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Unit 6 - Red Cell Structure & Physiology Flashcards

1
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Size of RBC

A

7-9 um

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2
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RBCs can squeeze through small micro vessels as small as ___ in the spleen

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3 micrometers

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For normal function, the RBC structure must have

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1) Intact, functioning membrane
2) Normal internal metabolism
3) No nucleus for repairs

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4
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RBC membrane structure components

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Lipid Bilayer
Protein layers that transverse lipids
Protein cytoskeleton

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5
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Components of the lipid bilayer

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Cholesterol
Phospholipids

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6
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Phospholipids composed of hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts

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Hydrophobic tails - Interior
Hydrophilic heads - exterior

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7
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How much cholesterol on lipid bilayer is in proportion to plasma cholesterol

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in equilibrium with plasma cholesterol

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8
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Components of proteins that transverse the lipid bilayer

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Glycophorins
Band 3 protein

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9
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Glycophorin types

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A, B, C

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10
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Three domains of the types of glycophorins

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Cytoplasmic - Interior
Hydrophobic - Middle
Extracellular - Exterior

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11
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Where is glycophorin C in the membrane of the RBC?

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Outside, its heavily glycosylated

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12
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What do extracellular glycophorins do

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Carry RBC antigens
Negative charge (Zeta potential) that keeps RBCs apart

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13
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What does Band 3 protein do

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Anion exchange protein 1
Channel for chloride <–> bicarbonate (CO2 exchange)

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14
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Components of membrane cytoskeleton

A

Spectrin
Ankyrin
Actin
Tropomyosin
Bands 4.1, 4.2, 4.9

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15
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Where is the RBC Cytoskeleton

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Underneath the lipid bilayer

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16
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What does the RBC cytoskeleton do

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Maintain RBC shape
Pliability to squeeze through capillaries and survive turbulence

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17
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What is the main protein of the cytoskeleton

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Spectrin

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18
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What is spectrum composed of

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alpha and beta chains twisted together

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19
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What is the shape of spectrin

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Arranged in lattice of hexagons to allow it to recoil like a spring

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20
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Where is spectrin and what holds it there?

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Attached to the bilipid layer by ankyrin and band 4.2

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21
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What does ankyrin do

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Anchors spectrin

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22
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Another name for ankyrin

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Band 2.1

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23
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What do actin and tropomyosin do

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Muscle like filaments that stabilize RBC cytoskeleton

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24
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What do Bands 4.1, 4.2, 4.9 do

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help with stabilization

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25
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Deformability of RBC depends on

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1) Biconcave shape
2) Viscosity of internal solution (mostly hgb)
3) Elastic properties of RBC membrane

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26
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What does the lipid bilayer rely on for repair?

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Plasma lipids

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27
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What does an increase of plasma lipids do to RBC

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Changes the membrane

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28
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What are typical shape changes due to plasma lipids

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Codocytes (target)
Acanthocytes (spur)

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29
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Anions and water flow freely across the membrane via what structures?

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Protein band 3
Water channel protein

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30
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What do cations require for permeability?

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Cation pump and ATP

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31
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What do cation pumps do

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Sodium pumped out
Potassium drawn in

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32
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What are the main cation pumps in RBC membrane

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Na/K
Ca-ATPase

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33
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Are calcium and magnesium intracellular or extracellular?

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Intracellular

34
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What occurs if the cation pump fails?

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Sodium builds up in the cell
Water accumulates in cell
Sphere shape
Hemolysis

35
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What is the cause of cell pump function decreasing

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insufficient ATP from insufficient glucose metabolism

36
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Erythrocyte function in addition to O2 and CO2 transport

A

Membrane permeability to maintain ion balance
Buffer function of hgb via bohr effect
Bicarb formation and dissociation into carbonic acid and hydrogen

37
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Requirements for function of RBC

A

Energy supply
Membrane integrity
Normal hgb
Pyridine nucleotides (NAD/NADH)

38
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How do RBCs generate ATP?

A

Glycolysis

39
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What do pyridine nucleotides do

A

Prevent oxidant injury
Reduce methemoglobin to hemoglobin

40
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Red Cells perform their function without

A

Nucleus
Mitochondria
Protein synthesis

41
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Red cells are totally dependent on ___ for energy

A

Plasma glucose

42
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Red cells use oxygen to generate ATP

A

False, only anaerobic glycolysis

43
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When RBCs are chemically damaged, how are they repaired?

