Blood Facts
Cell Types
Blood Types
Blood Contents
HODGE PODGE
100
What is the oxygen carrying protein called hemoglobin found on?
RED BLOOD CELLS
100
The scientific name for Red Blood Cell.
Erythrocyte
100
A marker, or protein, on the outside of a RBC that determines what type of blood a person has.
An antigen
100
55% of your blood is this.
Plasma
100
Who recycles the RBC's and where do they go?
Phagocytes, spleen
200
Type of blood cell that there are several types of.
white blood cells
200
The scientific name for ALL white blood cells.
Leukocytes (leucocytes)
200
The four types of blood.
A, B, AB or O
200
What percent of your blood plasma is water?
90%
200
What is most common blood cell?
what is the Red Blood Cells
300
What cell helps with clotting?
Platelets
300
The type of WBC that destroys old cells and bacteria (or any foreign invader).
Phagocytes
300
If you have NO Rhesus marker on the outside of your RBC, are you + or - blood type?
Negative (-)
300
What are two main functions of the blood?
Transportation – carries oxygen, nutrients, waste ( urea) hormones Regulation – of pH, body temperature, water content Protection – blood clots & against disease
300
The condition where one doesn't have enough iron so you have a low RBC count. As a result, you may be tired and pale.
Anemia
400
What is the lifespan of a red blood cell?
120 days
400
Cells that have the ability to become any kind of cell.
stem cell
400
The blood type that is considered the UNIVERSAL DONOR
O
400
What makes up the 45% of your blood? Explain.
The cells. RBC WBC Platelets
400
The protein on the RBC that carried the oxygen.
Hemoglobin
500
What is the part of the blood responsible for carrying nutrients, proteins and hormones throughout the body?
Plasma
500
Where blood cells are created
Red Bone marrow
500
The blood type that is considered the UNIVERSAL RECIPIENT.
AB
500
If you have type AB blood, what anti-bodies are carried in your plasma?
NONE. Anti- A or Anti-B would both clot your blood because it would agglutinate with the A and B antigens on your RBC's.
500
The direction arteries carry blood AND what kind of blood do they carry? (oxygenated or deoxygenated)
AWAY from the heart. Oxygenated.
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