Introduction to Blood Flashcards
<p>How much blood does the average 70kg man have?</p>
<p>5L of blood</p>
<p>How is the 5L of blood in the average 70kg man distributed?</p>
<p>1L in the lungs</p>
<p>3L in the systematic venous circulation</p>
<p>1L in the heart and anterior circulation</p>
<p>Do men or woman have more blood?</p>
<p>Men have more due to woman losing some each month during menstration</p>
<p>What percentage of a womans body weight is blood?</p>
<p>7.8%</p>
<p>What are some of the functions of blood?</p>
<p>Carriage of physiologically active compounds</p>
<p>Clotting</p>
<p>Defence</p>
<p>Cariage of gas</p>
<p>Thermoregulation</p>
<p>Maintanence of ECF pH</p>
<p>How much blood do new born babies have?</p>
<p>350ml</p>
<p>What is blood composed of?</p>
<p>Plamsa</p>
<p>Red blood cells</p>
<p>White blood cells</p>
<p>Platelets</p>
<p>How much water is plasma made of?</p>
<p>95% water</p>
<p>What percentage of our body weight is plasma?</p>
<p>4%</p>
<p>What does plasma do?</p>
<p>Circulates biologically active molecules</p>
<p>What are the 3 categories of plasma proteins?</p>
<p>Albumin</p>
<p>Globulin (subdevided into alpha, beta and gamma globulins)</p>
<p>Fibrinogen and other clotting factors</p>
<p>What is albumin?</p>
<p>A transport protein that binds to drugs, steroid hormones and lipids</p>
<p>What are alpha and beta globulins?</p>
<p>Transport proteins that transfer lipids and fat soluble vitamins</p>
<p>What are gamma globulins?</p>
<p>Antibodies</p>
<p>What is the advantage of using transport proteins?</p>
<p>Stabalised form of transport, water soluble molecules are excreted readily whereas plasma proteins are too big for the kidney to filter out</p>
<p>What kind of pressure to plasma proteins create?</p>
<p>Plasma proteins create oncotic pressure</p>
<p>Why do plasma proteins create oncotic pressure?</p>
<p>Due to not crossing the cappilary wall</p>
<p>What does the oncotic pressure do?</p>
<p>Creates a force that pulls water from interstitual space, taking Na+and glucose with it</p>
<p>What does the interstitual fluid act as?</p>
<p>A resevoir that maintains the plasma volume</p>
<p>What does the net movement between cappilary and interstitual space depend on?</p>
<p>Cappilary hydrostatic pressure (CHP) favours movement out of the cappilary</p>
<p>Plasma protein concentration favours movement into the cappilary</p>
<p>What is hypoproteinaemia?</p>
<p>Abnormally low levels of circulatory plasma proteins</p>
<p>What are some causes of hypoproteinaemia?</p>
<p>Prolonged starvation</p>
<p>Liver disease</p>
<p>Intestinal disease</p>
<p>Nephrosis (kidney disease)</p>
<p>What is haematopoises?</p>
<p>Production of all types of blood cells</p>
What is a diagram of haematoposis?
<p>Do all diseases effect all kinds of blood cells?</p>
<p>Some diseases only effect myeloid cells and some only effect lymphoid cells</p>
<p>What is another name for red blood cells?</p>
<p>Erythrocytes</p>
<p>What is the lifespan of red blood cells?</p>
<p>120 days</p>