HESI Cardiovascular system Part 1 Flashcards
Blood consists of cells and cell fragments, in this context known as ____ ____
Blood also has water with dissolved molecules are ____ ____
formed elements
blood plasma
fancy word for RBC
erythrocyte
main function of RBC is to transport
O2 and CO2
The protein in RBCs is called
hemoglobin
O2 and CO2 attach to the ____ of the rbc
hemoglobin
Mature RBCs maximize their cargo space by not having
nucleus and other organelles
____ forms when CO2 attaches to AAs of the globin part of the hemoglobin molecule.
Carbaminohemoglobin
an enzyme in erythrocytes, it converts CO2 and H2O in the cells to H and HCO3
Carbonic anhydrase
Most of the CO2 collected from tissues travels in the ____ in the form of ____
A smaller amount of CO2 stays in the ____ and is transported as ____ ____
RBCS
HCO3
plasma
bicarbonate ion
RBCs have a short life. the degenerated ones are broken down in the ____ and ____
liver and spleen
the kind of cell that breaks down RBCs in the liver and spleen is ____ ____ ____ cells (____)
phagocytic white blood cells
macrophages
process of breaking down RBCs, the ____ and ____ parts of hemoglobin are separated. ____ is reduced to AAs
globin and heme
globin
process of breaking down RBCs, ____ is removed from the heme group and is bound to protein for storage
iron
process of breaking down RBCs, the remainder of the heme group is broken down into ____ (a yellow-orange pigment)
bilirubin
Liver cells add bilirubin to bile, which enters the small intestine during the digestion of fats. Bilirubin is then converted into ____ by intestinal bacteria
urobilinogen
There are 2 main groups of leukocytes ____ and ____ (one has granules in the cytoplasm and the other doesn’t)
granulocytes
agranulocytes
the most numerous of the granulocytes
neutrophils
granulocyte that increases in number during parasitic infection or allergic reaction
eosinophils
granulocyte that releases histamine
basophil
The 3 types of granulocytes are
NEB
neutrophils
Eoisonphils
Basophils
the first kind of granulocyte to arrive at an infection
neutrophils
neutrophils respond to chemicals release by damaged cells, the chemicals are called ____. Neutrophils engulf bacteria by ____.
chemotaxis
phagocytosis
kind of granulocyte that is similar to mast cells in connective tissue
basophil
an agranulocyte, classified as small, med, large
lymphocyte
an agranulocyte that goes into tissue and becomes a macrophage
monocyte
the only leukocytes that return to the bloodstream
lymphocytes
The 2 groups of lymphocytes
T cells and B cells
the 2 kinds of agranulocytes
monocytes
lymphocytes
the kind of lymphocyte that attacks aberrant cells
T cells
the kind of lymphocyte that toxins, viruses etc
B cells
fragments of big cells called megakaryocytes
platelets (thrombocytes)
another word for platelets
thrombocytes
platelets’ job is to adhere to
damaged blood vessel walls
the liquid material remaining after blood-clotting proteins have been removed from plasma as a result of clotting
serum
another word for blood formation
hemopoiesis
hemopoiesis takes place in the ____ bone marrow
red
hemopoietic stem cells are called
hemocytoblasts
erythropoiesis, the process of making erythrocytes, beings with the formation of ____ from the hemopoietic stem cells
proerythroblasts
young erythrocytes are called
reticulocytes