4.3, 17.1-2 histology of blood

Question 1

blood _ substances inside the body

Answer 1

transports

Question 2

connective tissue is supplied richly with __

Answer 2

blood vessels

Question 3

cartilage is vascular/avascular

Answer 3

avascular

Question 4

hemopoietic stem cell

Answer 4

the connective tissue’s immature blood-cell forming type

Question 5

fluid matrix

Answer 5

plasma

Question 6

blood

Answer 6

fluid withing blood vessels

Question 7

why is blood classified as connective tissue?

Answer 7

is develops from mesenchyme
consists of blood cells, surrounded by fluid matrix (blood plasma)

Question 8

“fibers” of blood

Answer 8

soluble protein molecules that precipitate
forms visible fiberlike structures during blood clotting

Question 9

blood carries:

Answer 9

-nutrients
-wastes
-respiratory gases
-other substances

Question 10

arteries

Answer 10

carries blood out of the heart

Question 11

capillaries

Answer 11

small branches off arteries that service all tissues of the body

Question 12

veins

Answer 12

carries blood back to the heart

Question 13

buffy coat

Answer 13

thin, whitish layer of blood present at the erythrocyte-plasma junction
-includes leukocytes and platelets

Question 14

hematocrit

Answer 14

percentage of erythrocytes in a blood sample
-usually 45%

Question 15

blood plasma

Answer 15

straw-colored, sticky fluid
-90% water
-contains over 100 dissolved solutes

Question 16

plasma proteins

Answer 16

most abundant plasma solutes
produced by the liver

Question 17

albumin

Answer 17

major blood protein contributing to the plasma osmotic pressure (helps keep water in the bloodstream)
-accounts for 60% of plasma protein
-acts as a carrier to shuttle certain molecules through the circulation

Question 18

erythrocytes have no:

Answer 18

nuclei or organelles

Question 19

plasma is also called

Answer 19

background of the tissue (extracellular matrix)

Question 20

plasma is made of

Answer 20

water, solutes, protein

Question 21

histology

Answer 21

study of tissues

Question 22

tissue is made of

Answer 22

cells
the extracellular matrix

Question 23

cytology

Answer 23

study of cells

Question 24

photomicrograph

Answer 24

picture taken using microscope (microscopic anatomy)

Question 25

blood is stained with:

Answer 25

wright stain (dyes the cells)

Question 26

peripheral blood smear

Answer 26

blood on a microscope slide

Question 27

in the blood cell

Answer 27

erythrocytes - carries gases from blood marrow
leukocytes - less common, larger, has nucleus, fights invasions
neutrophil - leukocytes that first responds to pain (phagocyte and releases chemicals)
phagocyte - eats infections
basophil - leukocyte that releases histamine (causes inflammation)
thrombocytes - fragments of cells, fills microtears

Question 28

platelet plug

Answer 28

group of platelets that plug microtears to stop blood loss

Question 29

hemostasis

Answer 29

stop blood loss

Question 30

extracellular matrix/plasma

Answer 30

background behind cells in blood

Question 31

clot formation

Answer 31

proteins form ‘fibers’

Question 32

sickled cells

Answer 32

red blood cells are in a crescent shape

Question 33

leukemia is caused by

Answer 33

irregular white blood cells