Q1(Components Of Blood)

Question 1

What are the components of blood?

Answer 1

Plasma (Fluid matrix) and formed elements (cells)

Question 2

What layer is plasma?

Answer 2

Top layer

Question 3

What is plasma?

Answer 3

Extra cellular fluid of blood

Question 4

What is the percentage of plasma for total blood volume?

Answer 4

Around 55%

Question 5

What color is plasma in a centrifuged blood sample?

Answer 5

Yellow

Question 6

What does plasma consist of?

Answer 6

90% water
9% plasma proteins
1% 100+ dissolved solutes

Question 7

What important plasma proteins are included in plasma?

Answer 7

• Albumin
• Transport proteins
  -Immune proteins
• Clotting proteins

Question 8

What is the middle layer of a centrifuged blood sample?

Answer 8

Buffy coat

Question 9

What does the Buffy coat consist of?

Answer 9

Leukocytes and platelets

Question 10

What is the percentage of the Buffy coat for total blood volume?

Answer 10

Takes up about only 1%

Question 11

What is the bottom layer of a centrifuged blood sample?

Answer 11

Erythrocyte layer

Question 12

What is the percentage of erythrocytes for total blood volume?

Answer 12

Makes up 44%

Question 13

What is the erythrocyte layer also known as?

Answer 13

The hematocrit