Blood Facts
Blood Contents
Vocabulary/ random?'s
100
what is the oxygen carrying protein called hemoglobin found on
what is RED BLOOD CELLS ?
100

These cells make up about 45% of blood composition

Red blood cells

100

What is the medical terminology for red, white, platelets and plasma?

what are the erythrocytes,leukocytes, thrombocyte, and plasma

200
what is the blood cell that there are more then one of ?
what is the white bloodcell
200

Both of these components together make up less than 1% of your total blood composition

What are white blood cells (leukocytes) and platelets (thrombocytes)

200
what is the only part of the blood not included in what is known as the formed elements?
what is the plasma
300
What is the cell that has no nucleus and is removed from the spleen and the liver by the macrophages?
What is the platelet?
300
What is the length of time frozen red blood cells can be saved/refrigerated, and why is it not done in large amounts?
10 years, because of the large costs in doing that , amount is limited.
300
What are three main functions of the blood?
Transportation – carries oxygen, nutrients, waste ( urea) hormones Regulation – of pH, body temperature, water content Protection – blood clots & against disease
400
What is the lifespan of a red bloodcell????
what is the Lifespan of 120 days
400
What is the process where leukocytes are seperated from the whole blood called?
Leukapheresis
400
What is the formed elements referring to?
what is the parts of the blood , Erythrocytes (red blood cells) the leukocytes (white blood cells) and platelets(thrombocytes)
500
What is the part of the blood responsible for carrying nutrients, proteins and hormones throughout the body?
what is the plasma
500
What is the process known as, where the blood is removed from a patient or donor , in an instrument that is made like a centrifuge.
what is Apheresis
500
What are the five main types of white blood cells
what are Basophils, eosinophil, lymphocytes either T cells or B cells, monocytes, and neutrophils