Blood Flashcards
(48 cards)
Monocytes and lymphocytes belong to the group of leukocytes called
Agranulocytes
If a patient had an abnormally high number of eosinophils in a differential WBC count, what condition would be suspected
A parasitic infection
Monocytes transform into ———— in peripheral tissues
Macrophages
What is serum
Plasma from which the clotting factors have been removed
Blood protein that contributes osmotic pressure, keeping water from leaking out of the vessels
Albumin
What leukocyte is responsible for destroying bacteria
Neutrophil
Seen in abundance during parasitic infection
Eosinophils
Cell mediator of inflammation
Basophils
Parent cell that transforms into a macrophage
Monocytes
What blood cell lack macrophages
Erythrocytes
The most abundant type of blood cell
Neutrophil
What cells are phagocytic and not
ARE, eosinophils, neutrophil, basophils
NOT lymphocytes
What are the functions of platelets
Secretion of chemicals that call more platelets to the site of the injury
Formation of a temporary patch in the walls of damaged blood vessels
Release of molecules that initiate clotting
What cell develops into macrophages
Monocytes
Least abundant white blood cell is the
Basophils
Which blood cells are structurally related
Eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils
Blood serum is plasma from which album is removed
T/F
False
Hematopoiesis is
The process which blood cells are formed
Yellow bone marrow gets its color by
Fat cells
Which type of Ct occurs in the bone marrow cavity
Reticular
List statements about arteries
Have smaller lumens that veins of similar size
Walls are thicker than veins
More elastic than veins
Capillaries consist of only this layer
Tunica intima
Wide leaky capillaries found in bone marrow and spleen
Sinusoids
Present in most capillaries, these structures are absent in those of the blood brain barrier
Intercellular clefts