week 10 Flashcards
Where does haemopoeisis occur in the embryo 2
yolk sac
liver
where does haemopoeisis occur in the foetus
liver
spleen
where does haemopoeisis occur in a developed feotus
bone marrow
where does haemopoesis occur in an adult 5
bone marrow of skull ribs and sternum
tibula and femur
what type of cell is the haematopoetic stem cell (multipotent., pleuripotent, unipotent)?
Pleuripotent
why is a HSC pluripotent 3
self renewing
ability to make any blood cell
can also make non haematopoetic stem cells
what does cytosis or philia mean
over production
what does penia mean
underproduction
what do colony stimulating factors stimulate
they stimulate different stafes of haematpetic stem cell differentiation
what are the colony stimulating factors 3
M-CSF
GM-CSF
G-CSF
what does M-CSF do
HSC into monocytes and macrophages
what does GM-CSF do
HSC into granulocytes and macrophages
what does G-CSF do
stimulates neutrophil release from the bone marrow
what does thrombopoeitin do
increase the production and maturation of platelets from megakaryocytes
structure of red blood cells
biconcave disc
lack of nucleus
where does haem synthesis begin
in the mitochondria
process of haem synthesis 3
amino acids converted into immediates known as porforins
porforins and iron bound together = produces haem
haem bound with haemoglobin protein chains
structure of haemoglobin
4 protein chains; two alpha and two beta
haemoglobin F 2
foetal haemoglobin dominant till birth
contains alpha and gamma chains
what has a higher affinity for oxygen Haemoglobin F or Haemoglobin A
Haemoglobin F
What happens morphologically to erythroblasts as they mature 4
cell size and nucleus decreases
cytoplasmic ratio increases
cytoplasmic staining changes from blue to pink
nucleus eventually disappears
where is erythropoetin released from
by the JG cells of the juxtamedullary apparatus in the kidneys
EPO production and stimulation of erythrocyte production
oxygen assessed at kidneys
if insufficient EPO released
stimulates the bone marrow
increases RBCs
increases haemoglobin oxygen
detected by kidneys
stop releasing EPO
where is the spleen located
left upper hypochondriac abodominal quadrant beneath ribs 9-11