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The blood functions in waste regulation, ---------, immune defense, water and ph balance, transport
thermoregulation
Adults have 4=5 --------- of blood.
liters
Plasma is a clear ---------- liquid and formed elements are blood cells and platelets.
extracellular
Properties of the blood: viscostiy or ----------- to flow.
resistance
Properties of the blood: osmolarity or total molarity of -------------- ------------
dissolved particles
Plasma is 55 percent of the blood and 45 percent is ______ _______
formed elements
Formed elements are blood cells and ______
platelets
viscosity is resistance to _____
flow
osmolarity is the total molarity of dissolved ______ If too high, fluid absorption into the blood causes high BP. If too low fluid remains in the tissues causing edema. One cause is deficiency of plasma protein due to disease
particles
The cardiovascular system consists of the blood, heart, and blood +++++
vessels
Blood is a ______tissue composed of plasma, the liquid portion, and cells and cell fragments.
connective
Blood transports O2 carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes, and _______
hormones
It helps regulate ph, body temperature, and ++++ content of the cells.
water
Plasma is 55 percent of the blood. ++++ of the blood is H2O and 8.5 percent is +++++
91.5 percent plasma
solutes
There aer three types of solutes in the plasma protein: albumen, is most _____, and globulin and fibrogen
abundant
Blood provides protection through _____ and by combating toxins and microbes thru phagocytic white blood cells (monocytes) or white blood cells or specialized plasma proteins.
clotting
The viscosity of blood, stemming, mainly from RBC's and proteins, is an important factor in blood _____
flow
Blood consists of 45 percent formed elements and 55 percent +++++
plasma
The hematocrit is the percentage of total blood volume occupied by ____ blood cells.
red
Protein is the most abundant plasma solute by weight. The 3 major plasma proteins are: albumins, globulins, and fibrogen. Albumin is the _____ abundant. produced by the liver.
most
The liver produces all plasma proteins except Y globulins or antibodies, which are produced by the +++++ cells.
plasma
Nonprotein nitrogenous substances in the plasma include amino acids and _______ wastes. The most abundant nitrogneous wastes is ______
nitrogenous
urea
Fibrinogen produced by the
liver
Nutrients carried in the plasma include glucose, amino acids, fats, cholesterol, +++++++, vitamens, and minerals. The most important electrolyte is Na.
phospholipids
If plasma is allowed to clot, what remains is called _____
serum
Albumins contribute to the viscosity and osmolarity of the blood and fluences ++++ and fluid balance.
BP
Globulins are antibodies that provide immune system ______ alpha, beta, and gamma globules
defenses
Fibrinogen is a precursor of fibrin threads that help form blood ++++
clots
All plasma proteins are formed by the liver except ______ which are produced by plasma cells descended from B lymphoctyes.
globulins
Nonprotein components of Plasma Plasma contains nitrogenous compounds. Amino acids from ____ protein or tissue breakdown.
dietary
Nitrogenous wastes or urea are toxic and products of ________
catabolism
Urea is normally removed from the blood by the _____
kidneys
Nonprotein nutrients in the blood are glucose vitamens, fats, and ______ Some O2 and CO2 are transported in plasma.
minerals
Hemopoiesis is the production of the formed +++++ of blood.
elements
Hemopoiesis begins in the embryonic ____ sac and continues in the fetal bone marrow, liver, spleen, and thymus. From infancy onward, it occurs in lymphoid hemopoiesis.
yolk
Myeloid hemopoiesis begins with pluripotent stem cells called _______
hemocytoblasts
Hemopoietic tissues produce blood ++++. Yolk sac in vertebrae embryo produce stem cells that colonize fetal bone marrow, liver, spleen, and thymus.
cells
Liver stops producing blood cells at birth, but spleen and thymus remain involved with white ++++++ cell production.
blood
Myeloid hemopoiesis begins with pluripotent stem cells called +++++++ Some of their daughter cells differentiate into committed cells, which have receptors for various stimulatory chemicals and are destined to develop into one specific type or group of ++++++ ++++++
hemocytoblasts
formed elements
Erythropoiesis, the production of RBCs is stimulated by the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) from the kidney.. It is regulated by a +++++ +++++ loop that responds to +++++++ , or decrease in O2 in blood, with increased EPO secretion and thus erythropoiesis.
negative feedback
hypoxemia
Leukopoiesis, the production of WBCs follows three lines starting with B and T progenitor and granulocytmacrophage colony forming units, which become granulocytes and monocytes. These commited cells develop into mature ______ under the influence of colony stimulating factors.
