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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY WAY THAT SUBSTANCES ARE TRANSPORTED WITHIN THE BODY?
BLOOD
WHAT IS JOB OF BLOOD?
TO MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS
WHAT DOES BODY NEED TO MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS?
OXYGEN
NUTRIENTS
ELECTROLYTES
WHERE DO SUBSTANCES IN BLOOD ACT ?
CELLULAR LEVEL
HOW DO SUBSTANCES MOVE FROM BLOOD TO TISSUES?
CAPILLLARIES
3 TYPES OF BLOOD VESSELS?
ARTERIES
CAPILLARIES
VEINS
VEINS CARRY WHAT?
DEOXYGENATED BLOOD
HOW MANY SYSTEMS IN BLOOD?
ONE, ITS ALL ONE
WHAT IS BLOOD?
A FLUID CONNECTIVE TISSUE
--LIVING CELLS IN A NON-LIVING FLUID MATRIX
WHAT IS HEART'S JOB?
PUMP
IS BLOOD A SUSPENSION?
YES
WHAT ARE FORMED ELEMENTS?
LIVING CELLS
WBC
RBC (EURYTHROCYTES)
PLATESLETS
PLASMA IS MOSTLY WHAT?
WATER
WHAT IS A ERYTHROCYTES?
RBC
WHAT DOES A ERYTHROCYTE TRANSPORT?
OXYGEN
WHAT DO PLATELETS DO?
STOP BLEEDING
WHAT DO LEUKOCYTES DO?
IMMUNE SYSTEM
WHAT DOES HEMATOCRRIT MEASURE
RBC %
NORMAL HEMATICRIT % IS ?
45%
WHAT IS A STICKY, OPAQUE FLUIDD WITH A METALLIC TASTE?
BLOOD
WHAT IS A BUFFY COAT?
1% OF BLOOD FROM A CENTRIFUGE LEUKOCYTES AND PLATELETS
SALIVA IS WHAT ?
A BLOOD FILTRATE
COMES FROM BLOOD
SO DOES CSF
WHAT DETERMINES BLOOD COLOR?
AMOUNT OF O2
BLOOD IS WHAT COMPARED TO WATER?
MORE DENSE AND MORE VISCOUS
WHAT IS pH OF BLOOD?
7.4
WHAT IS TEMPERATURE OF BLOOD?
SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN BODY TEMP.
38*C
WHAT IS BLOOD BODY WEIGHT %?
LESS THAN 8%
AVERAGE VOLUME OF BLOOD IN MALES / FEMALES?
5-6L IN MALES
4-5L IN FEMALES
WHAT 3 FUNCTIONS DOES BLOOD PERFORM?
DISTRIBUTION
REGULATION
PROTECTION
WHAT DOES BLOOD DISTRIBUTE?
4 THINGS?
DISTRIBUTES
OXYGEN
NUTRIENTS
METABOLIC WASTES
HORMONES
BLOOD REGULATION WHAT IS IT?
3 things it regulates?
REGULATES
TEMPERATURE
pH
FLUID VOLUME
BLOOD PROTECTS WHAT?
HEMOSTASIS
INFECTION
WHAT % OF PLASMA IS WATER?
PLASMA IS 90% WATER
WHAT TYPE OF MEDIUM IS PLASMA?
A DISSOLVING AND SUSPENDING MEDIUM
WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR 60% OF PLASMA PROTEINS IN PLASMA?
ALBUMIN
WHAT DOES ALBUMIN ACCOUNT FOR?
60% OF PLASMA PROTEINS
IN PLASMA
BLOOD SERVES WHAT?
INDIVIDUAL CELLS
WHAT DOES PLASMA DO?
3 THINGS?
SHUTTLES SPECIFIC MOLECULES
ACTS AS A BUFFER
HELPS MAINTAIN OSMOTIC PRESSURE
FORMED ELEMENTS OF PLASMA
THE LIVING PORTION IS COMPOSED OF WHAT 3 TYPES OF CELLS?
ERYTHROCYTES (RBC)
LEUKOCYTES (WBC)
PLATELETS (THROMBOCYTES)
WHAT ARE PLATELETS CALLED?
THROMBOCYTES
MOST BLOOD CELLS CANT/DONT WHAT?
DIVIDE
WHAT IS LOW POINT OF pH FOR A HUMAN ?
7.0
WHAT SHAPE DO ERYTHROCYTES HAVE?
SMALL FLATTENED DISC
WHAT FORCES WATER INTO OR OUT OF BLOOD?
OSMOTIC PRESSURE
ERYTHROCYTES CONTAIN ------------- AND THEIR MAIN FUNCTION IS ---------------------?
