Sangre

Question 1

blood

Answer 1

a liquid connective tissue made of plasma and formed elements

Question 2

three plasma proteins

Answer 2

• fibrogens
• albumins
• globulins

Question 3

albumin function

Answer 3

maintain plasma osmolarity

Question 4

globulin function

Answer 4

transport proteins, immunological functions

Question 5

fibrogens function

Answer 5

converting to fibrin during clotting

Question 6

serum

Answer 6

plasma minus clotting proteins

Question 7

site of plasma protein synthesis

Answer 7

liver

Question 8

erythrocytes make up how much of formed elements

Answer 8

red blood cells - 99.9%

Question 9

erythrocyte functional protein

Answer 9

pigment molecules (hemoglobin, hemocyanin)

Question 10

Erythrocyte structure

Answer 10

• biconcave (increased surface area, flexibility)

- no organelle

Question 11

can erythrocytes go through cell division?

Answer 11

nah fam.. they lack them organelles

Question 12

describe erythrocyte respiration?

Answer 12

limited to glycolysis bc no organelles

Question 13

structure of reptile/bird RBC

Answer 13

nucleated and not biconcave

Question 14

function of hemoglobin

Answer 14

transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide

Question 15

structure of hemoglobin

Answer 15

composed of two subunits (globular proteins) each with a heme group with an Fe atom

Question 16

where does oxygen bind to hemoglobin?

Answer 16

on the heme groups of the globular subunits

Question 17

where does CO2 bind to hemoglobin?

Answer 17

else where on globular proteins