Plasma
What is the main component in plasma?
Water
True or false: Another name for red blood cells is erythrocytes??
True
Where are red blood cells produced?
Red Bone Marrow
White blood cells are located in what component of the blood?
Formed elements
The three functions of the blood are:
What is protection, regulation, transportation
What are examples of solutes in the plasma?
electrolytes, gases, nutrients
True of false? there are more white blood cells than platelets in formed elements.
false; More platelets
How many oxygen can bind a hemoglobin protein?
4
White blood cells can destroy?
bacteria and viruses
The blood transports?
What is inhaled oxygen from the lungs to the cells of the body and carries carbon dioxide from the body cells to the lungs for exahalation.
Nutrients from the digestive canal to body cells and hormones from endocrine glands to cells throughout the body
Head and waste products to the lungs, and skin for elimination from the body
'what are proteins in plasma?
albumins, globulins, fibrinogen
Platelets release _________that allows for blood clotting.
Fibrin
Where in the hemoglobin does oxygen bind to?
The iron of the heme group
I am running a hight fever and want to test for infection. What type of blood test should I get?
CBC blood test?
The blood regulates:
Homeostasis in all body fluids
pH through buffers
adjustment of body temperature
What are globulins for?
immune function antibodies
What are the two types of stem cells in formed elements?
Myeloid and lymphoid
Immature red blood cells called ______________________ eject their ___________________, allowing the cells to carry more hemoglobin, the molecule that transports oxygen.
proerythroblast; nucleus
Give five examples of white blood cells?
neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils
The blood protects:
-forms blood clots after an injury
White blood cells for phagocytosis
antibodies
Where are proteins (globulins, fibrinogens) formed?
Liver cells or hepatocytes
The process by which formed elements of blood is called?
hemopoiesis
How do white blood cells get rid of debris?
Phagocytosis