peripheral blood Flashcards
normal blood volume of a male, how much % body weight?
5.5 L, 7%
pH of arterial blood, pH of venous blood
7.4, 7.35
if centrifuge blood, what layers do you get: top to bottom
plasma, platelets and leukocytes, erythrocytes
normal hct for male, female, newborn
45, 40, 55
serum vs plasma
serum remains after the blood stays in test tube and fibrinogen comes to bottom of the test tube to create a clot
therefore, serum is plasma without the fibrinogen
what’s in the buffy coat?
leukocytes and platelets
what does plasma look like during fasting and how does it change with a high fat diet?
- looks yellow and striated at fasting due to bilirubin
- looks white with high fat diet due to accumulation of chylomicrons (cholesterol)
what is the plasma made of?
90% water, 10% organic and inorganic compounds
albumin
-IN THE PLASMA
maintains colloid osmotic pressure and tx- pulls fluid back into the blood from the tissues
loss of albumin = edema
liver makes albumin so when in liver failure, albumin levels drop and we get fluid buildup in the tissues in the form of ascites
globins
IN THE PLASMA
alpha and beta
gamma- make plasma cells- plasminogen that is involved in clotting
complement proteins
IN THE PLAMSA
involved in immunity and inflammation
lipoproteins
IN THE PLASMA
transport cholesterol and triglycerides
what are the types of leukocytes?
1) Granuloctyes- neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
2) Agranulocytes-lymphocytes, monocytes
RBCs structure and contents
- bioconcave disk to allow for increase in surface area to volume ratio to facilitate gaseous exchange
- no organelles to provide room for hemoglobin
polycythemia
too much erythrocytes
anemia
not enough RBCS or decrease in hemoglobin
what are the two major transmembrane proteins of RBCs
1) Glycophorin (a,b,c)- unknown fxn but unique to RBCs
2) Band 3- transmembrane transports (antiport) bicarb and chloride across plasmalemma- increases the amount of CO2 in the blood that can be transported to the lungs
how is the cytoskeleton of RBCs anchored down?
- Band 4.1 proteins anchor cytoskeleton by complexing with SPECTRIN AND GLYCOPHORIN AND ACTIN
- Band 3, band 4.2, ankyrin, and spectin form another complex
adducin
binds actin and spectrin