Red Blood Cells - Hematology

Question 1

What are the 3 type of functions?

Answer 1

Transport, regulation and protection

Question 2

What does blood transport?

Answer 2

Oxygen, CO2, wastes, and hormones

Question 3

What does blood regulate?

Answer 3

Body temp, maintaining pH and maintaining blood volume

Question 4

What does blood protect?

Answer 4

Clotting and immune (white blood cells)

Question 5

What is blood’s characteristics?

Answer 5

Temperature, pH and plasma

Question 6

What is blood’s temperature?

Answer 6

38 degrees celcius

Question 7

Blood is composed of __ types of white blood cells

Answer 7

5

Question 7

What is blood’s pH?

Answer 7

7.35-7.45

Question 8

Plasma is composed of:

Answer 8

Electrolytes, mostly water, ion, organic molecules, respiratory gases

Question 8

What is the average amount of blood an adult has?

Answer 8

5-6 L

Question 9

Plasma is ___% water

Answer 9

90

Question 9

Which protein is the most abundent?

Answer 9

Albumins

Question 10

What are the organic molecules you need to know? (also what plasma consists of)

Answer 10

Proteins (albumins), glucose, lipids and amino acids

Question 11

What does an erythrocyte do?

Answer 11

A red blood cell that carries oxygen from the lungs and deliver it throughout our body

Question 12

Females have ____ million/mm3 erythrocytes

Answer 12

4.5

Question 13

Males have ____ million/mm3 erythrocytes

Answer 13

5.5

Question 14

what does an erythrocyte look like?

Answer 14

Biconcave

Question 15

What is a hemoglobin?

Answer 15

A protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body’s tissues and organs, and carries carbon dioxide back to the lungs

Question 16

GLobin=

Answer 16

Protein

Question 16

Hem=

Answer 16

Blood

Question 17

A red blood cell is ___ um in width

Answer 17

7.5

Question 18

What does erythropoiesis mean?

Answer 18

Formation of red blood cells

Question 19

All cells come from:

Answer 19

Hemocytoblasts

Question 19

A red blood cell is ___ um in height

Answer 19

2.5

Question 20

One drop of blood = ____ million hemoglobin cells

Answer 20

250

Question 21

What is the 1st step in the cell process? (committed cell)

Answer 21

Proerythroblast

Question 22

What is the baby blood cell called?

Answer 22

Reticulocyte

Question 23

How long is the cell creation process?

Answer 23

15 days

Question 24

How long is the cell creation process if you're anemic?

Answer 24

2-5 days

Question 25

What is erythropoietin?

Answer 25

A hormone secreted by the KIDNEYS that increases the rate of production of red blood cells in response to falling levels of oxygen in the tissues (hypoxia)

Question 26

What is hypoxia?

Answer 26

Decrease of oxygen in the tissue

Question 27

What is required for erythropoietin ?

Answer 27

Iron, B vitamins and intrinsic factors

Question 27

What are the 3 components of blood?

Answer 27

Plasma, buffy coat and erythrocytes

Question 28

What parts of iron store and transport?

Answer 28

Ferritin and transferrin

Question 29

How long does a red blood cell last?

Answer 29

120 days

Question 30

What is bilirubin?

Answer 30

A yellowish pigment that's produced when the body breaks down old or damaged red blood cells

Question 31

Where do RBC die?

Answer 31

Spleen

Question 32

8 blood disorders:

Answer 32

Hemorrhagic, hemolytic, aplastic, nutritional, perniscious, thalassemia, sickle cell and blood doping