A

RBC enzymes

44
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Major categories of RBC metabolism

A

Glycolysis –> ATP
NAD/NADH metabolism to reduce methemoglobin
Leubering Rapoport Shunt

45
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Two different glycolysis pathways for RBC ATP generation

A

Embden Meyerhoff Pathway
Hexose Monophosphate Shunt

46
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Two NAD/NADH metabolism routes for RBC metabolism

A

Hexose Monophosphate Shunt
Methemoglobin Reductase Pathway

47
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Anaerobic glycolysis for energy

A

Embden Meyerhoff Pathway
Hexose Monophosphate Shunt

48
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90% of cellular glucose processed using which pathway?

A

Embden Meyerhoff Pathway

49
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Glycolytic Pathway (embden meyehoff)

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Glucose–>Pyruvate–> Lactate
ATP generated for energy
NADH generated for methemoglobin reduction

50
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Why is NADH important?

A

Methgb is oxidized hgb when exposed to Oxygen
Methgb can’t carry oxygen so reversal is important

51
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What generates NADH?

52
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5-10% of cell’s glucose processed through

A

Hexose monophosphate shunt

53
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Hexose monophosphate shunt produces

54
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NADPH function

A

Converts oxidized glutathione to reduced glutathione
Reduced glutathione neutralizes oxidation

55
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Methemoglobin Reductase Pathway

A

Enzyme takes NADH and reduces methemoglobin

56
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Diseases/Drugs that interfere with the methemoglobin reductase pathway cause what?

57
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Leubering Rapoport Shunt

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Generates 2,3 DPG
Needed for hgb to exchange oxygen

58
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G6PD deficiency

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Glutahtione can’t be generated
Hgb is oxidized
Hgb denatures –> Heinz bodies –> removed by spleen

59
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What inclusion is associated with G6PD deficiency?

A

Heinz Bodies

60
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What stain allows us to see Heinz bodies

A

Supravital

61
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How much of hgb is methemoglobin normally

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Normal for 2% of hgb to become methgb per day

62
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Without enzyme, how much does methemoglobin build up to?

63
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Pyruvate kinase deficiency

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Pyruvate can’t be converted to lactate
Less ATP generated
RBC weak (cation pumps)
Hemolytic anemia ensues

64
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WHy do infants get slight anemia after birth?

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High RBC counts because Hypoxic in utero
High oxygen after birth –> low EPO
Slight anemia until EPO recovers

65
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Why do males have higher RBC counts

A

Testosterone magnifies EPO effect

66
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What hormones have an effect of EPO

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Thyroid
Pituitary
Adrenals

67
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Chemical signal for senescence to phagocytes

A

Exposure of phosphatidylserine on RBC surface

68
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Extravascular hemolysis is what percent of normal destruction

69
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Intravascular hemolysis is what percent of normal destruction

A

10%, old RBCs

70
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Where does most extravascular hemolysis take place

A

In spleen by phagocytes
also in marrow by phagocytes

71
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Hgb made up of

A

Heme + Globins

72
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Heme made up of

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Iron and protoporphyrin ring

73
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Globins made up of

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Amino acids

74
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HEme recyclin

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Fe –> Transferrin –> marrow
Porphyrin ring –> bilirubin + urobilinogen

75
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Haptoglobin

A

Picks up free hemoglobin to prevent loss through kidneys

76
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Where does haptoglobin take hgb

A

Back to the liver for processing, same as extravascular

77
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What happens if haptoglobin is consumed and there is still excess free hemoglobin

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Oxidized to methgb, broken down to heme + globin

78
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Hemopexin

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Carries heme to liver for processing

79
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If hemopexin is all used up, what carries heme in its place?

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Albumin, forms methemalbumin until hemopexin is produced

80
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IF hemolysis is beyond normal capacity, where is it going to go?

A

Hemoglobin shows up in urine

81
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Hemosiderinuria

A

when IV hemolysis sever, iron laden renal tubule cells can slough off
Stain cells in urine sediment with Prussian blue
Better indicator of sever IV hemolysis than hgb in urine

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