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Cells in plasma
What allows blood to function as a connective tissue?
Transport of O2, nutrients, waste, and hormones;
Maintain homeostasis by acting as a buffer
What are the major functions of blood?
Water, proteins, other substances
What are the major components of plasma?
Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, Thrombocytes
What are the main cells in blood?
Platelets and leukocytes
What makes up the buffy coat?
Platelet
What is labeled 1?

White blood cell
What is labeled 2?

Red blood cell
What is labeled 3?

Albumin, Globulins, Fibrinogen
What proteins are found in plasma?
Albumin
What is the most abundant plasma protein (makes up about half)?
Liver
Where is albumin made?
Osmotic pressure
What does albumin help maintain?
Carrier protein
What does albumin act as for substances like hormones, metabolites, and drugs?
Immunoglobulins and nonimmune globulins
What are the two types of globulins?
Antibodies secreted by plasma cells
What are immunoglobulins?
Liver
What are non-immune globulins produced by?
Maintain osmotic pressure and act as a carrier protein (like albumin)
What are the functions of non-immune globulins?
Liver
Where is fibrinogen made?
Soluble; insoluble
Fibronigen is (soluble/insoluble) and when transformed into protein fibrin it is (soluble/insoluble).
Blood clots
What does insoluble protein fibrin help form?
Decrease (less clotting)
Do blood thinners increase or decrease amount of platelets in blood?
Pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells
What stem cell gives rise to common myeloid and lymphoid progenitors?
Bone marrow
Where do common myeloid and lymphoid progenitors differenciate?
Megakaryocyte/erythrocyte and granulocyte/monocyte
What do common myeloid progenitors give rise to?
B cells, T cells, and NK cells
What do common lymphoid progenitors give rise to?
High
Do cells of the blood have a low or high turnover rate?
Yolk sac, liver, bone marrow
What are the sites (in order) of hematopoiesis throughout development?
Limbs (tibia/femur)
At what parts of the body is hematopoiesis highest during childhood?
Axial skeleton (vertebrae, sternum, ribs)
At what parts of the body is hematopoiesis highest during adulthood?
Hematopoiesis
What term describes the process of blood cell production and maturation?
Maintain constant levels of different blood cell types within blood
What is the function of hematopoiesis?
Erythropoiesis, Leukopoiesis, Thrombopoiesis
What are the types of hematopoiesis?
O2; CO2
Erythrocytes function by transporting ______ to cells and removing ______ from cells.
Red blood cells (RBCs)
What are erythrocytes also known as?
Erythrocytes
What is the most numerous blood cell?
120
About how many days do erythrocytes last?
2 million
About how many erythrocytes are produced per second?
Histological ruler
What are erythrocytes considered because of their similar size and shape to one another?
Platelet
What cell type is labeled 1?

Erythrocyte (RBC)
What cell type is labeled 2?

Biconcave disc
What is the morphology of erythrocytes?
Flexibility
What does the biconcave disc morphology of erythrocytes allow for?
Cytoskeleton
What is the shape of erythrocytes supported by?
Nucleus
What organelle do erythrocytes lack?
Hemoglobin and iron bound proteins
What is found in erythrocytes?
Erythrocyte (RBCs)
What cell type is being pointed out here?

Protein that binds, transports, and releases O2 and CO2
What is the function of hemoglobin?
4 polypeptide chains of globin
What is the structure of hemoglobin?

4
Hemoglobin has ___ heme proteins so that ___ O2 molecules can bind.
Sickle cell anemia
What is an inherited erythrocyte disorder that causes blood cells to be C or sickle shaped?
High; sticky or get stuck
Sickle cell anemia has ______ cellular turnover and due to size are also _______.
Sickle cell anemia (c or sickle shaped cells)
What disease is present here?

Reticulocytes
What are immature erythrocytes called?
Remnant organelles
What is obvious in reticulocytes on an image that is not see in erythrocytes?
1-2
On a blood smear, retinaculocytes make up about ____% of all erythrocytes.
Reticulocytes
Are reticulocytes or erythrocytes darker on an image?
Anemic
Higher concentrations of reticulocytes might be seen if a patient is what?
Reticulocytes
What cell type are the arrows pointing to?

Neutrophils, Eosinophils, and Basophils
What types of leukocytes are considered granulocytes?
Lymphocytes (T, B, NK cells) and Monocytes
What types of leukocytes are considered agranulocytes?
All
Which leukocytes are nucleated?
Phagocytosis ("first responders"),
Tissue degradation,
Attract other leukocytes to site of injury/infection
What are the functions of neutrophils?
Neutrophil
What is the most numerous white blood cell?
Granulocytes
Are neutrophils granulocytes or agranulocytes?
Multilobed
Neutrophils have a ______ nucleus.
Glycogen
What are neutrophils rich in?
Granular
Are eosinophils granular or agranular?
Bi-lobed
What is the morphology of an eosinophil nucleus?
Asthma
A high proportion of eosinophils in lung tissues is indicative of what illness?
Parasitic infection
What do eosinophils defend against?
Histamines
What do eosinophils release during an allergic reaction?
Chronic
Are eosinophils responsible for acute or chronic inflammation?
Granular
Are basophils granular or agranular?
Basophilic granules
The nucleus in basophils is hard to see due to the presence of what?
Parasites
What do basophils mediate response to?
Histamines
What do basophils release?
Large circular nucleus with pale blue ring of cytoplasm
How do lymphocytes appear on an image?
Bloodstream
What can lymphocytes leave and reenter?
Respond to antigens, make antibodies and cell-cell activity
What are the main functions of lymphocytes?
A vaccine
Lymphocytes are active when you get ________.
T and B cells
Which lymphocytes are adaptive immune cells?
NK cells
Which lymphocytes are innate immune cells?
Thymus
Where do T lymphocytes mature?
Cell-mediated immunity
Do T cells have cell-mediated or humoral immunity?
Bone marrow
Where do B lymphocytes mature?
Humoral
Do B cells have cell-mediated or humoral immunity?
Produce antibodies
What is the function of B cells?
Virally infected cells
What cells do natural killer cells kill?
Cancer
What do natural killer cells defend against?
Monocytes
Which leukocyte differentiates into macrophages?
Monocytes
What is the largest white blood cell?
Indented
What is the morphology of a monocytes nucleus?
Phagocytosis and form macrophages
What is the function of monocytes?
Cytoplasmic fragments that aid in blood clotting
What are platelets?
Megakaryocytes
What cells do platelets originate from?
Fibrin (present between platelets)
What protein is involved in forming clots?
Platelets
What cell type is shown?

Platelets
What cell type is shown?

Hemostasis/Clot formation
What is the function of platelets?
Form plug
What is the function of primary aggregation in clot formation?