HEMOGLOBIN
GAS TRANSPORT
3 THINGS IN ERYTHROCYTES?
OXYHEMOGLOBIN
--DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN
---CARBAMINOHEMOPLOBIN
WHAT IS THE MOST NUMEROUS OF FORMED ELEMENTS?
ERYTHROCYTES
WHAT 2 ARE NOT TRUE CELLS
IN BLOOD?
RBC HAVE NO NUCLEUS
AND PLATELETS ARE NOT CELLS
HOW MANY BLOOD CELLS DO U MAKE ?
1M PER SEC
WHAT IS PRIMARY PURPOSE OF ERYTHROCYTES?
TRANSPORT OF RESPIRATORY GASES
WHAT DOES HEMOGLOBIN BIND WITH AND IT'S REVERSABLE?
O2
WHERE DO NEW BLOOD CELLS COME FROM ?
STEM CELLS IN RED BONE MARROW
ANOTHER NAME OF RBC?
ERYTHROCYTES
HEMOGLOBIN CAN CARRY HOW MANY O2 MOLECULES?
4 MOL OF OXYGEN
CAN PLATELETS BE SEEN IN MICROSCOPE?
NO, TOO SMALL
WHAT IS DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN?
LESS THAN FULLY SATURATED
---FULL SAT. IS 4 O2 MOLECULES PER/ HEMOGLOBIN
ONE RBC (ERYTHROCYTE) HAS HOW MANY MOLECULES OF Hb?
250 M MOLECULES
WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLOR OF BLOOD?
HEMOGLOBIN
ONE RBC CAN CARRY 1B MOL. S OF ----WHAT?
OXYGEN
HOW IS O2 TRANSFERRED TO THE LUNGS FROM THE BLOOD?
SIMPLE DIFFUSION
HEMOGLOBIN CONTAINS WHAT MINERAL?
IRON
WHERE DOES NEW RBCs COME FROM?
RED BONE MARROW
WHERE DOES FETAL PRODUCTION OF RBCs COME FROM?
SPLEEN OF INFANT
WHERE DO ALL FORMED ELEMENTS DEVELOP FROM?
HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS
HOW LONG DOES THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF ERYTHROPOIESIS TAKES HOW LONG?
15 DAYS
DO THE PRODUCTION AND DESTRUCTION OF RBCs REMAIN CONSTANT?
YES
TOO MANY RBCs RESULTS IN WHAT?
INCREASED BLOOD VISCOSITY
WHAT PHASE DOES A ERYTHROBLAST LOSE ITS NUCLEUS?
PHASE 3--NORMOBLAST
(ERYTHROBLAST)
TOO FEW RBCs RESULTS IN ?
HYPOXIA
PROCESS OF RBCs BALANCE IS CONTROLLED BY?
HORMONES
WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE PROCESS OF MAKING RBCs?
IRON
AMINO ACIDS
B VITAMINS
WHAT IS ERYTHROPOIESIS?
THE DIRECT STIMULUS FOR ERYTHROCYTE PRODUCTION
HOW LONG TO MOVE ALL BLOOD THRU BODY? AT REST
1 MIN
ERTHROPOIETIN IS A HORMONE PRODUCED WHERE?
KIDNEYS
EPO IS WHAT?
HORMONE THAT CONTROLS (FROM KIDNEYS) ERYTHROPOIESES
IRON IS STORED WHERE?
SPLEEN
KIDNEYS
THE DIRECT STIM FOR ERYTHROCYTE PRODUCTION IS?
ERYTHROPOIETIN
PROCESS OF ERYTHROPOIESIS?
KIDNEY CELLS HYPOXIC
EPO RELEASED
REDUCED # RBC
INADEQUATE AMOUNT OF Hb
REDUCED AVAIL OF O2
OXYGEN LEVELS CONTROL -------------- NOT # OF -------------
ERYTHROPOIESES
RBCs
WHAT % OF IRON IS FOUND IN Hb IN THE BODY?
65%
WHAT % OF FE IS STOREDD IN LIVER AND SPLEEN?
35%
WHAT IS PROBLEM WITH FREE IRON
Fe+2?
ITS TOXIC
NORMAL DNA SYNTHASIS REQUIRES WHAT?
B12
FOLIC ACID
WHY DO RBCs BECOME OLD AND FRAGILE?
NO NUCLEUS
CANT REPAIR THEMSELVES
DYING RBC GET TRAPPED WHERE?
SPLEEN
WHAT IS ANEMIA?
