Practical #1 Flashcards
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Erythrocytes appearance
non-nucleated cells shaped like biconcave disks
What is the function of erythrocytes?
transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues, and some carbon dioxide from
the tissues to the lungs
Plasma makes up what percentage of blood?
about 55% of the blood
Composition of plasma
- about 91.5% water the
- remaining portion is composed of proteins and solutes, which include gases and electrolytes
What are the granulocytes?
- neutrophils
- basophils
- eosinophils
What are the agranulocytes?
- lymphocytes
- monocytes
Neutrophils apperance
- has multiple deeply staining lobes
- cytoplasm is pale with fine granules
Neutrophils function
destroy bacteria
Eosinophils appearance
- two darkly stained lobes connected by thin strand
- large granules that stain red-orange
Eosinophils function
Phagocytize antibody-antigen complexes and
attack parasitic worms
Basophils appearance
- two difficult to see lobes
- dense blue stained granules
Basophils function
Aid in inflammation by releasing histamines
Lymphocytes appearance
- round oval nucleus that fills cytoplasm
- dark blue to purple nucleus
- light blue cytoplasm
Lymphocytes function
Involved in specific disease resistance and
includes B-cells; T-cells; and natural killer
cells
Monocytes appearance
- kidney-bean or horse shoe shaped nucleus
- darkly staining nucleus
- abundant pale blue cytoplasm
Monocytes function
Develop into phagocytic macrophages
Blood type A
Antigen: A
Anti-body: anti-B
Donate to: A, AB
Receive from: A,O
Blood type B
Antigen: B
Anti-body: anti-A
Donate to: B, AB
Receive from: B,O
Blood type AB
Antigen: A&B
Anti-body: none
Donate to: AB
Receive from: All
Blood type O
Antigen: none
Anti-body: anti-A &anti-B
Donate to: All
Receive from: O
Rh+
Antigen: Rh
Anti-body: none
Receive from: Rh+, Rh-
Rh-
Antigen: none
Anti-body: Rh
Receive from: Rh-
Sphygmomanometer
an instrument for measuring blood pressure
How to calculates pulse pressure?
systolic pressure - diastolic pressure