Erythrocytes contain the enzyme - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔carbonic anhydrase
carbonic anhydrase catalyzes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the conversion of metabolically
produced C)2 and water into carbonic acid
fixed phagocytic macrophages - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔remove most old erythrocytes from
circulation
Location of fixed phagocytic macrophages - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔narrow capillaries of the
spleen
Undifferentiated cells called pluripotent stem cells reside - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔in the
bone marrow
pluripotent stem cells - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔continuously divide and develop myeloid
stem cells and lymphoid stem cells to give rise to each of the types of blood cells
emigration or diapedesis - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The process of leukocytes squeezing
through the capillary endothelium to exit the vasculature
agglutinins - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔genetically-determined glycoprotein and glycolipid
antigens found on the surface of an erythrocyte
ESV - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔volume of blood in the ventricle after ejection has been
completed
Increase in ESV when - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔stroke volume is decreased
,Three cations with important effect on heart function - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔K+, Ca2+,
and Na+
Increased blood levels of NA+ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔blocks Ca2+ inflow and decreases
force of contraction
Excess in K+ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔blocks generation of action potentials
pharynx - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔serves as a sound resonating chamber, contains tonsils,
directs air flow inferiorly
larynx - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔passes air form pharynx into windpipe, site of sound
production
paranasal sinuses - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔resonates sound, not part of the pharynx
fauces - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔opening from oral cavity into pharynx
tertiary bronchus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔carries air to a segment of a lung
terminal bronchiole - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔carries air directly into a respiratory bronchiole
pleural membranes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔surround the lungs
surfactant - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔reduces surface tension at sites of gas exchange
alveoli - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔actual sites of gas exchange
,costal breathing - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔shallow breathing using just the external
intercostal muscles
compliance - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔amount of effort required to expand the lungs and chest
wall
inspiratory capacity - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔tidal volume + inspiratory reserve volume,
usually about 3600 mL in males
vital capacity - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔tidal volume + inspiratory reserve volume +
expiratory reserve volume; usually about 4800 mL in males
functional residual capacity - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔residual volume + expiratory reserve
volume; usually about 2400 mL in males
Henry's law - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔states that the amount of gas that will dissolve in a
liquid is proportional to the partial pressure of that gas and its solubility
pons - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔includes the pontine respiratory group
Blood is - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a connective tissue that consists of blood plasma (liquid)
plus formed elements (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets)
, Whole blood - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔blood plasma and formed elements
Blood plasma - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔proteins, water, other solutes
Average lifespan of an erythrocyte - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔120 days
Rate of RBC formation by red blood cells - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔equals the rate of RBC
destruction by macrophages
Emigration or diapedesis is - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the process by which phagocytic cells
leave blood vessels
WBCs use to destroy pathogens - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔lysozyme, defensins, and certain
anions
Neutrophils - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔are usually the first and most numerous responders to
an infection
Macrophages - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔react more slowly to an infection than neutrophils do
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