Blood Flashcards
(13 cards)
White blood cells
Fight pathogen
Platelets
Cell fragments that Aid in clotting
What makes up plasma
90% water
Amino acids, glucose, hormones, vitamins, salts, waste
Antigens
Proteins on red blood cells that determine your blood type
What is special about type O blood
There are no proteins on the surface of red blood cell
Anti-bodies
Part of your immune system
float freely in plasma
attacks foreign antigens
If a person has typed a word that means they have what kind of antibodies
B antibodies
If someone has type B blood that means they have what type of antibodies
A antibodies
If a person has a B blood what kind of antibodies would they have
None, otherwise if the person has antibodies, then the anti-bodies would attack the blood
What kind of antibodies just type O blood have?
Both because there are no proteins on the red blood cells therefore the antibodies won’t attack the blood
Rh+ means
Your RBC have Rh protein on membrane
But no Rh antibodies which means universal reciever
Rh- means
No Rh protein on RBC but Rh antibody
Can only receive Rh- blood
Red blood cells
Transports O2 to body cells