Red Blood cells
Red blood cells are shaped like what food?
What is a donut
What are immunoglobulins?
(antibodies) proteins produced by plasma attach bacteria/virus...they are not cells
Where is plasma located in our body?
What is in our blood?
what do platelets do for our body?
What is help the process of blood clotting
A reaction to poison ivy is an example of a(n):
A. delayed hypersensitivity reaction.
Red blood cells make up what percent of blood?
What is 40-45% of our total blood volume.
What are two types of white blood cells?
-Neutrophils
-Monocytes
-Lymphocytes
-Eosinophils
-Basophils
Plasma made of what components?
What is water, sugar, fat, protein, and salt
what role do platelets have in our blood system?
they help to close the wound
they assist in clotting by gathering at the site of the injury
A cancer that mainly affects the plasma cells in bone marrow is:
multiple myeloma.
What other name is used for red blood cells?
What is erythrocytes, or RBCs.
What is the function of the white blood cells.
What is fight off infections and diseases.
Plasma is 90% what chemical?
What is water?
The name of the disease where clotting factors are absent.
What is hemophilia?
A thrombolytic agent acts to:
Dissolves clots
combining form: ferr/o; ferr/i means:
iron
Where are white blood cells produced?
What is bone marrow?
Takes nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the parts of the body that need it.
plasma
What is the concern if someone has a higher then normal number of platelets?
What is greater risk of strokes and heart attacks
An antigen is:
B. any substance that stimulates an immune response.
What is the main functions of erythrocytes?
Carry oxygen
Leucocytes do what to any bacteria or viruses that enter the body?
What are attacks?
helps keep fluid in your bloodstream so it doesn't leak into other tissues. It is also carries various substances throughout your body, including hormones, vitamins, and enzymes
Albumin: a protein in plasma
What do platelets look like when they are in "active" mode?
What is an octopus, or a spider. They have threadlike tentacles that bind to the wound and form a clot.
A decrease in the amount of hemoglobin in the blood is:
anemia.