WBCs
Lymphoid hemipoiesis in widely distributed lymphoid _____, such as thymus, tonsils, lymph nodes, spleen, and peyser patch in intestine. Red bone marrow produces RBCs, WBCs, and platelets.
tissues
Osmolarity is the total molarity of --------- particles. If too high, fluid absorption into the blood causes high ____ and if too low, fluid remains in the tissues causing _____
dissolved
BP
edema
Buffy coat= leukocytes and platelets are less than ___ of the whole blood
1 percent
The formed elements include: _____ which is 55 percent, the buffy coat of leukocytes and platelets, and ethrocytes or 45 percent of whole blood. Centrifuging blood forces _____ elements to separate from plasma
plasma
formed
Plasma contains ntrigoeous compounds: amino acids from dietary protein or tissue breakdown and nitrogenous _____ or urea are toxic end products of catabolism.
waste
The formed elements are the ____ in the blood
solids
Hemopoiesis is the production of the formed _____ in the blood.
elements
Thrombopoiesis is the production of ---------, and is stimulated by thrombopoietin, a hormone that induces the formation of large cells called ++++++, which pinch off bits of peripheral cytoplasm that break up into platelets.
platelets
megakaryocytes
The function of RBCs is _____ O2 amd CO2.
transport
Ethryocytes are _____ cells with a sunken center and no organelles.
discoid or donut
Ethyrypoitin is produced in the ++++++
Kidney
There are ____ million discoid or donut shaped red blood cells. Ethyropoises is the formation of
4-6
RBCs
The pigment of RBC is ______
hemoglobin
Check RBC to dertermine the normal count of RBC in the ____
body
99percent of 45 percent is RBC and 1percent of of 45 percent is WBC and
platelets
RBCs are discoid shape with a sunken center and no organelles but they have a cytoskeleton of spectrin and actin that reinforces ____ membrane.
plasma
The most important components of the cytoplasm are ____ and CAH or carbonic anhydrase. Hb transports nearly all of the ____ and O2 in the blood, CAH catablyzes the reversible reaction CO2 + H20 arrow both ways H2CO3
Hb
CO2
Hb consists of 4 proteins 2 alpha and ____ _____ chains, each with a heme moiety.
2 beta
Hormones help with ethropises Ethryopiotin in the kidney and testosterone in ____
males
An excessive RBC count is_____. Primary polycythemia results from cancer of bone ______ Seconday polycythemia comes from dehydration, smoking, _____ altitude, and strenuous exercise. Polycythemia increases ______ to sometimes dangerous levels.
polycythemia.
marrow
viscosity
A deficiency of RBCs is______
Anemia can result from inadequate _______, hemorrage, or hemolysis.
anemia
ethyropoiesis
The effects of anemia include tissue hypoxia and necrosis, reduced blood ______, and reduced blood viscosity.
osmolarity
Sickle cell anemia and thalassemia and hereditary hemoglobin defects result in severe ______
anemia
Leukopenia is a WBC defiiciency. May result from chemical or radiation poisoning, _____, and certain drugs.
infections
There are 4 types of anemia. Lack of ______ factor, which helps in absorption of vitamen B12 and helps form red blood cells. Called Vitamen _____. No vitamen B12 causes _____ of cells.
intrinsic
B-12 cofactor
clumping
Another of the 4 types of anemia= Sickle cell cause sickle shaped. Caused by a lack of O2 _____
tension
The hemocytoblast is the first stem cell produced in the embryo in ____ sac,
yolk
Another of the 4 types of anemia. Hemolytic is a _____ of red blood cells. Chemotherapy can cause.
breakdown
Iron deficiency is common in ---------
anemia
The quantities of RBCs and Hb are clinically important. They are measured in terms of _______ or the presence of the blood volume composed by RBCs, hemoglobin concentration in g/dL, and RBC _____ or RBCs/uL of Blood. Normal averages are _____ in women than men.
hermatocrit
count
lower
WBC's paly various roles in defending the body from pathogens or _____. Neutrophils, eoinophils, and basophils are classified as _____. Agranulocytes are monocytes and _______
bacteria
granulocytes
lymphocytes
A WBC excess called leukocytosis may result from infection, allergy, or from ______, the cancer of the hemopoietic tissue.
leukemia
Leukemia is classified as site of origin as myeloid or _____, and by speed of progression as acute or _____
lymphoid
chronic
Leukemia increases the risk of opportunistic infection and is typically accompanied by RBC and _____ deficiencies.
