The Blood Flashcards
FUNCTION OF THE BLOOD
TRANSPORTATION
REGULATION
PROTECTION
COMPONENTS OF BLOOD
PLASMA RED BLOOD CELLS PLATELETS WHITE BLOOD CELLS WATER SOLUTES
WHAT DOES BLOOD TRANSPORT?
HEAT
WASTE
SIMPLE MOLECULES
HORMONES
HOW DOES BLOOD REGULATE HOMEOSTASIS?
BUFFER SYSTEM
OSMOTIC PRESSURE
HOW DOES BLOOD PROTECT?
ABILITY TO CLOT
CONTAINS PHAGOCYTIC MATERIAL TO GET RID OF PATHOGENS
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOOD
THICKER THAN WATER
38 degrees
pH 7.35-7.45
WHAT STIMULATES THE SYNTHESIS OF ERYTHROPOIETIN?
TESTOSTERONE
HEMATOCRIT
THE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME TAKEN UP BY RBCS.
HEMOPOIESIS
THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE FORMED ELEMENTS WITHIN BLOOD DEVELOP
TYPES OF STEM CELL
MYELOID
PROGENITOR
LYMPHOID
PRECURSOR
CFU-E
PRODUCES ERYTHROCYTES
CFU-Meg
PRODUCES MEGAKARYOCYTES
CFU-GM
PRODUCES GRANULOCYTES AND MONOCYTES
MYELOID STEM CELLS
PRODUCE PLATELETS MONOCYTES NEUTROPHILS EOSINOPHILS BASOPHILS
LYMPHOID STEM CELLS
PRODUCE LYMPHOCYTES AND NATURAL KILLER CELLS