Blood Composition
This part of the blood usually makes up 55% of the blood.
What is the plasma?
This is the type of tissue that blood falls under.
What is Connective Tissue?
This is the first step in stopping blood loss after a cut.
What is a Blood vessel spasm?
This is another name for a Red Blood Cell.
What is an Erythrocyte?
This component of blood responsible for transporting oxygen.
What is a Red Blood Cell?
Plasma is mostly made up of this abundant substance.
What is Water?
This is the second step in hemostasis and it is a sollection of platelets around the injury site.
What is a Platelet Plug Formation?
This ABO blood type is considered the Most RARE.
What is AB?
This is another name for the component of blood that is responsible for fighting infection?
What is a Leukocyte?
What are the 3 Plasma Proteins?
What are proteins present in blood plasma. Albumin, fibrinogen and globulins.
This is the most effective hemostatic process.
What is Blood Clotting?
This is used in order to determine the total composition of a persons blood.
What is a Centrifuge?
This is measured in three different levels. HDL, LDL, and triglycerides.
What are Lipoproteins?
This is a term that encompasses all blood clotting and clot formation.
What is Blood Coagulation?
Using RH and ABO blood typing, this type of blood is considered to be the Universal Recipient.
What is AB+?
This is the name for a red blood cell that is full of oxygen and is bright red.
What is oxyhemoglobin?
This includes ions of sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium and is found in the plasma.
What are Plasma Electrolytes?
This blood component releases seratonin in order to stimulate vasoconstriction and help maintain a blood vessel spasm.
What is a Platelet?
This is the process that occurs when type A blood is transfused into a person who has Type B blood.
What is Agglutination?