MT ch 3 Blood Cells

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3 types of cells in blood

erythrocytes

leukocytes

thrombocytes/platelets

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erythrocytes

red blood cells

made in bone marrow

carry oxygen

has hemoglobin

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hemoglobin

protein in erythrocytes

carries oxygen through bloodstream

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leukocytes

white blood cells

5 types- 3 granulocytes 2 mononuclear cells

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granulocytes

have dark-staining granules in cytoplasm

have a multi-lobed nucleus

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mononuclear cells

one large nucleus

few granules in cytoplasm

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5 kinds of leukocytes

eosinophils

basophils

neutrophils

lymphocytes

monocytes

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eosinophils

granulocyte

increase in allergic conditions

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basophils

granulocyte

increase in healing phase of inflammation

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neutrophils

granulocyte

most important disease-fighting cells

most numerous

are phagocytes

polymorphonuclear leukocytes bc multilobed nucleus

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lymphocytes

mononuclear

produce antibodies

T and B cells

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monocytes

mononuclear

one very large nucleus

engulf and destroy cell debris after neutrophils attacked

become macrophages- large phagocytes

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thrombocytes/platelets

clotting cells

tiny fragments of cells made in bone marrow

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neutrophil

lymphocyte

monocyte

eosinophil

basophil