ABNORMALLY LOW O2 CARRYING CAPACITY
TOO FEW RBCs
3 THINGS?
HEMORRHAGIC-ACUTE LOSS BLOOD
HEMOLYTIC- PREMATURE LOSS OF RBC
--APLASTIC- RED BONE MARROW PROBLEM
LOW HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT ?
IRON DEFICIENTCY- BLOOD LOSS OR INADEQUATE IRON INTAKE
--PERNICIOUS--B12 DEFICIENCY
ABNORMAL HEMOGLOBIN CONDITION?
SICKLE-CELL ANEMIA (GENETIC DISORDER)
WHAT IS TOO MANY RBCs CALLED?
POLYCYTHEMIA
WHAT IS POLYCYTHEMIA VERA?
A FORM OF BONE CANCER
WHAT IS 2ND-ARY POLYCYTHEMIA?
NORMAL ADAPTATION TO HIGH ALTITUDE
WHAT IS BLOOD DOPING?
CHEATING ATHELETES
TOO MANY RBCs
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR WBC?
LEUKOCYTES
WHAT % OF BLOOD IS THE WBCs?
LESS 1%
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF LEUKOCYTES?
DEFENSE (IMMUNE SYSTEM)
WBC MOVEMENT INTO A TISSUE IS CALLED?
DIAPEDESIS
WHAT IS THE WBC MOVEMENT INSIDE A TISSUE, MOVIN AROUND IN IT CALLED?
AMOEBOID MOTION
WHAT IS CHEMOTAXIS
WBC?
CELL SIGNALING
RANGE OF DIFFERENTIAL WBC COUNT?
4,800 TO 10,800
LEUKOCYTES ARE DIVIDED INTO 2 GROUPS?
GRANULOCYTES AND
AGRANULOCYTES
3 TYPES OF GRANULOCYTES?
NEUTROPHILS
EOSINOPHILS
BASOPHILS
2 TYPES OF AGRANULOCYTES?
LYMPHOCYTES
MONOCYTES
WHAT ARE NEUTROPHILS?
6 THINGS
MOST NUMEROUS WBCs
--2X LARGER THAN RBCs
---ACTIVE PHAGOCYTES
-----BACTERIA SLAYER...INCREASE DURING INFECTION
------LIFE SPAN A FEW DAYS
-------DEVELOP IN 14 DAYS
WHAT ARE EOSINOPHILS?
-SIZE = NEUTROPHILS
2-4% WBCs
ACTIVE VS. PARASITIC WORMS
---LOCATED WHERE WORMS ARE TYPICALLY FOUND
----DEVELOP IN 14 DAYS
-----LIFE SPAN 5 DAYS
WHAT IS A BASOPHIL?
--LEAST NUMEROUS WBC
--ACTIVE IN HISTAMINE RELEASE
----ACTIVE IN INFLAMMATORY ROLE
DEVELOP IN 1-7 DAYS
LIFE SPAN OF A FEW DAYS
NAME 2 AGRANULOCYTES?
LYMPHOCYTES
MONOCYTES
IF NO GRANULES SEEN UNDER A MICROSCOPE WHAT TYPE OF CELL IS IT?
AGRANULAR
LYMPHOCYTE OR
MONOCYTE
WHAT ARE LYMPHOCYTES ?
2ND MOST COMMON WBC 25%
--LARGE NUCLEUS
--B CELLS AND T CELLS
---FOUND IN LYMPHATIC TISSUE
----
NAME 2 PHAGOCYTES?
NEUTROPHILS
MACROPHAGES
DO NEUTROPHILS WORK AGAINST VIRUSES?
NO
WHAT ARE MONOCYTES?
BECOME MACROPHAGES
3-8%
WHAT STIMULATES WBC PRODUCTION?
HORMONES
EDUCATION OF T-CELLS AND B-CELLS
IMMUNOCOMPETENSE***
--IF IT IS YOU NO ATTACK
---IF NOT YOU, IT WILL ATTACK
LIKE A TRANSPLANT
DO NEUTROPHILS ATTACK VIRUSES?
NO
ONLY BACTERIA
HOW DO EOSINOPHILS KILL WORMS?
THEY SURROUND AND INJECT IT WITH LYSOSOMES
WHERE ARE EOSINOPHILS FOUND?
INTESTINAL TRACT
--ANYWHERE WORMS MIGHT BE FOUND
WHICH 2 PHILS ARE NOT GRANULOCYTES?
LYMPHOCYTES
MONOCYTES
WHAT IS A MATURE WBC?
T CELL
MACROPHAGES
WBC IS STIMULATED BY ?
HORMONES
WHAT DO RBCs AND WBCs COME FROM?
