Formed Elements
This cell lacks organelles and a nucleus when mature
What are RBCs or Erythrocytes(Red blood cell)
Name the 3 functions of Blood
What are transport, regulation, and protection
The average body temperature in F and C
What is 98.6 F and 37.5 C
45% of blood is composed of this (use the general term)
What are formed elements
Antibodies are categorized as what type of plasma protein
Globulins
The formed elements which are found in the buffy coat?
What are Platelets and WBCs (leukocytes)
Controlling body temperature would be what type of blood function
What is Regulation
What is the range of blood pH and why is it important
7.35-7.45, proteins or enzymes do not denature (they don't lose their function)
Erythrocyte (RBCs), leukocytes (WBCs), and thrombocytes (platelets)
When a macrophage breaks down hemoglobin, what does Heme first breakdown into and what does globin break down into
Heme=Iron and bilivierdin
globin=amino acids
This type of cell is the most common of the leukocytes
What are Neutrophils
Neutrophils engulfing bacteria at site of a cut is what type of blood function
What is Protection
Blood is how much % of body weight
What is 8%
These 2 things make up about 99% of PLASMA
Water (92%) and Proteins (7%)
When Granulocytes are stained and viewed under a microscope, they look granular. Other then the stain, why does it look granular
full of lysosomes
When viewed under a microscope, this leukocyte has a large nucleus and small cytoplasm
What is a lymphocyte
Blood Transports what
Give 3 examples
transports oxygygen+Co2, nutrients (Na, K, Ca, glucose), waste, hormones...
An average person has how many liters of blood
Also
Tim weighs 220 lbs, how many lbs of blood does he have?
5 liters of blood and Tim has 17.6 lbs blood
Most common formed element in Blood
RBCs or erythrocytes
*2 questions 2 answers*
When in the circulatory system this formed element is called a basophil, but what is it called out of the cell. Also, are basophils common or not very common in a healthy person
Mast cell
Not very common
These leukocytes are capable of phagocytosis
What are Monocytes (Macrophages), Eosinophils, and Neutrophils
also known as MEN
Clotting and WBC protecting against infections...
Blood is how many times thicker than water
about 5x thicker
*2 questions and 2 answers*
Most common component of blood
Based of your answer of the most common component in blood, what is the least common component of it
Plasma (Most)
Dissolved molecules or Other solutes (AA, glucose, electrolytes, vitamins, dissolved gases) *Least*
Where does CO2 like to attach on a hemoglobin molecule
attaches to alpha and beta polypeptide (protein) chains
or
the Globin chains