abeka biology section 10.1 notes

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system made up of the heart, blood vessels, and the blood they contain

cardiovascular system

another name for the cardiovascular system

circulatory system

carries blood away from the heart

arteries

carries blood back to the heart

veins

microscopic vessels linking arteries and veins

capillaries

a thick fluid containing many solid particles

blood

plasma makes up about ___% of the total blood volume

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the straw-colored liquid part of the blood that is partly water and contains various dissolved substances

plasma

three basic categories of blood proteins:

• albumin

• globulins

• fibrinogen

the most plentiful of the blood proteins which is manufactured in the liver and helps regulate the amount of water in the blood

albumin

category of blood proteins, made in the liver and lymph tissue, that help transport fats throughout the body and help fight infections

globlins

disease-fighting proteins produced by white blood cells

antibodies

type of globulin that includes antibodies

gamma globulins

blood protein, made in the liver, that helps the clotting of blood

fibrinogen

blood pressure falls to a critical low due to a loss on blood or plasma

circulatory shock

scientific name for red blood cells

erythrocytes

a special iron-containing blood protein that binds easily to oxygen and gives blood its characteristic red color

hemoglobin

each hemoglobin molecule contains four of these groups

heme groups

a disorder resulting from too little oxygen being transported to body cells

anemia

unique disease of the erythrocytes caused by a genetic defect in the hemoglobin molecules that makes them clump together into elongated crystals under certain conditions

sickle cell anemia

where all blood cells are produced

red bone marrow

special cells from which blood cells originate that can produce any of the different types of blood cells

stem cells

erythrocytes are replaced ____________ at a rate of over 2 million each second

constantly

hormone released by the kidneys when oxygen levels in the blood drop

erythropoietin

where surplus red blood cells are stored until needed

spleen

another name for white blood cells

leukocytes

a form of cancer in which white blood cells are produced in uncontrolled numbers

leukemia

tiny disk-shaped cell fragments produced in the bone marrow to serve as patch kits

platelets

process used to seal a break where bleeding is occuring

clotting

forms where a blood clot is on the surface of the skin

scab

results in the partial or complete inability to form blood clots

hemophilia

protein or carbohydrate molecules that act as identification tags

antigens

a transfer of someone else’s blood into your body

blood transfusion

clumped together

agglutinated

group including two antigens named A and B

abo blood group

people with type o blood

universal donors

blood group named after the rhesus monkey

rh blood group

most important antigen of the rh blood group

rh factor