Intro To Structure And Function Of Blood Flashcards
What is blood made up of?
Plasma
Red cells
White cells and platelets
What is a blood film
Same as blood smear
What basic cell organelles do red blood cells not contain?
Nucleus
DNA (not an organelle but still)
RNA
Mitochondria
What is another name for a red blood cell?
Erythrocytes
What is another name for a white blood cell?
Leukocytes
What are the two types of white blood cell?
Neutrophil and lymphocytes
Give some features of neutrophil
Polymorphonuclear (multilobed nucleus)
Granulocyte (prominent cytoplasmic granules)
Give the three types of granulocyte
Neutrophil
Eosinophil
Basophil
How do you distinguish a neutrophil?
Weakly staining
How do you distinguish an eosinophil?
Stain red with eosin 1-4% white blood cell multinuclei within the cytoplasm
How do you distinguish a basophil?
Stain blue/purple with basic dyes less than 0.5% of WBC
Give features of mononuclear cells
Lack granules
Large, regular nuclei
Give the two types of mononuclear cells
Monocytes
Lymphocytes
Give another name for a platelet
Thrombocytes
Give features of platelets
Cytoplasmic fragments
No nucleus
Membrane bound
Contains granules
Where do blood cells come from?
Stem cells in bone marrow
What does plasma contain?
Water salt proteins Metabolites Carbs Lipids
Name the ionic constituents of plasma
Positive: sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium and hydrogen
Negative: chloride, bicarbonates, phosphate, sulfate and organic anions
What is the difference between plasma and serum?
Serum is plasma without the clotting factors
How much of plasma is protein?
7-9%
How much of the plasma protein is albumin?
90%
What does blood transport?
Carry oxygen/ nutrients to tissues
Remove CO2/ other waste substances from tissues
And other substances from sites of production ->sites of action
What in the blood is involved in immunity?
White blood cells and plasma proteins