[LAB] Dyshemoglobin Flashcards
[TRUE OR FALSE]
HEMOGLOBIN CARRIES OXYGEN FROM THE TISSUES TO THE LUNGS
FALSE
IT CARRIES O2 FROM THE LUNGS TO THE TISSUES
TRUE OR FALSE
HEMOGLOBIN CARRIES CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE TISSUES TO THE LUNGS FOR EXHALATION
TRUE
WHAT PROTEIN REGULATES VASCULAR TONE
HEMOGLOBIN
HOW DOES HEMOGLOBIN CONTRIBUTE TO ACID-BASE BALANCE
THROUGH BINDING AND RELEASING HYDROGEN IONS
TRANSPORTING NITRIC OXIDE
IN WHAT CELLS DOES HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS OCCUR IN
RETICULOCYTES
IMMATURE NUCLEATED RBCs
PREDOMINANT HEME (PORPHYRIN) PRODUCERS
RED BONE MARROW
LIVER
WHERE IS EXCESS IRON STORED
TISSUES
BODY ORGANS (Liver, Heart, Pancreas)
IRON TRANSPORT PROTEIN
TRANSFERRIN
MAJOR IRON STORAGE FORM
FERRITIN
WATER INSOLUBLE IRON IN STORAGE FORM
HEMOSIDERIN
RED CONJUGATED PROTEIN PRESENT IN RBCs
HEMOGLOBIN
PERCENTAGE OF RBC MASS HEMOGLOBIN TAKES UP
28%
VOLUME OF OXYGEN CONTENT IN GLOBIN
1.34 mL
1 GLOBIN CONSISTS OF HOW MANY HEME MOLECULES
4 HEME MOLECULES
NUMBER OF IRON ATOMS IN THE FERROUS STATE OF HEME
FOUR
NUMBER OF AMINO ACIDS IN ALPHA GLOBIN CHAINS
141 AMINO ACIDS
NUMBER OF AMINO ACIDS IN BETA GLOBIN CHAINS
146 AMINO ACIDS
GLOBIN CHAINS CODED FOR BY CHROMOSOME 11
EPSILON
BETA
GAMMA
GLOBIN CHAINS CODED FOR BY CHROMOSOME 16
ALPHA
ZETA
EMBRYONIC HEMOGLOBIN
GOWER 1
GOWER 2
PORTLAND