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Physical Science

11th

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red bone marrow
RBC is formed in …
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2 million
how many RBC’s are made per second?
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nucleus
RBC’s have no …
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120
RBC’s live how many days
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the spleen
what organ is the RBC graveyard?
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spection
what is the flexible protein of RBC’s?
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hemoglobin
what is the gas transporting protein of RBC’s?
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about 250,000,000
how much hemoglobin is there per RBC?
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O2, CO2, CO
what gasses do hemoglobin transport?
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the kidneys
what organ initiates RBC production?
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erythropoietin
what hormone regulates RBC production?
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erythropoiesis
what process starts because of erythropoietin?
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hemocytoblast
what stem cells make blood?
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erythrocyte
what is the scientific name of an RBC?
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gases, nutrients, waste, immune cells
what does blood transport?
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pH balance and body temp.
what does blood maintain?
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RBC’s and WBC’s
what are the formed elements?
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45%
the formed elements make up how much of your blood?
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800 : 1
what is the ratio of RBC’s to WBC’s?
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55%
plasma takes up how much of your blood?
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about 90%
how much of plasma is water?
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inorganic matter (urea) and organic matter (hemoglobin/albumin)
what is suspended in the water in plasma?
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maintained viscosity and volume
what do you need to maintain homeostasis of blood?
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2 million
how many erythrocytes are made per second?
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hemoglobin
what makes the cell red?
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bright red
what is the color of oxyhemoglobin?
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dark red
what is the color of deoxyhemoglobin and carbiminohemoglobin?
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iron deficiency anemia
What type of anemia? : O2 has little iron to bind with hemoglobin
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thalassaemia
What type of anemia? : too much iron (common in Mediterranean and genetic)
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aplastic anemia
What type of anemia? : can’t make any RBC, WBC, PLT
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haemolytic anemia
What type of anemia? : cells break apart easily (lysis of RBC’s)
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sickle cell disease
What type of anemia? : cells become rigid (common from African decent and genetic)
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pernicious anemia
What type of anemia? : can’t make RBC’s because of a B12 deficiency
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fanconi anemia
What type of anemia? : having bone marrow failure (common with Jewish and South African decent)