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The cardiovascular system consist of? |
Blood Heart Blood vessels |
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Blood is made of? |
Liquid connective tissue that consists of cells and cell fragments surrounded by a liquid extracellular Matrix called blood plasma. |
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Blood transports what? |
Oxygen Carbon dioxide Nutrients Waste Hormones |
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Blood helps regulate what? |
PH balance Body temperature Water content of cells |
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Blood provides protection name two. |
Protection through clotting and by combating toxins and microbes. |
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Name some physical characteristics of blood. |
Viscosity is greater than that of water a normal temperature is 38 degrees Celsius or 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit and the pH is said to be alkaline 7.35 to 7.45. |
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How many liters of blood does the human body have circulating in the body? |
4-6 liters in adults |
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Hematocrit |
The percentage of total blood volume occupied by red blood cells. |
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Blood plasma consist of mostly? |
Water |
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What Principle solutes are found in blood plasma? |
Albumin ,globulins fibrinogen, nutrients , vitamins hormones, respiratory gases like oxygen and carbon dioxide, electrolytes and waste products. |
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Name the formed elements found in blood. |
Red blood cells (erythrocytes) White blood cells (leukocytes) Platelets |
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Hemopoiesis |
The formation of blood cells from hemopoiesis stem cells in red bone marrow. |
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Myeloid stem cells |
Form red blood cells platelets granulocytes and monocytes. |
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Lymphoid stem cells |
Give rise to lymphocytes |
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Differentiation |
The development of a cell from an unspecialized state to a specialized state. |
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Mature red blood cells are ------ discs that lack---- and contain------. |
Bioconcave, nucleus, hemoglobin. |
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The function of hemoglobin in red blood cells is to? |
Oxygen and some carbon dioxide |
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Red blood cells production is called? |
Erythropoiesis |
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Erythropoiesis occurs in the? |
Red bone marrow of certain bones is stimulated by hypoxia which stimulates the release of erythropoietin by the kidneys |
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White blood cells have a -------. |
Nucleus |
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Name two principal types of white blood cells. |
Granulocytes Agranulocytes |
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Name three granulocytes |
Neutrophils Basophils Eosinphils |
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Name two agranulocytes |
Lymphocytes Monocytes |
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The general function of white blood cells is to? |
Combat inflammation and infection neutrophils and macrophages do so through phagocytosis. |
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Eosinphils |
Combat the effects of histamine in allergic reactions. Destroy antigen-antibody complexes and combat parasitic worms. |
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Basophils |
Liberate Heparin, histamine, and serotonin in allergic reactions that intensify the inflammatory response. |
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B lymphocytes |
Produce antibodies |
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T lymphocytes |
Destroy foreign Invaders directly. |
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Natural killer cells |
Attack infectious microbes and tumor cells. |
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Platelets |
Dish shaped cell fragments that splinter from megakaryocytes. |
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Platelets help stop...? |
Blood loss from damaged blood vessels by forming a platelet plug. |
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Hemostasis |
The stoppage of bleeding |
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Name three steps of hemostasis |
Vascular spasm platelet plug formation and blood clotting |
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Coagulation |
Blood clotting |
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A network of insoluble protein fibers in which formed elements of blood are trapped is called. |
A blood clot |
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The chemicals involved in clotting are known as? |
Coagulation factors. |
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Three stages of the blood clotting cascade. |
Formation of prothrombinace. Conversion of prothrombin into thrombin. Conversion of soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin. |
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Thrombosis |
Clotting in an unbroken blood vessel |
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Embolus |
A thrombus that moves from its site of origin. |
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Name the four main blood types |
A, B, AB, O |
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Name two blood groups |
ABO, AND Rh group. |
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ABO and Rh blood groups are genetically determined and based on? |
Antigen antibody responses |
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In the ABO group the presence or absence of-------- antigens on the surface of red blood cells determines blood type. |
A&B |
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Hemolytic disease |
A disease of a newborn when an Rh- mother is pregnant with an RH + fetus |
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Hematocrit |
The percentage of red blood cells in the total volume of blood. |
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Erythropoiesis |
Production of red blood cells |
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Anemia |
Low red blood cells, less hemoglobin. |
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Polycythemia |
Abnormally high red blood cells, makes blood harder to pump. Increase pressure, stroke risk. |
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Major histocompatability antigen |
MHC, cell identity marker for individuals. |
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Phagocytosis |
Process of ingesting bacteria and disposing of dead matter. Carried out by neutrophils and macrophages |
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Plasma proteins 3 |
Albumin Globulin Fibrinogen |
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Albumin |
Small, but most numerous. Function to maintain osmotic pressure. |
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Globulins |
Large, produce immunoglobulins (antibodies) help fight infection. |
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Fibrinogen |
Large function during blood clotting. |
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Platelets other name |
Thrombocytes |
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Erythropoiesis |
Development of red blood cells. |
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Carbonic anhydrase |
Enzyme that speeds up the reaction that transports carbon dioxide.... via bicarbonate ions. |
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Nitric oxide NO |
Hormone, produced by cells lining vessels, bind to hemoglobin, then cause vasodilation, increasing blood vessel diameter. |
Viagra |
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Erythropoiesis |
Production of RBC, first proerythroblast, then lose nucleus = reticulocyte, then mature red blood cells. |
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Name 4 WBC |
Eosinphils Basophils Lymphocytes Momocytes |
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Eosinphils |
Release enzymes involved in inflammation during allergic reactions. Parasites |
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Basophils |
Release substances histamine, that intensify inflammatory response involved in allergic reactions. |
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Lymphocytes |
T cells, B cells, NK cells. |
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Leukocytosis |
Increase in WBC, can be normal. |
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Leukopenia |
Low WBCs |
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Leukaemia |
Cancer in red bone marrow. |
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Thrombocytopenia |
Low platelets |
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Thrombocytosois |
High platelets. |
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Hemostasis |
A series of events that occur to stop bleeding. Vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, and blood clotting. |
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Vascular spasm |
Occurs when arteries or arterioles are damaged it causes vasoconstriction which reduces blood loss long enough for blood clotting mechanisms to start taking action. |
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Platelet plug formation name three main steps. |
Platelet adhesion Platelet release reaction Platelet aggregation |
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Platelet adhesion |
First step of platelet plug formation, platelets make contact and stick two parts of the damaged blood vessel. |
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Platelet release reaction |
Second step in platelet plug formation, platelets adhere then they become active. Platelets then release vesicle contents. |
Vesicle contents, ADP, THROMBOXANE A2, SEROTONIN. |
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Platelet aggregation |
Third step in platelet plug formation, newly arriving platelets stick to the original ones eventually this leads to the platelet plug a large accumulation of platelets. |
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Fibrin threads |
The platelet plug is reinforced by fibrin threads. |
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extrinsic and intrinsic pathways lead to? |
Prothrombinace formation |
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Extrinsic pathway |
Involves fewer steps and can occur faster. usually revolves around trauma and severe injuries. requires outside tissue damage. |
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Intrinsic pathway |
More complex and it's a slower process, activators are either in contact with blood or contained within blood. |
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Common pathway |
Common pathway starts after intrinsic or extrinsic pathways produce Prothrombinace. |
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Common pathway |
During the common pathway prothrombinase and calcium is converted from prothrombin to thrombin and fibrogen to fibrin. |
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Clot retraction |
Tightening of the fibrin clot, pools edges of the damaged vessel closer together. |
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Vitamin-k |
Essential for normal blood clotting, produced by bacteria in the large intestines, stored in the liver. Involved in the synthesis of 4 clotting factors. |
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