platelet
RBC deficiency is anemia. The four types are inadequate _______, hemorrhage, hemolysis, and sickle cell anemia.
ethyropoiesis
Granulocytes include neutrophils, eosinophils, and _________ Least abundant formed element is _______
basinophils
basinophils
Agranulocytes include lymphocytes and ________
monocytes
Leukocytes are WBCs, nucleated, and formed in bone marrow from the same stem cell as RBCs, ________
hematoblast
Granulocytes have granules in their cytoplasm that ____differently with Wright's stain, and peculiarly shaped lobes and expanded nuclear regions.
stain
Neutrophils are phagocytes and increase during acute _____
infection
Basophil is the least abundant ______
leukocyte
Esoinophils lessen ____attacks by phagocytizing antigen antibody complexes and inactivating inflammatory chemicals.
allergy
Monocytes are the largest of the leukocytes and twice the size of red blood ____
cells
To make a differential white blood cell count, 100 WBCs are _____ and classified to type.
counted
WBC count number _____/total number counted x 100
observed
The functions of the blood are: protection, regulation, and ____
transport
When the blood clots and the solids are removed, the remaining fluid is the blood ++++
serum
Albumin affects osmolarity and ______
viscosity
Globulins are divided into 3 classes: alpha, beta, and ____
Play various roles in solute, transport, clotting, and _____
gamma
immunity
Fibrinogen is a precursor of fibrin that forms framework of a blood ____
clot
Viscosity is the resistance of a fluid to flow, resulting from the _____ of its particles.
cohesion
An RBC or protein deficiency reduces _____ and causes blood to flow too easily whereas an excess causes blood to flow too sluggishly. Puts strain on heart.
viscosity
The osmolarity of blood is the total ++++ of those dissolved particles that cannot pass through the blood vessel wall. The rate of reabsorption is governed by the relative osmolarity of the blood versus the tissue _____. This raises the blood volume resulting in elevated BP and strain on heart. If the osmolarity drops, the tissues become edemous and the BP decreases.
molarity
fluid.
The production of the blood especially its formed elements is _____ tissues.
hemopoietic
Blood formation in the bone marrow and lymphatic organs is called myeloid and ______ hemopoiesis.
lymphoid
The tissues that produce blood cells are called hemopoietic tissues. The first hemopoietic is called _______All formed elements trace their origins to a common type of bone marrow stem cell, the pluripotent ___cell, formerly called a hemocytoblast.Some of them go on to develop into more specialized cells called colony-forming ++++, each type destined to produce one or another class of formed elements.
hemopoiesis
stem
units
Blood plasma also requires continual replacement. It is composed primarily of ____which it obtains from reabsorption from digestive tract. Gets electrolytes there also. Gets gamma globulins from _____connective tissue +++++ cells and its other proteins from ++++
water
plasma
liver
The plasma membrane of mature RBC has glycolipids and glycoproteins on the outter surface to determine -------- type. On inner surface, spectrin and actin, two cytoskeleton proteins that give the membrane resiliency and durability.
blood
The cytoplasm of an RBC consists mainly of 33 percent solution of hemoglobin, known for O2 and aids in CO2 transport. Aids in buffering of ___ Cytoplasm also contains enzyme, CAH that catalyzes the reaction CO2 + H20 both ways H2CO3.
ph
The most important electrolye is =====
sodium
The most abundant cation is _____
sodium
The osmolarity of blood, stemming mainly from RBCs, proteins, and sodium governs its water content and is thus a major factor in blood _____ and pressure.The protein contribution to osmolarity is the _____ osmotic pressure. Plasma, a liquid = 55 percent and solids, or formed ____ = 45 percent.
volume
colloid
elements
The most important components of the cytoplasm are Hb and ____
CAH or carbonic anahydrase
Normal hemoglobin count or ___ is 13 to 18, higher in males than females. The quantities of RBC and Hb clinically important. Hematocrit =RBC volume/total volume blood and Hb= ____ and RBC count = ___. Normal averages lower in women than ___
Hb
g/dL
RBCs/uL
men
Polycythemia increases blood volume, pressure, and _____, to sometimes dangerous levels.
viscosity
An WBC deficiency called leukopenia may result from chemical or radiation poisoning, _____, and cancer.
infections
A WBC excess called ______
may result from infection, allergy, or from leukemia or cancer of ______ tissues.
leukocytemia
hemopoietic
Leukemia is classified by site of origin, as myeloid or _____. And by speed or progression as acute or chronic. Increases risk of infection and accompanied by ____ and platelet deficiencies.
