PSIO202 Exam 1 Lecture 8-9 Flashcards
What fluids serve the body’s cells?
ISF and blood
What is the study of blood and blood disorders?
hematology
What are the general percentages of the composition of blood?
plasma - 55%
formed elements - 45% (almost all erythrocytes)
What is the composition (%) of plasma?
91.5% water and 8.5% solutes
All formed elements come from what type of cell?
pluripotent stem cell
What are the 3 types of progenitor cells?
CFU-E (colony forming unit erythrocyte)
CFU-Meg (colony forming unit megakaryocyte)
CFU-GM (colony forming unit granulocyte macrophage)
What percent of plasma is proteins? Where are the plasma proteins created?
under 10%
liver
What plasma proteins are confined to the bloodstream? What do they do?
albumin - maintain blood osmotic pressure (BCOP)
immunoglobulins - antibodies that bind antigens
form antigen - antibody complexes
What else is in the plasma? (1 more protein and other solutes)
fibrinogen - clotting
electrolytes, nutrients, hormones, gases, waste products
What is a hematocrit? What is normal for men and women?
percent of blood occupied by cells
women - 38-46% avg 42
men- 40-54% avg 46
What are anemia and polycythemia? Causes of polycythemia? What issues are caused by polycythemia?
anemia - insufficient erythrocytes or not enough hemoglobin
polycythemia - too many erythrocytes (more than 65%) caused by dehydration, hypoxia, or blood doping. This can impede the flow of blood (too thick)
What does hemoglobin do? What is the structure? Where does it get the oxygen? Does it carry anything else?
carry oxygen
4 protein chains, 2 alpha and 2 beta, and each has a heme group. Heme is a porphyrin ring with an iron in the middle. Iron can bind an oxygen. Therefore, 4 O2 carried in a Hb.
Oxygen is picked up in the lung capillaries, and it can also transport CO2 which combines with the amino acids in the globin part of Hb
What is the Hb concentration in a healthy woman/man?
woman: 14 gm/100 ml
man: 16 gm/100 ml
Explain erythropoiesis.
occurs in red bone marrow
pluripotent stem cell > myeloid stem cell > colony forming unit erythrocyte with EPO (erythropoietin) >
proerythroblasts > reticulocyte > nucleus ejected and mature erythrocte forms, Hb forms
What is the main regulator of differentiation/proliferation of erythrocytes? Where is it produced? What happens if it is absent?
erythropoietin (EPO) produced by the kidneys, increase RBC precursors and without it the cells go through apoptosis