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Physical Characteristics
Blood Plasma
Types of blood cells
Blood Disorders
Other
100
How many times thicker is blood than water?
5x
100
About what percent of blood plasma is made up of water?
90%
100
What are erythrocytes?
Red blood cells
100
What do injured tissues release?
Thromboplastin
100
Blood usually clots within about how many minutes?
3-6 minutes
200
What type of tissue is blood classified as?
connective
200
Name one dissolved substance that is in blood plasma.
Nutrients, salt, respiratory gases, hormones, proteins, waste products.
200
Monocytes are the largest of which blood cells?
White
200
What blood disorder is hereditary and normal clotting factors are missing?
Hemophilia
200
What plasma antibodies does type A blood have?
B antibodies
300
What color would oxygen-rich blood be?
Scarlet red
300
What does albumin do?
regulates osmotic pressure
300
What do you call cell fragments?
Platelets
300
About what percent of blood loss could cause shock, which could be fatal?
30%
300
Which type of blood lacks type A and B antigens?
Type O
400
What color would oxygen-poor blood be?
Dull red
400
What type of proteins help to stem blood loss when a blood vessel is injured?
Clotting proteins
400
What are leukocytes?
White blood cells
400
What condition do you have if your blood has a lower than normal number of red blood cells?
Anemia
400
What is a foreign protein that may be attacked by the immune system?
Antigen
500
About how many liters of blood are in the average human body?
5-6 liters
500
What helps protect the body from antigens?
Antibodies
500
What do anchored platelets release?
Serotonin
500
What do you call a thrombus that breaks away and floats freely in the blood stream?
Embolus
500
About how many common red blood cell antigens are there?
30