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A&P 2 ch 18 blood
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Question | Answer |
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Plasma | Liquid Matrix |
Formed elements | cells and cell fragments |
What are the formed elements | eurythrocytes,leukocytes,thrombocytes |
hemopoiesis | process by which all typed of blood cells are made in the red bone marrow |
pluripotent stem cells | hemocytoblasts- produce mylenoid and lymphoid stem cells |
albumin | one of the smallest protiens in blood plasma, most abundant, keeps water inside blood vessels |
globulins | protien in plasma, transports iron and lipid soluable vitamins and antibodies |
fibrinogen | fiber protiens(threads) for clotting |
Hematocrit | relative percentage of red blood cells to total blood volume |
erythropoietin | produced by the kidneys and the liver. when oxygen level in blood drops, causes increased RBC production in red bone marrow |
Anemia | low RBC count(low hematocrit) |
polythemia | high hematocrit(RBC count) |
Hemoglobin | globin(a chain of amino acids) and heme(pigment protien, carries iron which carries oxygen) |
differential white cell count | number of different types of WBCs will be used to diagnose infection |
Chemotaxis | chemicals produced by the pathogen and the damaged tissue to attract the WBCs |
Diapedesis | neutrophils leave the b.v. to go to the infection |
integrins(protiens) and selectins | CAM molecules, slow the movement of WBCs so it exits at the proper cite. |