Ch 3 Blood Cell type

Question 1

erythrocytes

Answer 1

(red blood cells) made in bone marrow

-job is to carry oxygen from lungs to rest of body

Question 2

hemoglobin

Answer 2

blood protein that allows red blood cells to carry oxygen

Question 3

biconcave

Answer 3

how red blood cells look (bi-two/concave-middle looks like a dumbell)

Question 4

leukocytes

Answer 4

white blood cells

Question 5

never let monkeys eat bananas (5 types of leukocytes)

Answer 5

neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils

Question 6

mononuclear leukotcyets (agranulocytes) mean/are…

Answer 6

nucleus is NOT lobulated, looks like one large nucleus, granuals are not visible

• lymphocytes
• monocytes

Question 7

lymphocytes

Answer 7

• agranulocytes
• same size as blood cells,
• produce antibodies that are released into blood stream, major responder to viral infections
• most abundent

Question 8

monocytes

Answer 8

(phagocytes - eating cell)

• biggest cell in blood, garbage collectors, after neutrophils (also a phagocyte) attack foreign cells, they eat destroyed material to clean up area
• can also leave blood and enter tissue to become macrophages (large phagocytes)

Question 9

thrombcytes

Answer 9

(clotting cell) aka platelets (very very small)

• tiny fragments of cytoplasm that are formed in marrow
• never had a nucleus
• necessary for blood clotting
• exist in blood circulation in “resting state”
• when exposed to subentaphilium (tissue around damaged vessel) then they become active and clot

Question 10

-cele

Answer 10

hernia (protrusion of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it)

Question 11

cystocele

Answer 11

urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal wall

Question 12

rectocele

Answer 12

protrusion of a portion of the rectum toward vagina

Question 13

hiatal hernia

Answer 13

when stomach part is above the diaphragm

Question 14

hiatus

Answer 14

opening

Question 15

LES

Answer 15

lower esophagus sphincter

Question 16

inguinal hernia

Answer 16

when inguinal canal weakens and small intestine enters into canal (indirect) or even the scrotum (direct)

Question 17

inguinalis

Answer 17

groin (which means abyss)

Question 18

basophils

Answer 18

• granulocyte

- secrete heparin (anticlotting substance) and histamine (released in allergenic and inflammatory reactions)

Question 19

eosinphils

Answer 19

• granulocyte

increase in number to help the body protect itself from allergens

Question 20

neutrophils

Answer 20

- granulocyte
"soldiers" 
- arrive first where they act as phagocytes engulfing and destroying harmful mircoorganisms
- phagocyte
- life span of 6-24hrs