Lesson 8, Chapter 4 Flashcards
Transport medium
the role blood is playing when it moves substances from one place to another
Interstitial space
The space surrounding cells
Regulatory tissue
The role blood is playing when it helps you maintain your normal body temperature
Viscosity
A measure of a fluid’s resistance to flow
Plasma
The liquid portion of blood
Erythrocytes
Red blood cells
Leukocytes
white blood cells
Thrombocytes
Platelets
Hemoglobin
Molecules in red blood cells that bind to oxygen
Biconcave
Thinner in the middle
Globins
The four proteins that make up a hemoglobin molecule
Alpha and Beta Chains
The specific names of the globins that make up a hemoglobin molecule
Heme
A flat molecule inside hemoglobin
Iron
The element that oxygen binds to in a hemoglobin molecule
Amoeba
A one-celled animal that can change its shape
Diapedesis
The ability of some white blood cells to squeeze through the walls of blood vessels
Chemotaxis
The movement towards something due to a chemical signal
Neutrophils and monocytes
white blood cells that kill bacteria and viruses by phagocytosis
Phagocytosis
Surrounding and engulfing something
Macrophages
What monocytes are called when they leave the bloodstream
Basophils
white blood cells that release heparin and histamine
Inflammation
increased blood flow and swelling of tissue
Heparin
A chemical that keeps blood from clotting by acting as a blood thinner
Eosinphils
White blood cells that decrease inflammation