STEM CELLS
WHEN DOES A MONOCYTE BECOME A MACROPHAGE?
WHEN IT ENTERS THE TISSUE
IN THE BLOOD IT IS NOT A MACRO
WHAT DOES A HIGH WBC COUNT MEAN?
LEUKEMIA (MOSTLY)
WHAT IS LEUKEMIA?
A WBC DISORDER WHERE AN CLONE IS DIVIDING OUT OF CONTROL (CANCER)
IN LEUKEMIA WHY ANEMIA AND BLEEDING PROBLEMS?
CAUSE THE BONE MARROW BECOMES PREOCCUPIED WITH PRODUCING LEUKOCYTES
IN LEUKEMIA WHAT IS ACUTE FORM?
TYPICALLY INVOLVE BLAST-CELLS
IN LEUKEMIA WHAT IS CHRONIC FORM?
TYPICALLY INVOLVE LATER STAGES. SLOWER
LOW WBC>?
LEUKOPENIA
TYP. FROM MEDICATIONS
OR ANTI-CANCER DRUGS
OR GLUCOCORTICOIDS
MONONUCLEOSIS?
A VIRAL DISEASE, CAUSING TOO MANY AGRANULOCYTES
NO CURE,
PLATELETS
ESSENTIAL TO HOMEOSTASIS
PLATELETS
CYTOPLASMIC FRAGS OF VERY LARGE CELLS (MEGAKARYOCYTES)
PLATELETS ------------- BUT ARE KEPT ----------------
CIRCULATE
INACTIVE
PLATELETS HAVE NO ------------?
NUCLEUS
PLATELETS ARE INVOLVED IN WHAT IMP. PROCESS?
CLOTTING
WHAT IS A THROMBOCYTE?
PLATELETS
WHAT IS BIGGER WBC OR RBC?
RBC, I THINK
LOOK UP
WHAT HORMONE REGULATESS PLATELETS?
THROMBOPOITIN
WHAT IS HEMOSTASIS?
A SERIES OF REACTIONS SET IN MOTION BY THE BREAKAGE OF A BLOOD VESSEL
WHAT IS INVOLVED IN HEMOSTASIS?
PLATELETS
DAMAGED CELLS
OTHER COAGULATION FACTORS
****EVENTS OF HEMOSTASIS
VASCULAR SPASM
PLATELET PLUG FORMATION
COAGULATION (OF A SCAB)

---KNOW THIS ONE---
WHY DONT PLATELETS STICK TOGETHER?
NO DAMAGE
DAMAGE CAUSES COLLAGEN FIBERS TO BE EXPOSED...ALLOWS FOR STICKING
ATTACHMENT OF PLATELETS TO EXPOSED COLLAGEN FIBERS CAUSES WHAT?
CHEMICALS TO BE RELEASED BY PLATELETS TO ATTRACT MORE PLATELETS
--INCREASES VASCULAR CONSTRICTION
WHY DOESNT CLOTTING SPREAD?
INTACT EPITHELIAL CELLS PRODUCE A CHEM THAT LIMITS PLUG FORMATION
--PROSTACYCLIN
--NITRIC OXIDE
WHAT IS THE FINAL STEP OF CLOTTING?
COAGULATION
WHAT BTN PRO-COAGULATION AND ANTI-COAGULATION
BALANCE...INJURY SHIFTS THE BALANCE
COAGULATION IS WHAT?
THE FORMATION OF BLOOD CLOT
ONCE CLOTTING STARTS...IT WILL CONTINUE TILL WHAT?
IT'S COMPLETE
HOW LONG DOES A CLOT TAKE TO FORM ?
3-6 MINS
REMOVAL OF UNNEEDED CLOTS AFTER HEALING?
P
WHAT IS PLASMINOGEN?
A FIBRIN-DIGESTING PROTEIN
WHAT LIMITS CLOT FORMATION TO INJURY AREA?
PLASMINOGEN
HOMEOSTATIC MECH THAT PREVENT CLOTS FROM GETTING TOO LARGE (NOT FIBRINOLYSIS)?
-FAST REMOVAL OF CLOTTING FAC
-INHIBITION OF ACTIVATED CLOTTING FACTORS
--NORMAL CLOTS REQUIRE ACTIVATED FACTORS THAT REACH SPECIFIC LEVELS
--THESE ARE FACTORS THAT LIMIT CLOT GROWTH
TOO ACTIVATE CLOTTING?
FACTORS MUST REACH A CRITICAL LEVEL...REQUIRES INJURY OR TRAUMA
PLASMIN IS WHAT?
