Red Blood Cells
what is flexible?
Another name for WBC
What is leukocyte?
Red pigment that gives blood its color
What is hemoglobin?
Main component of plasma
What is water?
Another name for platelets
What are thrombocytes?
RBC's have
The fewest of WBC: .5% - 1% WBC count
What is basophil?
One hemoglobin can bind with
What are 4 molecules of oxygen?
Plasma without the clotting proteins
What is serum?
Immature RBC as well as WBC and platelet producing cells arise from
What are pluripotent stem ccells?
RBC cannot
replicate
2% - 5% of circulating WBC
What is eosinophil?
Globin is made of
What is Heme?
The main protein in plasma
What is albumin
A rough spot inside a blood vessel makes platelets become
What is sticky?
RBC's affected by sickle cell disease are
what is overly stiff?
Most abundant WBC making up 60% - 70% in circulation
What is neutrophil?
Heme contains
What is iron?
Property of blood determined by the combination of plasma and blood cells
A mass of platelets that forms a temporary seal on a vessel wall
What is a platelet plug?
Each RBC contains
what are millions of hemoglobin molecules?
The smallest WBC
What are lymphocytes?
When hemoglobin is saturated with oxygen it is called
What is oxyhemoglobin?
Plasma carries