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A MEASURE OF BLOOD’S CAPACITY TO CARRY OXYGEN
HEMOGLOBIN
HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE THAT CONTAINS IRON
HEME
RBC – IS CRUCIAL TO ITS FUNCTION,
ALLOWING FOR CLOSE TO MAXIMUM SURFACE- TO –VOLUME RATIO
BICONCAVE DISC SHAPE
RBC: AVERAGE - IN VOLUME
90FL
RBC: SURFACE AREA
140UM
A NORMAL RBC= – DEFORMABILITY
INCREASE
RBC IS - TO CATIONS (NA, K, CA)
IMPERMEABLE
RBC IS - TO WATER AND HCO3 AND CL
PERMEABLE
RBC: LIFESPAN
120 DAYS
- RESPOND TO A LOWER THAN NORMAL OXYGEN
CONCENTRATION IN THE BLOOD BY RELEASING THE HORMONE
ERYTHROPOIETIN.
KIDNEYS
KIDNEYS RESPOND TO A LOWER THAN NORMAL OXYGEN
CONCENTRATION IN THE BLOOD BY RELEASING THE HORMONE -
ERYTHROPOIETIN
ERYTHROPOIETIN TRAVELS TO THE - BONE MARROW AND
STIMULATES AN INCREASE IN THE PRODUCTION OF RED BLOOD
CELLS (RBCS).
RED BM
DAMAGED OR OLD RBCS ARE DESTROYED PRIMARILY BY THE -
SPLEEN
THE BODY STORES IRON IN HGB -%
65%
FERRITIN AND HEMOSIDERIN
TRANSFERRIN
TOO FEW RBCS LEADS TO -
TISSUE HYPOXIA
TOO MANY RBCS INCREASES BLOOD -
VISCOSITY
−DIRECT STIMULUS FOR ERYTHROPOIESIS
−RELEASED BY THE KIDNEYS IN RESPONSE TO HYPOXIA
ERYTHROPOIETIN (EPO)
−REDUCED AVAILABILITY OF O2 (E.G., HIGH ALTITUDES)
−INSUFFICIENT HEMOGLOBIN (E.G., IRON DEFICIENCY)
−HEMORRHAGE OR INCREASED RBC DESTRUCTION
REDUCES RBC NUMBERS
HYPOXIA
ALSO ENHANCES EPO PRODUCTION,
RESULTING IN HIGHER RBC COUNTS IN MALES
TESTOSTERONE
ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE
Composition:
Proteins
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Proteins -50%
Lipids - 40%
Carbohydrates - 10%
COMPOSITION OF THE ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE
EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE RED CELL
ANTIGENS OF THE ABO BLOOD GROUP
CARBOHYDRATES
COMPOSITION OF THE ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE
% FREE UNESTERIFIED CHOLESTEROL
30
COMPOSITION OF THE ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE
% GLYCERIDES AND FREE FATTY ACIDS
10
COMPOSITION OF THE ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE
% PHOSPHOLIPIDS
60