Cardiovascular System Test (chapter 12) Flashcards
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Eurythrocytes
RBCs
W/R? Transport oxygen and some carbon dioxide
RBC
W/R? No nucleus
RBC
W/R? Contain hemoglobin
RBC
What is hemoglobin?
An iron-containing protein
One hemoglobin is capable of containing how many O2 molecules?
4
How is O2 carried to the cells?
Diffusion
What compound attatched to hemoglobin?
CO2
W/R? Round, disk shaped
RBC
How many hemoglobin molecules fit on one RBC?
250 million
How much of the blood do RBCs make up?
44%
W/R? Produced in red bone marrow of ribs, humerus, femur, sternum, and other long bones
RBC
Where are old RBCs destroyed?
Liver and spleen
W/R? Life span of 100-120 days
RBCs
RBCs are controlled by what hormone produced in the kidneys?
Erythropoitin
W/R? Less than 1% of blood volume
WBC
W/R? Has a nucleus
WBC
W/R? Biggest of the two blood cells
WBC
W/R? Job to defend against disease
WBC
W/R? Can slip out of vessels
WBC
W/R? Cause inflammatory response
WBC
W/R? Damaged cells give off certain chemicals so that ______ are alerted and can rush to the wounded area
WBC
Production of WBCs increase when there is a(n) _________.
Infection
B- blood can receive from which of the blood types?
B-, O-