Essentially bags of hemoglobin
Anucleate (no nucleus)
Contain very few organelles
Anatomy of circulating erythrocytes
how many rbc’s per cubic mm of blood
5 million
Iron-containing protein
Binds strongly, but reversibly, to oxygen
Each hemoglobin molecule has four oxygen binding sites
Each erythrocyte has 250 million hemoglobin molecules
Normal blood contains 12–18 g of hemoglobin per 100 mL blood
Hemoglobin
Anemia is a decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood
Sickle cell anemia (SCA) results from abnormally shaped hemoglobin
Polycythemia is an excessive or abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes
Homeostatic imbalance of RBCs
Crucial in the body’s defense against disease
These are complete cells, with a nucleus and organelles
Able to move into and out of blood vessels (diapedesis)
Can move by ameboid motion
Can respond to chemicals released by damaged tissues
4,000 to 11,000 WBC per cubic millimeter of blood
Leukocytes (white blood cells or WBCs)
WBC count above 11,000 leukocytes/mm3
Generally indicates an infection
Leukocytosis
Abnormally low leukocyte level
Commonly caused by certain drugs such as corticosteroids and anticancer agents
Leukopenia
Bone marrow becomes cancerous, turns out excess WBC
Leukemia
Granules in their cytoplasm can be stained
Possess lobed nuclei
Include neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils
Granulocytes
Lack visible cytoplasmic granules
Nuclei are spherical, oval, or kidney-shaped
Include lymphocytes and monocytes
Agranulocytes
List of the WBCs from most to least abundant
Neutrophils
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
Eosinophils
Basophils
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Multilobed nucleus with fine granules
Act as phagocytes at active sites of infection
Neutrophils
Large brick-red cytoplasmic granules
Found in response to allergies and parasitic worms
Eosinophils
Have histamine-containing granules
Initiate inflammation
Basophils
Nucleus fills most of the cell
Play an important role in the immune response
Lymphocytes
Largest of the white blood cells
Function as macrophages
Important in fighting chronic infection
Monocytes
Derived from ruptured multinucleate cells (megakaryocytes)
Needed for the clotting process
Normal platelet count = 300,000/mm3
Platelets
Occurs in red bone marrow
Blood cell formation
Stoppage of bleeding resulting from a break in a blood vessel
Hemostasis
where are blood cells derivative of
All blood cells are derived from a common stem cell (hemocytoblast)
Unable to divide, grow, or synthesize proteins
Wear out in 100 to 120 days
When worn out, RBCs are eliminated by phagocytes in the spleen or liver
Lost cells are replaced by division of hemocytoblasts in the red bone marrow
Formation of Erythrocytes
Controlled by hormones
Colony stimulating factors (CSFs) and interleukins prompt bone marrow to generate leukocytes
Thrombopoietin stimulates production of platelets
Formation of White Blood Cells and Platelets
Lymphoid stem cell produces lymphocytes
Myeloid stem cell produces all other formed elements
Hemocytoblast differentiation
Rate is controlled by a hormone (erythropoietin)
Kidneys produce most erythropoietin as a response to reduced oxygen levels in the blood
Homeostasis is maintained by negative feedback from blood oxygen levels
Control of Erythrocyte Production
Vascular spasms
Platelet plug formation
Coagulation (blood clotting)
Hemostasis involves three phases
Collagen fibers are exposed by a break in a blood vessel
Platelets become “sticky” and cling to fibers
Anchored platelets release chemicals to attract more platelets
Platelets pile up to form a platelet plug
Platelet plug formation
Vasoconstriction causes blood vessel to spasm
Spasms narrow the blood vessel, decreasing blood loss
Vascular spasms
Injured tissues release tissue factor (TF)
PF3 (a phospholipid) interacts with TF, blood protein clotting factors, and calcium ions to trigger a clotting cascade
Prothrombin activator converts prothrombin to thrombin (an enzyme)
Thrombin joins fibrinogen proteins into hair-like molecules of insoluble fibrin
Fibrin forms a meshwork (the basis for a clot)
Coagulation
Blood usually clots within 3 to 6 minutes
The clot remains as endothelium regenerates
The clot is broken down after tissue repair
hemostatis
A clot in an unbroken blood vessel
Can be deadly in areas like the heart
Thrombus
A thrombus that breaks away and floats freely in the bloodstream
Can later clog vessels in critical areas such as the brain
Embolus
Platelet deficiency
Even normal movements can cause bleeding from small blood vessels that require platelets for clotting
Thrombocytopenia
Hereditary bleeding disorder
Normal clotting factors are missing
Hemophilia
Loss of 15–30% causes weakness
Loss of over 30% causes shock, which can be fatal
Large losses of blood have serious consequences
what are the only way to replace blood quickly
Transfusions
Transfused blood must be
of the same blood group
Type A
Type B
The lack of these antigens is called type O
Based on the presence or absence of two antigens
Blood contains genetically determined proteins
Antigens (a substance the body recognizes as foreign) may be attacked by the immune system
Antibodies are the “recognizers”
Blood is “typed” by using antibodies that will cause blood with certain proteins to clump (agglutination)
There are over 30 common red blood cell antigens
The most vigorous transfusion reactions are caused by ABO and Rh blood group antigens
The presence of both antigens A and B is called
type AB
The lack of both antigens A and B is called
type O
The presence of antigen A is called
type A
The presence of antigen B is called
type B
Blood type AB can receive A, B, AB, and O blood
Universal recipient
Blood type B can receive
B and O blood
Danger occurs only when the mother is Rh– and the father is Rh+, and the child inherits the Rh+ factor
RhoGAM shot can prevent buildup of anti-Rh+ antibodies in mother’s blood
Rh Dangers During Pregnancy
Blood type O can receive O blood
Universal donor
Blood type A can receive
A and O blood
Named because of the presence or absence of one of eight Rh antigens (agglutinogen D) that was originally defined in Rhesus monkeys
Most Americans are Rh+ (Rh positive)
Problems can occur in mixing Rh+ blood into a body with Rh– (Rh negative) blood
Rh Blood Groups
The first pregnancy usually proceeds without problems
The immune system is sensitized after the first pregnancy
In a second pregnancy, the mother’s immune system produces antibodies to attack the Rh+ blood (hemolytic disease of the newborn)
The mismatch of an Rh– mother carrying an Rh+ baby can cause problems for the unborn child
Blood samples are mixed with anti-A and anti-B serum
Coagulation or no coagulation leads to determining blood type
Typing for ABO and Rh factors is done in the same manner
Cross matching—testing for agglutination of donor RBCs by the recipient’s serum, and vice versa
Blood Typing
The fetal liver and spleen are early sites of blood cell formation
Bone marrow takes over hematopoiesis by the seventh month
Sites of blood cell formation
what heloglobin differs from hemoglobin produced after birth
Fetal hemoglobin
results in infants in which the liver cannot rid the body of hemoglobin breakdown products fast enough
Physiologic jaundice
Volume of blood pumped by each ventricle in one contraction (each heartbeat)
Usually remains relatively constant
About 70 mL of blood is pumped out of the left ventricle with each heartbeat
Stroke volume (SV)
Amount of blood pumped by each side (ventricle) of the heart in one minute
Cardiac output (CO)
Amount of blood pum
Typically 75 beats per minute
Heart rate (HR)
CO = HR SV
CO = HR (75 beats/min) SV (70 mL/beat)
CO = 5250 mL/min
The Heart: Cardiac Output