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Blood Facts
Formed Elements
Blood Types & Misc.
Vocabulary/ random?'s
Blood Conditions
100

what is the iron-bearing protein that carries oxygen and gives blood its red color?

what is hemoglobin

100

Another name for red blood cells

what is erythrocytes

100

What blood type is the universal donor?

O negative

100

What is the ratio of RBCs to total blood volume?

what is hematocrit

100

What is the reduced ability to carry oxygen called?

what is anemia

200

what is the most numerous type of blood cell?

what is the red blood cell

200

Another name for platelets

what is thrombocytes

200

What blood type is the universal recipient?

AB positive

200
what is the only part of the blood not included in what is known as the formed elements?
what is the plasma
200

What is most common blood cell?

what is the Red Blood Cells

300

What is the cell that has no nucleus and is removed from the spleen and the liver by the macrophages (responsible for blood clotting)?

What is the platelet?

300

Another name for white blood cells

what is leukocytes

300

What are the proteins found on blood cells that determine blood type and can trigger an immune response?

what are antigens

300
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
300

What part of blood makes clotting possible?

what are platelets

400

What is the lifespan of a red blood cell????

what is the Lifespan of 100-120 days

400

What is the process of blood cell formation?

what is hematopoiesis

400

What does EPO stand for?

erythropoietin

400
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)
400

this type of anemia is inherited and causes an abnormal RBC shape

what is sickle cell anemia

500
What is the part of the blood responsible for carrying nutrients, proteins and hormones throughout the body?
what is the plasma
500

What is the process of blood clotting called?

what is hemostasis

500
the body produces erythropoietin where in the body?
what is the kidney
500
What are the five main types of white blood cells
what are Basophils, eosinophil, lymphocytes either T cells or B cells, monocytes, and neutrophils
500

A blood clot that breaks off and moves to another part of the body

what is an embolus