Blood
What is the main function of RBCs
Take up oxygen in the lungs and deliever it to cells of body for cellular respiration.
where are white blood cells produced?
Bone Marrow
What is the function of a platelet?
Platelets help form blood clots that stop you from bleeding
What are the different blood groups?
A, B, AB, and O
What is the medical term for red blood cells?
Erythrocytes
where are red blood cells produced?
Bone Marrow
what is the main function of a white blood cell?
Find and destroy disease causing organisms: they are the bodies defense!
What is the medical term of a blood clot that may have traveled into the lungs?
Pulmonary embolism
What determines blood types?
Proteins known as marker molecules..If you have blood type A then you have the A marker. AB has both the A and B markers
why do red blood cells have "pinched" shapes in the middle?
This allows them to be flexible enough to fit through capillaries-only 1 can pass through at a time
Which is larger: a red blood cell or a white blood cell?
White blood cell
What is a scab?
A dried blood clot that forms on the surface of the skin
Which blood type can recieve A, B, AB, or O in a blood transfusion?
AB...(which is also the rarest blood type!)
What is blood mostly composed (made up of) of? What is the percentage?
plasma: 60%
Why can't red blood cells reproduce or repair themselves?
They don't have a nucleus: They only live about 120 days but the bone marrow produce 2 million every second to replace the ones that die
What are 2 differences between a red and white blood cell?
1. white blood cells are bigger 2. white blood cells have a nucleus 3. there are fewer white blood cells compared to red blood cells 4. white blood cells live shorter
What is the name of the disorder that cannot clot blood?
Hemophilia
Everyone can receive which type of blood / the universal donor blood?
O-
What color is plasma and why?
Yellow...protein molecules that regulate amount of water in blood, 2nd that produced by white blood cells, 3rd that interact with platelets to form blood clots
What is the function of hemoglobin in a red blood cell?
Most of a red blood cell is made up of this iron-containing protein that combines with oxygen-hemoglobin picks up oxygen from the lungs and becomes bright red
What is the name of the blood condition that has an increased number of white blood cells?
Leukemia
What is the name of the "tiny net" that is formed across a cut in a blood vessel?
Fibrin
What happens (explain) if you receive the wrong type of blood?
You plasma recognizes the new blood type as "foreign" because it has the wrong marker. It then causes foreign blood cells to clump together which then can cause blood clots in the capillaries and .....DEATH!