LECTURE EXAMS 2 Flashcards
what type of tissue is blood
fluid connective tissue
what is blood letting
removing of large quantities of blood
how many litres of blood circulate through the blood vessels
5 litres
how many percentage is blood of a persons body weight
8%
what can be seen when a blood is examined under a microscope
plasma, formed elements and cell fragments suspended in plasma
What percentage is plasma in a blood
55%
what percentage is buffy coat in a blood
1%
what percentage is formed elemtns in a blood
44%
whats does the buffy coat comtains
contains WBCs and paltelets
what does the formd elements contain
i) RBC
ii) WBC
iii) Inu fragments
Whats another name for RBCs
erythrocytes
whats another name for WBC
leukocytes
wha substances does blood transport through the body
nutrients, hormones, wastes and aslo IRON REGULATION in the tissues
what role does blood play in immune system and
both cells WBC uses blood as transport vehicles to parts of the body to carry out their funtions
what rooe does blood play in blood clotting
when a blood is broken, certain proteins and platelets forms a blood clot to seal the damaged vesesel to prevet excess blood lost
how does blood regulate temperature and acid base
since heat is the by product of many chemical reactions in the body, blood carries away the heat to maitain constant temperature
whats the constant pH of blood
pH 7.34-7.45
how much percentage of water is in plasma
90%
how much plasma proteins is plasma
9%
what forms the remaining 1 % in plasma
other solutes
What does the amount of water determines in blood
determines the viscosity which is the thickness of blood
What happens when theres less water in plasma of a blood
viscosity increases and blood fflow becomes sluggish
what does plasma proteins form
colloids
why does plasma proteins form colloids
they form colloids cus they are too large to disslove in the plasma water
what makes and synthesize blood proteins
the liver
What are the 4 categories of plasma proteins
AITC Albulin Immune Proteins Transport proteins Clotting proteins
What is the function of the ALBUMIN in plasma proteins
maintain osmotic pressure
why is the concave shape of erythrocytes important
gives erythrocytes a large surface area in their role of gas exchange
does mature erythrocytes has nucleus
NO
What is mature erythrocyte not capable off
not capable of carrying out oxidative catabolism or protein synthesis
what facilitate the erythrocytes trainsport of oxygen through the blood
the shape and composition
what are the 4 polypeptide subunits of hemoglobin
2 alpha cells and 2 beta cells
each peptide is bound to an iron containing compound called
heme group
each iron is heme groups binds to oxygen in parts of the body where oxygen concentration is high (lungs) to a form a molecule called
Oxyhemoglobin
where oxygens are of low concentration, hemoglobin releases oxygen to become
deoxyhemoglobin
what are the 4 types of hemoglobin
i) carbaminohemoglobin
ii) carboxyhemoglonin
iii) ocyhemoglobin
iv) deoxyhemoglobin
what does carbaminohemoglobin bound to
CO2
What does carboxyhemoglobin bound to
CO
what does oxyhemoglobin bound to
O2
what does deoxyhemoglobin
not bound to O2
are veins really blue?
veins are not blue but simply appear to be blue due to optical illussion
What is hematopoeisis
is the process that produces the formed elements in blood
where does hematopoeisis occur
occurs in the red bone marrow which houses the cell from whichh all formed elements arise = hematopoeitic sin cells
length of erythropoiesis ( how long it takes to form RBCs)
5-7 days
What is erythropoeisis
refers to the formation of RBC’s
by what process are reticulocytes ejects their remaining organelles
exocytocis
where does the remaining organells that reticulocytes ejects goes
enters into the blood stream
erythropoeisis regualtion
i) stimulus
ii) receptors
iii) control center
iv) homeostatis
what happens during the erythropoesis regulation
blood levels of oxygen decreases, kidneyy cells detect the falling oxygen levels, production of erythrocytes increases and then blood levels oxygen returns to normal
what happens during erythropoiesis
starts with a large nucleus, that shrinks and ejects with other organelles then cells enters blood stream after remanining organelles are ejected. cells then becomes mature
what happens when erythrocytes die
anemia
what are the 3 primary causes of anemia
i) decreased amount if hemoglobin
ii) decreased hematocrits
iii) abnomal hemoglobin
what happens to the plasma membranes of erythrocytes as they age
they become less flexible which makes it their passage through tiny capilaries diffucult
what is used to detect anemia
complete blood count test
what is hematocrit
ratio of the volume of total number of RBCs and the volume of blood