A PLASMA PROTEIN
WHAT IS PLAMINOGEN?>
ACTIVATED PLAMIN
WHAT ARE THROMBOEMBOLIC DISORDERS?
ABNORMAL CLOTTING FORMATION
2 TYPES OF THROMBOEMBOLIC?
THROMBUS
EMBOLUS
WHAT IS THROMBOCYTOPENIA?
A PLATELET DISORDER
--RESULT OF IMPARED LIVER FUNCTION CAUSE
VIT K PRODUCTION DOWN
--OR LIVER DISEASE
WHAT IS HEMOPHILIA?
GENETIC DISORDER, EFFECTING CLOTTING FACTORS
3 TYPES OF HEMOPHILIA?
TYPE A-- 77% CLASSIC ..
TYPE B BOTH SEXES
TYPE C LESS SEVERE
WHERE DOES HEMOPHILIA COME FROM ?
X CHROMOSOME
THE MOM
HUMAN BODY IS DESIGNED TO -------------- BLOOD LOSS?
MINIMIZE
HOW MUCH BLOOD TO RESULT IN SHOCK/DEATH?
30%
THE BODY WILL INCREASE RBC ----------?
AFTER HUUUUGE BLOOD LOSS
RAPID BLOOD LOSS = ?
NEEDS BLOOD TRANSFUSION
O2 PACKED BLOOD
PLASMA INCREASES VOLUME
HOW TO STORE BLOOD?
4*C
FOR 35 DAYS
****ON TEST*****
IN A BLOOD BANK WHAT IS DONE TO BLOOD?
ITS SEPERATED INTO COMPONENTS
--MIXED WITH AN ANTI-COAGULENT
WHY MUST SAME BLOOD TYPE BE GIVEN?
COULD BE PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER TYPE
WHAT IS AN ANTIGEN?
AN I.D. ON THE CELL
--
WHAT 2 ANTIGENS ARE INVOLVED IN BLOOD>?
ABO BLOOD GROUP
AND Rh BLOOD GROUP
WHAT IS CURRENT BLOOD REPLACEMENT METHOD?
TO REPLACE WITH THE SAME BLOOD AS WAS TAKEN
ANTIGENS ARE ALSO CALLED
AGGLUTINOGENS
ABO BLOOD GROUPS ARE BASED ON WHAT?
WHETHER THE A, B, ANTIGENS ARE PRESENT
A, IF A - ANTIGEN IS PRESENT
B IF B- ANTIGEN IS PRESENT
O IF NEITHER ANTIGEN IS PRESENT
TYPE A BLOOD AUTOMATICALLY HAVE ---------
B ANTIBODIES
TYPE O IS CONSIDERED?
UNIVERSAL DONOR
TYPE AB IS CONSIDERED?
UNIVERSAL RECIPIENT
LEAST COMMON TYPE OF BLOOD
MOST COMMON TYPE OF BLOOD?
AB
O
BLOOD ANTIBODIES ARE FOUND WHERE?
PLASMA
HOW MANY Rh ANTIGENS ARE I.D.ed?
45
3 IN HUMANS CDE
WHAT % OF HUMANS ARE Rh +?
85%
ARE Rh ANTIBODIES SPONTANEIOUSLY FORMED?
NO
WHAT IS Rh SENSITIZATION PROCESS?
IF A B- WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO A CHILD, THEN THE NEXT TIME SHE IS EXPOSED TO A + BLOOD CHILD HER BLOOD WILL ATTACK THE BABIES
WHAT IS A HEMOLYTIC DISEASE
THE BABIES BLOOD BEING ATTACKED
WHAT HAPPENS TO MISSMATCHED BLOOD IS TRANSFUSED?
DONORS RBCs ARE ATTACKED BY THE RECIPIENTS PLASMA ANTIBODIES
DURING MISSMATCHED TRANSFUSION?
RBC CLUMPED TOGETHER
--WHAT KILLS YOU IS THE IRON BEING RELEASED DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOOD
--WILL CAUSE RENAL FAILURE OF LIVER
--WILLL REDUCE O2
WHAT DO BLOOD TEST TELL US?
SPECIFIC HEALTH CONCERNS
--HEMATOCRITE (%RBC)
--LIPIDEMIA (BLOOD LIPID LEVELS) = CHOLESTEROL
--PROTHROMBIN TIME -- ABILITY OF BLOOD TO CLOT (TIME)
TO SEE CHANGES IN ERYTHROCYTES YOU WILL NEED?
MICROSCOPE
WBC BLOOD DIAGNOSTIC IS WHAT?
DIFFERENTIAL WBC COUNT