Blood Lecture Flashcards
(105 cards)
_ is a major body fluid. (_ constitutes 55 percent of all blood)
Plasma.
_ is dependent on continual transportation of substances to and from cells.
Homeostasis.
_ are the blood cells. (_ constitute 45 percent of all blood.
Formed elements.
_ liters in females and _ liters in males.
4-5 and 5-6.
1 unit = _ liters.
0.5.
Blood volume per pound of body weight varies _ with the amount of excess body fat.
Inversely.
The _ method of measuring blood volume is only done in experimental _ and is the _ of all blood.
Direct; Animals; Removal.
The _ method of measuring blood is used for _ and is an injection of known amount of bed blood cells tagged with _.
Indirect; Humans; Radioisotopes.
_ or packed cell volume is the percentage of red blood cells in whole blood.
Hematocrit.
Erythrocytes are _.
Red blood cells.
The nucleus is _ in erythrocytes.
Absent.
Erythrocytes are shaped like a _.
Biconcave disk.
Erythrocytes are _ megameters in diameter.
7.5.
Erythrocytes are billed with _.
Hemaglobin.
Erythrocytes are a _ plasma membrane.
Thin.
_ of blood on average in a human body.
52,000,000 mm cubed.
The main function of red blood cells is to transport _ and _.
Oxygen and carbon dioxide.
There is 200 million to 300 million _ molecules per erythrocyte.
Hemaglobin.
There is _ oxygen molecules carried by each hemaglobin molecule.
4.
There is an average of _ g/100 ml of blood in the human body.
12-16.
_ is less that 10 g/100 ml of hemaglobin in blood.
Anemia.
The formation of red blood cells can also be called _.
Erythropoiesis.
_ stem cells go through stages to form erythrocytes.
Hemopoietic.
Stimulus for increased red blood cell formation is low _ levels in the kidney.
Oxygen.