Blood Components
This is the main oxygen-carrying protein found in red blood cells
What is Hemoglobin?
The yellowish fluid that is about 90% water and makes up majority of blood volume
What is Plasma?
The specialized shape of RBC.
What is Biconcave?
These small, cell-like fragments are the first to arrive at a site of injury and form a temporary plug
What are platelets (or thrombocytes)?
This is the most common blood disorder, characterized by a lack of normal red blood cells or hemoglobin
What is Anemia?
These large, irregularly shaped cell fragments are responsible for initiating blood clotting
What are Platelets or Thrombocytes?
The smallest of the plasma proteins. Albumins are important for pulling water into the bloodstream to help maintain blood pressure.
What is Albumin?
This WBC is the most numerous and is often the first responder to bacterial infection.
What are Neutrophils?
The series of enzyme activations that stabilizes the platelet plug by generating a mesh of fibrin.
What is coagulation?
A bleeding disorder, often inherited, where blood does not clot properly.
What is hemophilia?
These are the only complete cells in blood, containing a nucleus and fighting off pathogens
Plasma proteins that transport lipids and some vitamins; some are antibodies that defend the body from pathogens.
What are Globulins?
This agranulocyte has a large, spherical nucleus that takes up most of the cell's space. Also called T-cell and B-cell
What are Lymphocytes?
This is the immediate, temporary response of a blood vessel to an injury.
What is vascular spasm?
A genetic disorder that affects hemoglobin and causes red blood cells to be crescent-shaped.
What is sickle cell disease?
This is the percentage of blood volume occupied by RBC, often measured to diagnose conditions like Anemia
What is Hematocrit?
The liquid portion of blood (plasma) when all of the clotting factors have been removed.
What is Serum?
The three main types of granulocytes are neutrophils, basophils, and these cells.
What are Eosinophils?
Physiological process that stops bleeding after an injury.
What is Hemostasis
This is the most common type of Anemia.
What is iron-deficiency anemia?
This yellowish-white layer is found between the plasma and red blood cells after blood is centrifuged and is rich in white blood cells
What is the Buffy Coat
A protein found in plasma that is important for blood clotting
What is Fibrinogen?
This category of WBCs is named for the absence of visible cytoplasmic granules under a light microscope
What are Agranulocytes
The process of breaking down and removing a blood clot once the vessel has healed.
What is fibrinolysis?
This type of cancer involves the bone marrow producing an abnormal amount of white blood cells
What is leukemia?