Blood Lab Flashcards

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Plasma composes what % of blood?

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55%

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Blood is composed of what two main substances?

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Plasma
And
Formed elements

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Formed elements compose what % of blood?

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45%

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3
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What percent of plasma is water?

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90%

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4
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What percent of plasma is plasma proteins?

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8%

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5
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What percent of plasma do other solutes compose?

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2%

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In plasma, what are examples of other solutes?

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Electrolytes 
Nutrients 
Hormones /enzymes 
Gases 
Wastes
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7
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What three blood cells make up the formed elements in blood?

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Erythrocytes
Thrombocytes
Leukocytes

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How many erythrocytes on average are found in the blood?

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5million/mm^3

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9
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What do erythrocytes do?

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They carry oxygen on hemoglobin

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10
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How many hemoglobin per RBC?

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250million

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What shape do erythrocytes have?

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A biconcave disk

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12
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How many thrombocytes on average?

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150k-500k /mm^3

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What do thrombocytes do?

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Help blood clot by chemical means.

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14
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Are thrombocytes cell fragments or whole cells?

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Cell fragments

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15
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How many Leukocytes on average?

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5k-9k/mm^3

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16
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Where do Leukocytes spend their lives?

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In the tissues

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17
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What are the 5 types of Leukocytes(WBC)?

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  • Neutrophils
  • Basophils
  • Lymphocyte
  • Eosinophils
  • Monocytes
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What percentage of WBC do Neutrophils compose?

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What percent of WBC do Basophils compose ?

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What percent of WBC do Lymphocytes compose?

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What percent of WBC do Epsinophils compose?

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What percent of WBC do Monocytes compose?

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Which WBC has a multilobed nucleus?

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What WBC has a large grape-like clustered nucleus?
Basophils
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What WBC has a large solid round nucleus?
Lymphocytes
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Which WBC contains a bilobed nucleus(alien sunglasses)?
Eosinophils
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Which WBC contains a horseshoe shaped nucleus?
Monocytes
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What color is the cytoplasm of Neutrophils?
Pale
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What color of cytoplasm do Eosinophils have?
Reddish color
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What do Neutrophils do?
Primarily fight bacteria
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Which WBC increases with allergies?
Basophils
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What are the two lymphocyte types?
T cells And B cells
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What do lymphocytes do?
Play role in immunity that has a memory. | -vaccinations help stimulate this immunity.
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What do Eosinophils do?
Primarily fight parasites
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What are monocytes called when located in tissues?
Macrophages
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What is a macrophage?
WBC that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
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What is phagocytosis ?
Ingestion of smaller cell or cell fragments or foreign particles
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Which WBC is the largest?
Monocytes
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Where is the Buffy coat located?
Between the plasma and the erythrocytes
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What does the Buffy coat contain?
Leukocytes and platelets (<1% of whole blood)
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What are the 7 steps to becoming an erythrocyte?
- hemocytoblast - proerythroblast - early erythroblast - late erythroblast - normoblast - reticulocyte - erythrocyte
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What are the 5 steps to become a thrombocytes(platelet)?
- Hemocytoblast - megakaryoblast - promegakaryocyte - megakaryocyte - platelets
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An few examples of the solutes in the blood?
- albumin | - gamma