Blood Basics
The fluid portion of blood, composed mostly of water.
What is plasma?
White blood cells that fight infection by phagocytosis.
What are neutrophils?
The body’s process for stopping blood loss.
What is hemostasis?
The universal donor blood type.
What is type O?
The phase of the cardiac cycle when ventricles relax.
What is diastole?
The cells and cell fragments of blood produced by bone marrow.
What are the formed elements of blood?
Leukocytes that release histamine and heparin.
What are basophils?
The first stage of hemostasis involving narrowing of blood vessels.
What is vasoconstriction?
The universal recipient blood type.
What is type AB⁺?
One complete round of systole and diastole.
hat is the cardiac cycle?
The blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen.
What are erythrocytes?
Anti-inflammatory leukocytes involved in parasite defense.
What are eosinophils?
The plug formed during platelet plug formation.
What is a thrombus?
The antigen whose presence makes someone Rh-positive.
What is the Rh antigen?
The smallest arteries that still contain all three tunics.
What are arterioles?
Cell fragments that help prevent blood loss.
What are platelets?
Leukocytes responsible for producing antibodies.
What are lymphocytes?
The protein produced in stage three of coagulation.
What is fibrin?
The type of pressure measured during ventricular contraction.
What is systolic pressure?
The circulation between the heart and lungs.
What is pulmonary circulation?
The process by which the body produces blood cells.
What is hemopoiesis?
The movement of white blood cells toward chemical signals.
What is chemotaxis?
Proteins in plasma that are especially important in stage one of coagulation.
What are coagulation factors?
The type of blood vessel with the lowest blood pressure.
What are veins?
The heart’s natural pacemaker.
What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?