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NRTC 54 A&P 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| main plasma protein; regulates blood volume | albumin |
| Accounts for 55% of blood; contains proteins, nutrients, electrolytes, hormones and gases. | Plasma |
| Erythrocytes | RBC |
| Leukocytes | WBC |
| Help to form blood clots | Platelets |
| Percentage of RBC in a sample of blood. | Hematocrit |
| Production of blood | Hemopoiesis |
| Thickness of blood | Viscosity |
| Deliver oxygen to cells and remove carbon dioxide. | RBC |
| Gives blood its red color and its ability to bind O2 and CO2 | Hemoglobin |
| Heme | Iron |
| Globins | Protein |
| Globin breaks down into amino acids, these are used for: | energy or to create new proteins |
| Hem is broken down into iron and bilirubin. Iron is recycled and reused, bilirubin is: | excreted into the intestines and turned into bile. |
| Name the WBC categorized as granulocytes: | Neutrophils, Eosinophils, and Basophils. |
| Name the WBC categorized as agranulocytes: | Lymphocytes and Monocytes. |
| Stopping blood | Hemostasis |
| Stationary blood clot. | Thrombus |
| Moving clot | Embolus |
| Secrete natural heparin | Basophils |
| GO to the site of infection, most abundant | Neutrophils |
| Responsible for long term immunity; located in the spleen and thymus. | Lymphocytes |
| Responsible for allergic reactions; respiratory and digestive | Eosinophils |
| Excess RBCs | Polycythemia |
| Eat large bacteria; aggressively phagocytic | Monocytes |
| Anchors the heart to surrounding structures. | Pericardium |
| Cavity between the fibrous and serous layers of the pericardium. | Pericardial Cavity |
| Innermost layer of the heart wall, smooth tissue lines the chambers. | Endocardium |
| Covers the heart surface | Epicardium |
| Responsible for contraction and relaxation,middle layer of the heart | Myocardium |
| Separates the right and left atria | interatrial septum |
| Interventricular Septum | Separates the right and left ventricles. |