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Cardiovascular system consists of

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Heart, blood vessels, blood

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Major function cardiovascular system

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Deliver oxygen + nutrients

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Hematology

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study of blood,

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Two fluids for transportation

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Blood, interstitial fluid

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Blood plasma

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liquid connective tissue

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Blood plasma composition

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Water, plasma proteins, dissolved solutes

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Blood transports what?

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gases, nutrients, hormones, metabolic wastes

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Blood regulates what?

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pH, temperature, ion composition of IF

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Functions of blood: protection

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Restrict fluid loss
Defend toxins/pathogens

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10
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Avg. blood in adult

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~5L

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Whole blood =

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blood w all components

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2 major blood components

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Plasma, formed elements

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Plasma how much % of whole blood?

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55%

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Albumins % of plasma proteins

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60%

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15
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Albumins function

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Osmotic pressure

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Globulins % of plasma proteins

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35%

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Antibodies (immunoglobins) function

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attack foreign particles

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Transport globulins functions

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Bind ions, hormones, lipids

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Fibrinogen % plasma proteins

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~4%

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Fibrinogen functions

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blood clotting

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21
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Plasma solutes: Electrolytes

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Essential for cellular activities

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22
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Plasma solutes: Organic nutrients

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Cell ATP prod.

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Plasma Solutes: Organic wastes

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carried to breakdown or excretion sites

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Formed elements % of blood

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% of formed elements RBC's make up
99%
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Formed elements: Platelets %
<0.1%
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Formed elements: WBC's %
<0.1%
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Hematocrit
% of whole blood from formed elements
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Lower hematocrit means
Anemia
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Higher hematocrit means
Polycythemia
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Hematopoiesis
How formed elements develop
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RBC's lifespan
~120 days
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Hematopoiesis begins where?
Yolk sac - embryonic development
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Hematopoiesis switches where after yolk sac?
Liver, spleen, thymus
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Last 3 months pregnancy hematopoiesis happens where?
red bone marrow
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Red bone marrow produces?
RBC, WBC, platelets
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Pluripotent stem cell derived from
mesenchyme
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Pluripotent stem cells give rise to?
Lymphoid, myeloid
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Lymphoid give rise to
lymphocytes, natural killer cells
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Myeloid give rise to
neutrophils, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils, RBC, platelets
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Progenitor cells known as
CFU - colony forming unit
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Progenitor cells committed to give rise to
Specific elements of blood
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CFU-E becomes
Erythrocytes
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CFU-Meg becomes
Megakaryocytes -> platelets
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CFU-GM becomes
Granulocytes
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Precursor cells become
Actual blood cells
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Optional step: RBC (slightly immature RBC name)
Reticulocyte (slightly immature RBC)
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Optional step: Platelet precursor name
Megakaryocyte (platelet precursor)
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Hemopoietic Growth Factors are what?
Hormones that regulate differentiation/proliferation of CFU's
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EPO - Erythropoetin stimulates what? and released where?
RBC prod. // released kidneys
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TPO - Thrombopoetin stimulates what? released where?
Prod. of thrombocytes // released liver
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Cytokines stimulate what?
WBC prod.
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Blood samples obtained via
venipuncture
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m/c site for venipuncture
median cubital vein
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Complete blood count determines
1 cubic ml of blood components
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WBC differential count
Identify # of each WBC type
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RBC tests can detect what?
Can detect internal bleeding

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