Function
Hematology
What is the study of blood cells?
Biconcave disc
What is the morphology of a normal red blood cell?
An RBC count below normal
What is anemia?
Red blood cells have no nucleus
What is true?
Place in the body where old erythrocytes are destroyed
what are the spleen and liver?
the number of liters of blood contained by the human body
5
How many nuclei does a normal human RBC contain?
zero
An RBC count above normal
what is polysitemia?
Why are red blood cells biconcave?
To increase surface area
Where are RBCs made?
What is in the red bone marrow (spongy bone)
Blood transports this from the lungs to the tissues
o2
The reddish protein that fills RBCs
hemoglobin
Hematocrit is a ratio of ______ over _____
what is Volume of RBCs, Volume of whole blood
The smallest blood cells in the body
what are red blood cells?
Hereditary spherocytosis is a red cell membrane disorder (T/F)
What is true?
Blood clears tissues of this
Co2
6-8 microns
What is the diameter of a normal RBC?
a normal hematocrit is about ______%
what is 45%
What are red blood cells filled with that carry oxygen throughout the body?
What is hemoglobin?
Condition in which too many red blood cells are produced and requires therapeutic phlebotomy
what is polycythemia
The liquid portion of blood is called this
plasma
The center of an RBC will apear ______ compared to the rest of the cell
What is pale?
RBC are described using these 6 parameters...
What are shape, color, size, central pallor, contents, and function
Average lifespan of an erythroctye?
Any condition of red blood cells in which the blood's capacity for carrying oxygen is diminished
anemia