what is blood? - ✔️✔️a connective tissue composed of cellular elements suspended in an extensive fluid
matrix that circulated in the CV system
what is the function of albumins? - ✔️✔️major contributors to colloid osmotic pressure of plasma; carriers
for various substances
what is the function of globulins? - ✔️✔️clotting factors, enzymes, antibodies, carriers for various
substances
what is the function of fibrinogen? - ✔️✔️forms fibrin threads essential to blood clotting
what is the function of transferrin? - ✔️✔️iron transport
What is hematocrit? - ✔️✔️is the fraction of the total column occupied by RBC's
what is the buffy coat? - ✔️✔️is WBC's and platelets
what is plasma? - ✔️✔️- the fluid part of the blood
- pale white solution of electrolytes, plasma proteins, carbohydrates and lipids
what is the hematopoiesis? - ✔️✔️production of blood cells
what is hematopoiesis guided by? - ✔️✔️cytokines
what are erythropoiesis? - ✔️✔️RBC production (EPO)
, what is leukopoiesis? - ✔️✔️Leukocyte (WBC) production (CSF's)
what is thrombopoiesis? - ✔️✔️thrombocyte (platelet) production (TPO)
what is the most abundant cell type in the blood? - ✔️✔️RBC's (erythrocytes)
what are three major tasks of RBC's? - ✔️✔️- carrying O2 from the lungs to the systemic tissue
- carrying C)2 from the tissues to the lungs
- assisting in the buffering of acids and bases
what do RBC's mainly consist of? - ✔️✔️hemoglobin
what are some globin proteins? - ✔️✔️alpha, beta, gamma, or delta
what does WBC's do? - ✔️✔️defend against infection
what are the two major groups of WBC's? - ✔️✔️- granulocytes and non-granule
what do granulocytes contain? - ✔️✔️cytoplasmic granules visualized under microscope
what is the lifespan in blood of granulocytes? - ✔️✔️<12 hours, but if activated can migrate into tissues
for longer time
what is a neutrophil? - ✔️✔️most abundant leukocyte, contain granules with lysosomal enzymes capable
of digesting foreign material (phagocytosis)
what are Eosinophil? - ✔️✔️granules contain Major Basic Protein (MBP) which is toxic to parasites and
other enzymes
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