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- RBCs/erythrocytes
- Platelets
- WBCs/Leukocytes
- Plasma |
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| - volume of packed RBCs per unit volume of whole blood |
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| - layer of leukocytes and platelets |
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- liquid obtained when whole blood is centrifuged in the presence of anticoagulants (heparin)
- no cells
- protein |
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- plasma without fibrinogen
- obtained by collecting blood and allowing it to clot
- no cells/blood clotting proteins |
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- biconcave shape
- main function is O2 and CO2 transport and exchange btwn tissues |
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| - provide high surface area to volume ratio in RBCs |
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- shape maintained by cytoskeleton
- deformable
- able to squeeze through gaps in endothelial cells
- live <4 months
- removed by spleen, liver and bone marrow |
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| - most active site for removal of aged RBCs |
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- non-nucleated
- "formed elements"
- derived from megakaryocyte
- circulate 7-14 days in blood
- function in hemostasis |
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| - form platelets/thrombocytes |
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- true cell contain organelles and nucleus
- produced in red bone marrow
- travel in blood, but can migrate to CT |
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- neutrophil
- eosinophil
- basophil
- lymphocyte
- monocyte |
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- neutrophils
- lymphocytes
- monocytes
- eosinophils
- basophils |
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| - leukocytes from most to least |
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- agranulocytes
- 2nd most abundant
- t-cells and b-cells |
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| - become plasma cells that function in CT/synthesize abys |
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- function in cell mediated IR detsroying foreign/infected cells
- do not make abys |
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- agranulocyte
- largest WBC
- differentiate into macrophages in CT
- remove foreign particles |
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- granulocyte
- aka PMN
- most numerous WBC in normal blood
- migrates to areas of tissue damage and phagocytose bacteria/debris/dead cells |
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PolyMorphoNuclear neutrophilic leukocytes
aka Neutrophils |
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- granulocyte
- increases in number if combating allergen, parasitic infection, chronic inflammation, and bronchial asthma |
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| Conditions leading to increased eosinophil count |
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| - allergen, parasitic infection, chronic inflammation, and bronchial asthma |
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- least common WBC
- granulocytes
- function similar to mast cell
- granules contain molecules affecting allergen response |
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| - contain histamine and heparin |
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- hydrophilic vasoactive amine
- increases permability of small bv causing edema and itching
- increases mucous production and smooth muscle contraction in lung |
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