Blood Facts
The oxygen carrying protein called hemoglobin found on these.
What is RED BLOOD CELLS ?
This organ is responsible for moving blood around the body
Heart
What is a clot in an unbroken blood vessel
Thrombus
What is the medical terminology for red , white, and platelets
what are the erythrocytes,leukocytes, and thrombocyte
The common types of blood
A, B, AB, O
What is the blood cell that there are more than one of ?
White blood cell
This organ is responsible for gas exchange in blood
Lungs
Proteins that help to stem blood loss when blood vessels are injured
Clotting proteins
what is the only part of the blood not included in what is known as the formed elements?
what is the plasma
Blood is typed using these agents which cause the blood to clump
antibodies
What is the cell that has no nucleus and is removed from the spleen and the liver by the macrophages?
Platelet
This organ is the site of blood cell formation in adults
Bones
Iron-containing protein
Hemoglobin
What are three main functions of the blood?
Transportation – carries oxygen, nutrients, waste ( urea) hormones Regulation – of pH, body temperature, water content Protection – blood clots & against disease
This blood type exists when their is a lack of both the A and B type antigen
O
What is the lifespan of a red blood cell????
120 days
This organ produces most erythropoietin as a response to reduced oxygen levels in the blood
Kidneys
A protein made by the liver that regulates osmotic pressure
Albumin
What is the formed elements referring to?
what is the parts of the blood , Erythrocytes (red blood cells) the leukocytes (white blood cells) and platelets(thrombocytes)
If blood shows the presence of one of eight Rh antigens, it is known as
Rh Positive
What is the part of the blood responsible for carrying nutrients, proteins and hormones throughout the body?
Plasma
This organ is where most plasma proteins like albumin and antibodies are made
Liver
The only fluid tissue in the human body
blood
When clotting occurs with the B sample but not the A sample or the Rh sample, the patient has a blood type of
B-