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Blood Basics
Basic facts about blood
Question | Answer |
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Where does blood come from? | The stem cells of bone marrow. |
How much blood does the average adult have? | 5-6 liters |
True or False; Blood has two parts. | True; Plasma & The Formed Elements |
What Is the liquid part of blood called? | Plasma |
What is the cellular part of blood called? | The formed elements. |
What is the percentage of plasma in blood? | 55% |
45% of blood consists of..... | The formed elements. |
Plasma consists of... | Gases, amino acids, sugars, h2o, hormones, vitamens, minerals, protiens, electrolytes & urea. |
What are the formed elements? | Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, & Thrombocytes |
Red Blood Cells are called? | Erythrocytes |
Platelets are known as... | Thrombocytes |
White Blood Cells are called? | Leukocytes |
What is hemoglobin? | An oxygen carrying protein. |
Which formed element contains hemoglobin? | Erythrocytes |
Before the erthrocyte matures, it enters the blood as? | An immature reticulocyte. |
How long does it take an immature reticulocyte to mature into an erythocyte? | About 1-2 days. |
How many erythrocytes are there per micro liter of blood in an adult? | 4.2 to 6.2 million |
120 days is the normal life span of which formed element. | Erythrocytes |
What is the main function of a Leukocytes? | To provide the body protection against infections. |
Leukocytes are also known as? | White blood cells. |
For an adult, how many white blood cells are there per micro liter of blood? | 5,000 to 10,000 |
What is Leukocytosis? | An increase in white blood cells; as seen in infections & leukemia. |
A decrease in white blood cells is known as? | Leukopenia; seen in cases of viral infections & chemotherapy. |
Thrombocytes are also called? | Platelets |
Thrombocytes are small irregular shaped packets of? | Cytoplasm |
Platelets are formed in the bone marrow from? | Megakaryocytes |
What are Thrombocytes essential for? | Blood coagulation |
What is blood coagulation? | Blood clotting |
The average number of platelets is? | 140,000 to 440,000 per micro liter of blood. |
Which formed element has a life span of 9 to 12 days? | Thrombocytes |
How many types of white blood cells are there? | Five |
Name the different types of Leukocytes. | Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, & Basophils |
The most numerous white blood cell comprising 40-60% of the population is? | Neutrophils |
What are phagocytic cells? | Cells that engulf and digest bacteria. |
Which white blood cell is phagocytic? | Neutrophils |
This white blood cell is often the first to appear on the scene. | Neutrophils |
Neutrophils numbers increase in what type of infection? | Bacterial Infection |
Lymphocytes, the second most numerous white blood cell comprise what percentage of the WBC population? | 20 to 40% |
Which white blood cell plays a roll in immunity? | Lymphocytes |
This white blood cells number increases in viral infections. | Lymphocytes |
A white blood cell that accounts for 0-1% of the population. | Basophils |
This white blood cell carries a histamine that is released in allergic reactions. | Basophils |
Eosinophils are active against... | Anti-body labeled foreign molecules. |
Eosinophils represent what percent of the white blood cell population? | 1-3% |
Eosinophlis numbers are increased in.... | Allergies, skin infections, and parasitic infections. |
They are monocytes while circulating in the blood, once it passes into tissue they transform into.... | Macrophages and become powerful phagocytes. |
The largest white blood cell. | Monocytes |
Monocytes percentage in the white blood cells. | 3-8% |
The smallest formed element. | Platelets |
Monocytes numbers increase in what type of infections? | Intracellular infections & tuberculosis. |