Type O...MG
What is the MAIN function of the RBC's?
To carry oxygen
What protein gives RBC's their color and allows them to carry oxygen?
Hemoglobin
What type of blood cells fight infection?
WBC's
What blood component helps your blood clot when you get a cut?
Platelets
What liquid part of blood carries nutrients, hormones, and waste?
Plasma
Where are blood cells made?
Red Bone Marrow
What is the universal donor blood type?
O-
What is the process of stopping bleeding called?
Hemostasis
Which WBC is most abundant?
Neutrophils
In a centrifuged sample of blood, this thin, middle layer contains white blood cells and platelets.
The Buffy Coat
What is the name of the protein that helps blood clot?
Fibrin
What antigen determines if someone is Rh+ or RH-?
D Antigen
When whole blood is centrifuged, what three layers form from top to bottom and what percentage do they make up?
Plasma- 55%
Buffy coat- <1%
Red Blood Cells- 45%
a foreign substance that can cause the body to produce an antibody
antigen
The test that gives an estimate of the ratio of RBC's to whole blood.
hematocrit
B Antigens and A Antibodies
What specific condition results from bone marrow failure leading to decreased production of all blood cell types (RBC WBC and Platelets)
Aplastic Anemia
A & B antigens and NO antibodies.
Which WBC produces antibodies to fight microbes?
B Lymphocytes
which white blood cell increases during a parasitic infection?
Eosinophils
Which plasma protein is the most abundant and is primarily responsible for maintaining osmotic pressure in the blood?
Albumin
What are the (5) different WBC's and their (2) categories
Neutrophils- Granulocyte
Eosinophils- Granulocyte
Basophils- Granulocyte
Lymphocytes- Agranulocyte
Monocytes- Agranulocytes
What is the rarest blood type in the world?
(we didn't learn this but if you watch grey's anatomy you might know :))
Rh-null
albumin, globulin, and fibrinogen
A condition that can be devolped if an Rh- mother produces antibodies against an RH+ fetus.