Blood Functions
What is one of the regulatory functions of the blood?
Maintain adequate fluid volume, pH in body tissues and appropriate body temperature
What are the two main components of blood?
Plasma and Formed Elements
Name the three granulocytes?
Neutrophils, Eosinophil and Basophil
What hormone is responsible for stimulating erythrocyte production?
EPO
What cell do all leukocytes start off as?
Hemocytoblast
What is two ways blood protects?
Prevents blood loss through clotting and preventing infection through antibodies and leukocytes
What is the main component of plasma?
Water
Which of the leukocytes are the most numerous and contain lysosomes and defensins which which destroy bacteria?
Neutrophils
Where are red blood cells made?
Red bone marrow
What leukocytes are formed from myeloid stem cells?
Eosinophils, Basophils, Neutrophils, Monocytes
Name three things that the blood transports?
O2, CO2, Hormones, Wastes, Nutrients
What are the three components of plasma?
Water, Other Solutes and Proteins
Which leukocytes has two connected lobes, large red granules present filled with digestive enzymes, but cant digest bacteria and are found in abundance in the linings of the respiratory and digestive tracts?
Eosinophils
What kind of anemia is found in older people due to a lack of B12?
Pernicious Anemia
What cells are made from lymphoid stem cells?
Lymphocytes
How much blood is typically in a female?
4-5 litres
Of all the formed elements in blood which are the most abundant?
Erythrocytes
Which leukocyte produces antibodies?
B Lymphocytes
EPO release is stimulated by what?
Reduced numbers of red blood cells due to bleeding or excessive RBC destruction, insufficient hemoglobin per RBC and low oxygen levels.
What comes after promyelocytes in the formation of basophils?
Basophilic Myelocyte
What specific component of a red blood cell is responsible for carrying oxygen?
Hemoglobin
What is the pH blood?
7.35-7.45
Leukopoiesis is stimulated by what factors?
Colony stimulating factors and interleukins
What organ releases erythropoietin?
Kidneys
What comes after a myeloid stem cell in creating a monocyte?
Monoblast