HAN 202 Test 1 Flashcards
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Blood volume for male and females
- females- 4-5 liters (42% +- 5)
- males- 5-6 liters (47% +-5)
blood pH
- slightly basic
- 7.35-7.45
plasma
- plasma proteins accounts for 8% of plasma solutes
- albumin is most common- carriers
hemoglobin
- made up of the protein globin bound to the red heme pigment
- oxygen binding pigment
erythropoiesis
- myeloid stem cell -> proerythroblast -> reticulocyte -> mature erythrocyte
- require iron, vit b12, folic acid, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates for RBC formation
leukocytes
- less than 1% of total blood volume
- neutrophils are chemically attracted to sites of inflammation
- granulocytes- multilobed, large
- leukocytes leave capillaries through diapedesis and positive chemotaxis (towards released damaged cells)
T lymphocytes
- directly attack virus infected and tumor cells
- monocytes become macrophages and activate T lymphocytes
B lymphocytes
-produce antibody cells
leukopoiesis
- regulated by the production of interleukins and colony stimulating factors (CSF)
- involves differentiation of hemocytoblasts along 2 pathways: lymphoid and myeloid stem cells
Clotting process (coagulation)
- clotting factors (procoagulants) promote clotting
- formation of prothrombin activator
- conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
- formation of fibrin mesh from fibrinogen in the plasma
intrinsic pathway
- all factors necessary are present within the blood
- slower clotting pathway
- may be triggered by negatively charged surfaces (activated platelets, collagen, glass)
extrinsic pathway
- triggered though endothelium derived protein factor -> tissue factor or factor 3
- occurs rapidly
clot retraction and repair
- contractile proteins (actin and myosin) within platelets contract and pull-on neighboring fibrin strands, squeezing plasma from the clot and pulling damaged tissue edges together
- 30-60 mins
- repair is stimulated by platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) -> endothelial cells multiply
fibrinolysis
- removed unneeded clots through the action of the fibrin digesting enzyme PLASMIN
- plasminogen in the clot is converted to the plasmin by TPA, factor 12, and thrombin
plasma and blood volume expanders
- given in cases of extremely low blood volume
- mimic osmotic properties of albumin (pulls water in)
clot limiting (anticoagulants)
- INHIBIT THROMBIN
- heparin
- vitamin E
- nitric oxide
- prostacyclin
thrombus vs embolus
- thrombus- stationary- DVT
- embolus- traveling- PE
lymphatic collecting vessels
- thinner than veins
- more internal valves
- anastomose more frequently
- collecting vessels in the skin travel with superficial veins
- deep collecting vessels travel with arteries
reticular cells
- lymphoid cells
- produce lymphoid tissues stoma (mattress) that support other cells in lymphoid organs
two types of lymphoid tissue
- diffuse lymphatic tissue
- lymphatic follicles
- house and provide a proliferation site for lymphocytes
diffuse lymphatic tissue
- found in every organ of the body
- made of loose reticular CT
- larger collections appear in mucous membranes (digestive tract) and lymphoid organs -> where illness can be caused
lymphatic follicles (nodules)
- solid, spherical bodies of tightly packed reticular elements and cells
- germinal center composed of dendritic and B cells (enlarge when B cells are dividing and producing plasma cells)
- may form part of larger lymphoid organs
- not T cells
- ONLY B CELLS
primary lymph organs
- where B and T cells mature
- B cells - red bone marrow
- T cells- Thymus
structure of a lymph node
- bean shaped
- external fibrous capsule
- nodes are divided into compartments
- two histologically distinct regions
- cortex- germinal centers, follicles
- cortex contains follicles with germinal centers (heavy with dividing B cells)
- medulla- macrophages
- medullary sinuses contain macrophages!
- t cells circulate continuously among the blood, lymph nodes, and lymphatic stream
- surrounded by a dense fibrous capsule with an internal framework, or stroma, of reticular fibers that supports the lymphocyte