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| What are the three major functions of blood? |
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| Distribution , Protection, and Regulation |
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| Distribution of blood includes: |
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Supplies O2 from lungs to cells
Supplies nutrients from GI tract to cells
Transports Metabolic Wastes from cells
Transport Hormones to target tissue/organs |
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| Regulation of blood includes: |
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Body temp.
pH of body fluids
blood volume to support efficient circulation |
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| Protection of blood includes: |
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Prevents blood loss
Prevents infection through the activity of white blood cells |
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| What are the chemical characteristics of blood? |
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| pH is 7.35-7.45(maintained by buffers) |
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| What are the physical characteristics of blood? |
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| Viscosity , Color, Osmolarity |
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| Viscosity is determined by? |
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| Red blood cells and albumins. |
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| The color of blood is determined by ? |
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| Two major components of blood are: |
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| Plasma and formed elements |
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| The liquid part of blood (55%) |
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| cells and cell fragments (45%) |
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| Name the three plasma proteins |
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| Albumin, Globulins, and Fibrinogen |
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| antibodies, transport (34%) |
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| How many Erythrocytes (RBC) are in your blood stream? |
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| Is a RBC a true cell, why or why not? |
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| gas transport (O2 and CO2) |
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| Why do males have more RBC's than females? |
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| More Testosterone, Women have menstrual cycles , men have more muscle mass |
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| Four major changes erythrocytes undergo during erythropoiesis |
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Loses nucleus
Increases in number
produces hemoglobin
decreases in size |
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| A young red blood cell with a well developed ER and ribosomes that produce hemoglobin |
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| How long does it take make a new RBC? |
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| When is erythropoiesis produced? |
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| When there is a lack of oxygen |
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| What organs secrete erythropoietin (EPO)? |
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| What is Hemoglobin A (HbA) |
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| when one or more molecules if O2 are bound to a heme group |
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| when hemoglobin loses some of the oxygen bound to it |
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| When carbon dioxide binds to amino groups of Hb |
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| percent of formed elements in blood, primarily RBC (45%) |
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| high count of RBC. Can be caused by cancer of red bone marrow, dehydration, emphysema,high altitude, or physical conditioning, or by blood doping |
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| low-oxygen- carrying ability of blood. Can be caused by low count of RBC's, low hemoglobin content or abnormal hemoglobin. Symptoms include: fatigue, paleness, and shortness of breathe |
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| Are Leucocytes (WBC) true cells, why or why not? |
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| What is the lifespan of WBC? |
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| hours-years (varies upon type) |
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| What is the function of WBC? |
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| Defense against pathogens |
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| What are the five types of WBC? |
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Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils
Lymphocytes
Monocytes |
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| increase in bacterial infecions |
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| Increase in parasitic infections and allergies |
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| Increase in diverse infections and immune responses |
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| increase in chronic infection |
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Neurophils
Eosinophils
Basophils |
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| Order of abundance (leucocytes). |
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| Never Let Monkeys Eat Bananas |
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| High WBC count in infections, allergies and parasites |
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| high WBC count caused by cancer of hemopoietic tissue/ bone marrow |
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| low WBC count caused by either poisoning, infectious disease or drugs |
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| How many thrombocytes are in the blood stream? |
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| Is it a true cell why or why not? |
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| No because it is a fragment of a megakaryocyte |
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