Vanders blood notes Flashcards
What are the three main plasma protein groups?
Albumins, globulins and fibrinogin
What is serum?
Plasma minus proteins involved in clotting
In hamoglobin, What does oxgen bind to?
Fe2+
What is the diameter of a red blood cell?
7 microns
Do erythrocytes have ribosomes?
NO
Where does destruction of erythrocytes NORMALLY occur?
Liver or spleen
When stored in the liver, what is iron bound to?
ferritin
When being delivered to the bone marrow, what is iron bound to?
transferrin
What is folic acid required for the synthesis of?
Thymine
Intrinsic factor is required for the absorption of what vitamin?
B12
What hormone regulates erythropoiesis?
Erythropoietin
What organ secretes erythropoietin?
The kidneys
What does the hormone erythropoietin stimulate?
Erythropoiesis
What is another word for white blood cell?
Leukocyte
Where can you find eosinophils?
Blood + Mucosal lining of GI tract, Respiratory tract and urinary tract
What two things beginning with H do basophils secrete?
Heparin + Histamine
When cytoplasmic portions are pinched off megakaryocytes what do these portions form?
Platelets
Give 5 examples of hematopoietic growth factors
erythropoietin colony stimulating factors interleukins thrombopoietin stem cell factor
Which hematopoietic growth factor stimulates production of granulocytes and monocytes?
Colony stimulating factors
What is the function of the HGF, thrombopoietin?
Stimulates platelet formation
How do platelets largely adhere to collagen?
Via the intermediary- Von Willebrand Factor vWF