TEST 1 Flashcards
Fibrinogen
A protein converted into fibrin to form thrombus and clot
Plasma
Fluid portion of blood (about 55% of whole blood)
-Contains various proteins; albumin, globulin, fibrinogen, other factors, electrolytes, waste products and nutrients
What is site of hematopoiesis
The bone marrow
In adults blood cell formation is usually limited to
Pelvis, ribs, vertebrae and sternum
Extrameduallary hematopoiesis
When disease causes marrow distruction, the liver and spleen resume production of blood cells
What cells are in bone marrow?
Stem cells
Stem cells
-Differentiate into ?
Self replicating
differentiate into myeloid or lympoid cells
Lymphoid stem cells produce
T or B lymphocytes
Myeloid cells differentiate into
Erythrocytes
Leukocytes
Platelets
All blood cells are derived from
Myeloid cells
Stroma
all tissue within the marrow that is not directly involved in hematopoiesis
*produces colony stimulating factors needed for hemtopoiesis
*other cells in stroma: fibroblasts, osteoclasts, osteoblasts, endothelial cells
What are the 3 primary cell types that make up blood?
Erythrocytes (RBC)
Leukocytes (WBC)
Thrombocytes (platelets)
*40-45% of blood volume
Hematopoiesis
formation and maturation of blood cells
*primary site is bone marrow
WBC - major function
Fights infection
Monocyte - major function
Enters as macrophage, highly phagocytotic especially against fungus. Immune surveillance
Neutrophil - major function
preventing or limiting bacterial infection via phagocytosis
Eosinophil - major function
Allergic reactions (neutralizes histamine); digest foreign proteins
Basophil - major function
Contains histmaine, hypersensitivity reactions
lymphocyte - major function
integral component of immune system
T lympocyte - major function
Type of immunity?
Cell mediated immunity. Recognized material as “foregin”
B lymphocyte - major function
Humoral immunity, many mature into plasma cells to form antibodies
Plasma cell - major function
Secretes immunoglobulin (antibody) most mature form of b lymphocyte
RBC - major function
Carries hemoglobin to provide oxygen to tissues
Platelet (thrombocyte) - major function
Fragment of
Provides basis for
Avg lifespan
Fragment of megakaryocyte; provides basis for coagulation. Maintain hemostasis. Avg lifespan 10 days
Fibrinolysis
Process of breakdown of fibrin clot
Hemoglobin
Iron containing protein of RBC; deliver oxygen to tissues
Reticulocytes
Slightly immature RBC
Hemoglobin molecule is made up of
4 subunits. Heme attached to globin chain
*Iron is present in the heme portion
*important property of heme is the ability to bidn to oxygen loosely and reversibly
Oxyhemoglobin
Primarily found in
Oxygen bound to hemoglobin
Primarily found in arterial blood
*brighter red than hemoglobin w/o oxygen
In venous blood, hemoglobin combines with
hydrogen ions produced by cellular metabolism and buffers acid
Whole blood normally contains –g of hemoglobin per –ml of blood
15g of hemoglobin per 100ml of blood
Erythropoietin
-Produced primarily by?
Hormone produced primarily by kidney; necessary for making new RBCs
*This hormone increased when kidney detects low levels of oxygen
To make new RBC, bone marrow requires?
Iron, vit B12, folate, pyriodoxine (b6), protein and other factors
- a deficiency results in low RBC production and anemia
Avg adult total body content of iron?
Iron is stored as?
When required, iron is released into
3g
Stored as ferritin
Released into plasma, binds to transferrin and transported into membranes of erythrocyte percursor cells within the marrow, where it is incorporated into hemoglobin
How is iron lost?
Feces, bile, blood or mucosal cells in intesting
Normal findings of iron in blood?
50-250 ug/dl
Vit b12 and folate are required for synthesis of
DNA in RBCs.
Both are derived from diet
Where is folate absorbed at?
Where can we get vit b 12 from?
Where is vit B12 absorbed
Folate absorbed at proximal sm intestine
Vit b12 from animal sources
Vit b12 combines with intrinsic factor and absorbed in distal ileum
Vit B and folate deficiencies are characterized by
Production of abnormally large erythrocytes called megaloblasts
*they get trapped in bone marrow which results in MEGALOCBLASTIC ANEMIA
Older erythrocytes are removed from blood by
Reticuloendothelial cells in liver and spleen
- some hemoglobin is recycled. some broken down into bilirubin and secreted
What two categories are leukocytes divided into?
Normal blood count for leukocytes?
Granulocytes and lymphocytes
4000-11000 cells/mm3
Granulocytes - define
3 types
Defined by presences of granules in cell
Eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils
Color these stain
Eosinophils
Basophils
Neutrophils
- Eosinophils -Bright red granules
- -Basophiles - deep blue
- Neutrophil - pink-violet
Physical characteristic of neutrophil
Multiple lobes (2-5)
2X the size of RBC
Band cell
Less mature granulocyte, single lobed elongated nucleus
*increased band cells sometimes called “left shift”
Myelopoiesis
Formation and maturation of cells stemming from myeloid cell
Cytokines
Proteins produced by leukocytes vital to regulation of hematopoiesis, apoptosis and immune responses