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Plasma

90% water; carries nutrients and hormones.

Leukocytes

Able to double in number in response to infection; includes granulocytes and agranulocytes.

Agranulocytes

A subcategory of leukocytes.

Erythrocytes

Biconcave disc-shaped cells that carry oxygen to tissues.

Erythrocytes

Capable of slipping in and out of capillaries.

Plasma

Carries dissolved nutrients.

Erythrocytes

Cells that carry oxygen to tissues.

Erythrocytes

Contains hemoglobin

All blood cells

Derive from hemocytoblasts.

Thrombocytes

Essential in blood clotting.

Thrombocytes

Fragments of megakaryocytes.

Leukocytes

granulocytes.

Leukocytes

Have amoeboid movement.

Leukocytes

Increased numbers can cause leukemia.

Erythrocytes

Lack nuclei.

Erythrocytes

Life span averages 120 days.

Plasma

Location of hormones.

Plasma

Nonliving, sticky fluid.

Thrombocytes

Also known as platelets.

Erythrocytes

Reduced numbers can cause anemia.

pH of blood

Normal blood pH is 7.35 - 7.45.

Blood

Connective tissue.

Average blood volume

About 5 liters in the body.

Hematopoiesis

Blood cell formation.

Hemocytoblast

Stem cell that blood cells form from.

Red bone marrow

Place where blood cell formation occurs.

Albumin

Plasma protein that maintains osmotic balance.

Fibrinogen

Plasma protein that forms net-like structure when clotting.

Spleen

Organ where phagocytosis of erythrocytes occurs.

Hemostasis

Blood clot formation.