Composition of The Blood
The Fluid Portion of the Blood
What is Plasma?
What are Erythrocytes?
Contain specific granules in cytoplasm that assist in cell function and are lobed
What are Granulocytes?
type of WBC; Include B and T; some live many years
What are Lymphocytes?
Which plasma protein transports molecules?
What are Albumins?
accounts for 55% of the total blood volume
What is Plasma?
Oxygen transporting protein, approximately 280 million in each RBC
What is Hemoglobin?
What are Agranulocytes?
Type of lymphocyte that are proteins produced when foreign materials are detected in the body
What are B-Lymphocytes?
plasma protein is involved in blood clotting
What is Fibrinogen?
Albumins, Globulins, and Fibrinogen are all ____
What are Plasma Proteins?
Hereditary condition, abnormal hemoglobin, fragile cells; rupture passing through capillaries, live approximately 90 days
What is Sickle Cell Disease?
What are Neutrophils?
Type of lymphocyte that target cancer and virus infected cells
What are Monocytes?
large bone marrow cells that break apart and the fragments enter the circulating blood
What are Megakaryocytes?
91% of the plasma is made up of ____
What is Water?
What are Leukocytes?
White blood cells with a bilobed nucleus and protect from parasitic worms
What are Eosinophils?
Which WBC type lives for less than two weeks?
What are Eosinophils?
What are monocytes called when they enter the connective tissue
What are Macrophages?
What are Globulins?
about 200 billion made per day; function in blood clotting
What are platelets?
What are Basophils?
Which WBC has large dark blue or purple granules
What are Basophils?
number of Erythrocytes per mm3 of blood?
What is 5,000,000?