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| Blood's contribution to homeostasis |
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| Transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, hormones to and from body cells. |
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| What does blood regulate/protect |
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| PH, temperature, protection against disease by production of antibodies and phagocytosis |
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| Branch that studies blood, blood forming tissues, and associated disorders. |
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| Blood and interstitial fluid |
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| Fluids that obtain oxygen and nutrients, and eliminate carbon dioxide and other wastes |
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| liquid extracellular matrix, dissolves and suspends cells and cell fragments |
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| Physical characteristics of blood |
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PH 7.35-7.45
Temperature 38C (100.4F) |
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| Blood's volume and percentage of body weight |
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4-6 liters adults
8% body weight adult |
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55% Plasma
45% Formed elements |
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| % of total blood volume occupied by red blood cells |
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| 91.5% water, 8.5% solutes |
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Proteins (albumins, globulins, fibrinogen)
nutrients, vitamins, hormones, respiratory gases, electrolytes, and waste products |
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| Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets |
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| Formation of blood cells from hemopoietic stem cells in red bone marrow |
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| Form RBC's, platelets, granulocytes, monocytes. |
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| Hemopoietic growth factors |
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| Stimulate differentiation and proliferation of various blood cells. |
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| Biconcave discs that lack nuclei and contain hemoglobin. |
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| Function of hemoglobin in red blood cells |
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| Transport oxygen and some carbon dioxide. |
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Male 5.4 million/uL
Female 4.8 million/uL |
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| 1 microliter=1mm3=10(-6)liter |
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| Phagocytosis by macrophages, hemoglobin is recycled |
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Occurs in red bone marrow
Stimulated by hypoxia, which stimulates the release of erythropoietin by kidneys |
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| Test that indicates rate of erythropoiesis. |
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| Nucleated WBC's two types |
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Granulocytes: neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
Agranulocytes: lymphocytes and monocytes |
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| Function of WBC's, how it occurs |
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| Combat inflammation and infection. Neutrophils and macrophages(developed from monocytes) do through phagocytosis |
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Combat effects of histamine in allergic reactions
Phagocytize antigen-antibody complexes
Combat parasitic worms |
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| Liberate heparin, histamine, and serotonin allergic reactions that intensify the inflammatory response. |
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| B-lymphocytes response to antigens (foreign substances) |
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| Differentiate into plasma cells that produce antibodies, they attach to antigens and render them harmless |
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| Antigen-antibody response |
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| Combats infection and provides immunity. |
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| T-Lymphocytes in antibody-antigen reaction |
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| destroy foreign invaders directly |
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| NK cells in antibody-antigen response |
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| Attack infectious microbes and tumor cells |
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Disc shaped cell fragments that splinter from megakaryocytes.
Normal: 150,000-400,000 platelets/uL. |
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| Help stop blood loss from damaged blood vessels by forming platelet plug. |
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| Removal of red bone marrow as a source of stem cells from the iliac crest |
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| Stem cells from placenta are removed from umbilical cord, advantages over bone marrow transplants. |
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| Vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, blood clotting (coagulation). |
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| Smooth muscle of BV wall contracts and slows blood loss. |
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| Aggregation of platelets to stop bleeding. |
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| Insoluble protein fibers (fibrin) in which formed elements of blood are trapped. |
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| Chemicals involved in clotting |
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| 3 stages of blood clotting |
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1. Formation of prothrombinase
2. Conversion of prothrombin into thrombin
2. Conversion of soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin. |
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| Interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic pathways of blood clotting. |
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| Vitamin K, followed by retraction/tightening of clot, ultimately fribrinolysis/dissolution of the clot. |
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| Clotting in an unbroken blood vessel |
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| A thrombus that moves from its site of origin. |
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| Plasma minus clotting proteins |
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| Consolidation/tightening of fibrin clot that brings edges of damaged vessel together. |
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| Contain hemoglobin and function in gas transport |
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| Cell fragments enclosed by a piece of the cell membrane of megakaryocytes, contain clotting factors |
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| Individual forms of progenitor cells; named on the basis of the mature elements in blood they will ultimately produce |
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| WBC's showing a kidney shaped nucleus; capable of phagocytosis |
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| Monocytes that roam the tissues and gather at sites of infection and inflammation |
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| Occur as B cells, T cells, and NK cells |
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| Give rise to red blood cells, monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and platelets. |
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| Combat the effects of histamine and other mediators of inflammation in allergic reactions; also phagocytize antigen-antibody complexes |
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| Respond to tissue destruction by bacteria; release lysozyme, strong oxidants, and defensins |
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| Older several differently shaped nuclear lobes |
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| Released from red bone marrow, they develop into mature red blood cells |
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| Cells no longer capable of replenishing themselves; can only give rise to more specific formed elements of blood |
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| Hormone that stimulates the formation of platelets |
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| Monocytes that leave the blood and reside in a particular tissue such as alveolar macrophages in the lungs |
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| Involved in inflammatory and allergic reactions; are involved in hypersensitivity reactions. |
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| Stimulate white blood cell formation |
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| Cells that give rise to all the formed elements of blood; derived from mesenchyme |
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| Hormone that increases the number of red blood cell precursors |
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| Tissue protein that leaks into the blood from cells outside blood vessels and initiates the formation of prothrombinase |
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| Platelet-derived growth factor |
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| Platelet hormone that stimulates repair of damaged vessel walls. |
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| Its formation is initiated by either the extrinsic or intrinsic pathways, or both; catalyzes the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin |
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| Glycoproteins and glycolipids on the surfaces of red blood cells that can act as antigens |
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| Forms the threads of a clot; produced from fibrinogen |
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| Can dissolve a clot by digesting fibrin threads. |
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| Serves as catalyst to form fibrin; formed from prothrombin |
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| Percentage of total blood volume occupied by red blood cells |
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| The percentage of each type of WBC |
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| Measures WBC's, RBC's, platelets per "u" of blood; hematocrit and differential WBC count |
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| Measures the rate of erythropoiesis |
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dopamine norepinephrine serotonin |
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dendrite - cell body - axon - synapse - specific receptor - dendrite |
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dopamine norepinephrine serotonin |
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dendrite - cell body - axon - synapse - specific receptor - dendrite |
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