Blood Flashcards
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Blood is a specialized form of
CT that comprises ~10% body weight
Some major functions of blood
- Gas exchange (O2 carried by hemoglobin; CO2 carried by hemoglobin and plasma)
- Transport nutrients from GI tract to all cells
- Transport cellular waste products to organs for elimination
- Transport hormones, metabolites, electrolytes
- Cellular defense (immunity)
- Regulation of body temp
- Homeostasis of body fluid pH and osmotic pressure
What’s the composition of blood
Plasma (55%) and formed elements(45%)
Composition of plasma (in blood)
- Water (91%)
- Solutes (nutrients, wastes, blood gases, electrolytes, regulatory molecules)
- Proteins (albumin, fibrinogens, globulins, clotting factors)
Composition of formed elements (in blood)
AKA hematocrit
- Erythrocytes- 5x10^6/mm3
- Leukocytes-5-10x10^3/mm3
- Thrombocytes/platelets-150-200x10^3/mm3
From which embryonic germ layer is blood derived?
mesoderm
List plasma proteins
Albumin: 65% osmolarity and viscosity
Globulins: transport and storage proteins
–>Transferrins transports iron in blood
–>Ferritin stores iron in liver and marrow
Fibrinogens: clotting proteins
Liver is a source of what plasma proteins
Albumin Globulins (AB)*** Clotting proteins (fibrinogen)*** Complement proteins Plasma lipoproteins
Fxn of albumin
Maintains colloid osmotic pressure and transports certain insoluble metabolites
Fxn of globulins
AB
Transport metal ions, protein-bound lipids, and lipid-soluble vitamins
Fxn of clotting proteins
Formation of fibrin threads
Fxn of C’ proteins
Destruction of microorganisms and initiation of inflammatino
Fxn of lipoproteins
Transport triglycerides to liver or from liver to body cells
Transport cholestrol from liver to body cells
Lymphocyes are a source for what plasma proteins
Globulins (AB)
Plasma vs Serum
-Which is acellular
Both
Plasma vs serum
-Which is from clotted blood
Serum (can collect w/o anticoagulant)
Need anticoagulant for plasma
Plasma vs serum
-Which has fibrinogen
Plasma
Plasma vs serum
-Collection tubes
Plasma- purple/green
Serum-red/blank
Anticoagulant for plasma
EDTA
Heparin
Formed element for gaseous exchange; maintain pH
erythrocytes
Formed element for cells of defense/immunity
leukocytes
Formed element thats fragment of megakaryocytes and facilitate blood clotting
platelets/thrombocytes
T/F formed elements vary percentages vary across species
T
Reticulocytes are what percent of RBC count
LESS THAN 1 PERCENT