lymphoid
RBC
Lifespan of RBC= 120 days and destroyed in _____on left hand side because on right hand side liver.
spleen
Blood types are determined by antigenic ______ and glycolipids on RBC surface. Incompatibility of one person's blood against another results from action of plasma antibodies against these RBC _____
glycoproteins
antigens
Hb consists of 4 proteisn: 2 alpha and 2 beta chains each with a heme ____
moiety
Shape of RBC _____ or donut shaped.The pigment of RBC is ______
discoid
hemoglobin
Hb consists of 4 molecules of oxygen in the center of 4 molecules of Fe. 2 forms Ferrous Fe2 and Ferric Form ___. Eat in form of Ferric but stomach converts to _____
Stored in Ferric form when used changed to Ferrous
Fe3
Ferrous
The percentage of erythocyte occupied by the blood = the _____
hermatocrit
Normal count of RBC in the blood
4-6 million
Ethropoises is the formation of
erythrocytes
The hormone that helps with the process of ethropoises is erythropoitin which is produced in the ______
kidney
3 things to look for in the RBC= 1RBC count, 2Hermatocrit 3 _____ which is normally 13-18.
Hb
Pernicious anemia caused by lack of _____ factor B-12 cofactor forms RBC. No vitamen B12. ______ of cells.
intrinsic
Clumping
An Rh negative person who is exposed to ____ RBCs or childbirth develops an anti-D antibody. Later exposures to Rh+ cells can cause a transfusion reaction.
Rh+
Rh incompatibility between a sensitized Rh- woman and an Rh+ fetus can cause ______disease of the newborn, a severe neonatal anemia that must be treated by phototherapy or transfusion.
hemolytic
The Rh blood group is inherited through genes called --, -----, and ___. Anyone with genotype DD or Dd is Rh+.
C, D, and E
Platelets or thrombocytes are disc shaped structures without ______
nuclei
Platelets are fragments derived from megakaryocytes and are involved in ______
clotting
Normal blood contains 140,000- ______ platelets/uL
400,000
Hemostasis refers to the stoppage of _____. It involves vascular spasm, platelet plug _____, and blood clotting or ____
bleeding
formation
coagulation
Platelet plug formation involves the aggregation of platelets to stop ______
bleeding.
A clot is a network of insoluble ______ fibers or fibrin, in which formed elements of blood are trapped.
protein
The chemical involved in clotting are known as clottting or _______ factors.
coagulation
A neutrophil is the most abundant ______. 70percent and multi=segmented.
granulocyte
A neutrophil is polymorphically nuclear ______ or PML
leukocyte
Neutrophils increase in infection or _______
inflammation
A basophil is the least abundant WBC and looks a neutrophil with ______
granules
A basophil secretes histamine, serotonin, and heparin. It increases in ______
allergies
Monocytes are the biggest WBC, a kidney shaped nucleus. Phagocytic removal of damaged cells. )______ come from moncytes.
macrophages
There are 2 types of lymphocytes: T and ___lymphocytes. B lymphocytes form antibodies thru ++++ cells. There are 2 types of T lymphocytes. T helper is reduced in AIDS and HIV. They get opportunistic infection. There is also T killer. T T has to do with immunity.
B
plasma
Eosinphil have 2 nuclei. They are for allergies and _____ infections.
parasitic
Anticoagulants like _____ prevent clotting.
heparin
Decreased WBC count is associated with ______. And linked with drugs, radiation, and chemotherapy.
leukopenia
Blood clotting involves a cascade of reactions that may be divided into 3 stages: formation of ______, conversion of prothrombin into thrombin, and conversion of soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin.
promthrombinase
Clotting is initiated by the interplay of the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways of blood ----------
clotting
Normal coagulation requires vitamen K, a clotting factor, and is followed by clot retraction (tightening of the clot) and ultimately fibrinolysis or ________ of the clot.
dissolution
Clotting is an unbroken blood vessel called _______. A thrombus that moves from its orgin is called an embolus.
thrombosis
The immature cells, megakarocytes become platelets or ++++++
thrombocytes
Three stages in clot formation: Enzyme Prothrombinase is activated. 2. Prothrombinase converts to Prothrombin into Thrombin. 3 Thrombin converts ______, an insoluble into fibrin or clot.
Fribinogen
A clot in a vessel that does not move is _______
thrombosis
A clot that moves is ______
embolus
Leukopoises is the formation of ++++ from mylocytes.
leukopoises
There ae 13 clotting ____
factors
Neg blood can only be received from a _____person
neg
Hemoglobin is formed in the
spleen