Components of Blood
The common names for leukocytes and thrombocytes
What are white blood cells and platelets?
This type of cell isn't considered a true cell because it is a cell fragment
What is a thrombocyte (platelet)?
The cell whose primary job is to maintain hemostasis
What are platelets (thrombocytes)?
The type of cell that determines blood type
What is erythrocyte (RBC)?
In this tissue, oxygen is removed from the blood and carbon dioxide is added to the blood.
What is body tissue?
The cell type that carries oxygen
What is erythrocyte (RBC)?
2 main classifications of leukocytes
What are agranulocytes and granulocytes
The process of maintaining stable blood volume and pressure ("stop the bleeding" of a damaged vessel)
What is hemostasis?
The proteins found on the surface of the cell that determine blood type
What are antigens?
The term for the wall of cardiac tissue that separates the sides of the heart
What is septum?
The liquid matrix of the blood
What is plasma
Primary role is to fight infection
What are leukocytes (WBC)?
The type of cell forms the clot with fibrinogen fibers in the coagulation stage
What are erythrocytes (RBC)?
The immune factors that attack foreign antigens
What are antibodies?
The general term for vasculature that carries blood to the heart vs. away from the heart
What are veins carry blood to the heart whereas arteries carry blood away from the heart?
The name for the percentage of RBC in the blood
What is the hematocrit?
This molecule is required to bind oxygen
What is hemoglobin?
In the coagulation stage of hemostasis, the protein that forms the meshwork and pulls the blood vessel back together
What is fibrinogen (composed of fibrin)?
A person with AB+ would have these antigens and these antibodies
What are antigens A, B, and Rh factor and no antibodies present?
The upper loop and its definition (components)
The lower loop and its definition (components)
What is pulmonary circuit: the flow of blood between the heart an lungs?
What is systemic circuit: the flow of blood between the heart and body?
The percentages of each blood type
What is 55% plasma, <1% thrombocytes and leukocytes (buffy coat), and 45% erythrocytes?
The 5 types of leukocytes from most common to least common
What are neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils?
The 3 general steps for hemostasis
A person with O- blood could donate to these blood types whereas someone with A+ blood could donate to these.
What are O- could donate to all blood types (O+, O-, AB+, AB-, A+, A-, B+, B-) whereas an A+ type could only donate to A+ and AB+?
What is left atrium and bicuspid (mitral) valve to enter the left ventricle?