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What percentage of plasma is water?

92%

Avg adult has how much blood?

8-10 pints

T or F: Blood secrets hormones

False

What is fibrinogen?

A blood protein for blood clots

What is fibrinogen?

A blood protein for blood clots

Serum albumin?

Synthesized by liver

Serum albumin?

Synthesized by liver


55% of plasma proteins


Maintains blood volume through osmotic pressure

Serum globulin

Synthesized in liver


Aids in transport of fat, fat-soluble vitamins


Coagulates blood, Synthesized antibodies

Waste products in blood

Lactic acid, urea, creatine

Waste products in blood

Lactic acid, urea, creatine

T or F: WBCs contain thrombocytes

False

Waste products in blood

Lactic acid, urea, creatine

T or F: WBCs contain thrombocytes

False

What vitamin is needed to make prothrombin?

Vitamin K

Thrombocytes?

Platelets

Thrombocytes?

Platelets; create a platelet plug

Agranulocytes?

WBC with no granules in cytoplasm

Leukopenia?

Dec. in # of WBCs

Pathogenic?

Disease-causing microorganism

Phagocytosis

Process of eliminating harmful bacteria by phagocytizing it

Where are prothrombin and fibrinogen manufactured?

Liver

How is blood type determined?

Type of antigens on RBCs

Antibody? How does it relate to blood type?

Antibody inactivates antigens and the right pair are needed

Rh factor?

To determine blood transfusions and used in pregnancy

Anemia?

Dec. # of RBCs and hemoglobin

Agranulocytes?

WBC with no granules in cytoplasm

Leukopenia?

Dec. in # of WBCs

Pathogenic?

Disease-causing microorganism

Phagocytosis

Process of eliminating harmful bacteria by phagocytizing it

Where are prothrombin and fibrinogen manufactured?

Liver

How is blood type determined?

Type of antigens on RBCs

Antibody? How does it relate to blood type?

Antibody inactivates antigens and the right pair are needed

Rh factor?

To determine blood transfusions and used in pregnancy

Anemia?

Dec. # of RBCs and hemoglobin

Temporary cause to polycythemia

High altitudes

Agranulocytes?

WBC with no granules in cytoplasm

Embolus

Objects moving through bloodstream

Infectious mononucleosis

Virus (EBV) passed by oral contact

Sickle cell anemia

Deformation of RBCs, exclusive to Africans

Leukopenia?

Dec. in # of WBCs

Pathogenic?

Disease-causing microorganism

Phagocytosis

Process of eliminating harmful bacteria by phagocytizing it

Where are prothrombin and fibrinogen manufactured?

Liver

How is blood type determined?

Type of antigens on RBCs

Antibody? How does it relate to blood type?

Antibody inactivates antigens and the right pair are needed

Rh factor?

To determine blood transfusions and used in pregnancy

Anemia?

Dec. # of RBCs and hemoglobin

Temporary cause to polycythemia

High altitudes