Blood Facts
Where is hemoglobin found
inside erythrocytes
Another name for the things that float around in your blood
Formed Elements
What is hematocrit?
% of erythrocytes in blood
What is the purpose of granules in granulocytes of all kinds
To secrete a substance the body needs to fight invaders of all kinds
What is he term for the body's process for stopping bleeding?
Hemostasis
What percent of your blood plasma is water?
90%
What is the most common blood cell?
RBC
Which leukocyte triggers an immune response by secreting heparin and histamine?
Basophils
What element in the blood helps with blood clotting?
Platelets
The granulated type of WBC that destroys old cells and bacteria or viruses (or any foreign invader by engulfing them and "breaking them down"--without discerning what the invader actually is.
If you spin down blood and it separates, what are the elements in the "buffy coat"
Leukocytes and platelets
Whict type of granulocytic leukocyte secretes enzimes to fight bacteria and parasites?
Eosinophils
Explain how iron is important to hemoglobin and the function of erythrocytes
Four iron binding sites, and oxygen binds to the iron in hemoglobin.
What type of Leukocyte is is a phagocyte but has a job of directly "feeding" the memory of T B and NK cells?
Lymphocytes
Describe erythrocytes ....what makes them different than other cells
Anucleate
Biconcave discs
Very few organelles
The 2 major groups of WBCs
granulocytes & agranulocytes
What is the difference between the innate immune system and the adaptive immune system?
Innate, what you are born with to fight infection, and Adaptive, immunity develops when the body makes antibodies to fight things you are exposed to over time.
This is the liquid part of blood, and does not include formed elements
Plasma
Name the 5 types of white blood cells by NAME, (not if they have granules or not)
neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes.
What is the proper name for platelets--and why are they called platelets
Thrombocytes--because when they are not active they look like little dinner plates.
Bleeding disorders can result from the lack of ________.
Vitamin K
Which type of immunity is designed to take on the fight against specific threats in the body--and is also the type of immunity that occurs after recieving vaccinations?
Adaptive immunity