Blood Properties and Components

Flashcards covering vocabulary terms and definitions related to the properties and components of blood.

Five Liters of Blood

The average volume of blood in the human body.

37 Degrees Centigrade

Normal human body temperature in Celsius.

38 Degrees Centigrade

The core temperature in Celsius.

Ideal Fluid

An ideal fluid is something as the temperature decreases, the viscosity increases.

7.4

The average pH of blood.

Acidotic

The condition when arterial blood pH goes below 7.35.

Alkalotic

The condition when arterial blood pH goes above 7.45.

Connective Tissue

Type of tissue blood is.

Plasma

The non-living matrix of blood.

Albumin

Proteins that add osmotic pressure to the blood.

The Liver

The location where all plasma proteins are produced, except immunoglobulins.

Antibody

Another name for immunoglobulins.

Red Blood Cells

Turn carbon dioxide into bicarbonate for CO2 transport.

Platelets

Not cells, they're fragments of cells.

Hematocrit

Packed red cell volume.

Anemia

Condition of not having enough red blood cells.

Polycythemia

Condition of having too many red blood cells.

EPO

Hormone released in response to hypoxia, targets the marrow.

Thrombopoietin

Hormone that comes out of the liver primarily, and it also targets the marrow to increase production of my platelets.

Carbonic Anhydrase

It catalyzes this reaction: CO2 + H2O ⇄ H2CO3 ⇄ H+ + HCO3-.

EPO

Hormone that comes from the Kidneys.

Ventilation Perfusion Coupling

The process where the hemoglobin is helping to match oxygen delivery to the areas that need the most oxygen.

Nitric oxide

What are some of the cool things that blood vessels in your body produce?

Menstrual

Losses impact dietary intake requirements.

Idiopathic

Means we're idiots, and we don't know what's causing it.

Hookworm

It ravaged your red blood cells.

Potassium levels get to be too low

The condition is why is it that sickle cell anemia kills malaria?

Neutrophils

Cells are really good when we're dealing with an acute infection or a bacterial infection.

Neutrophils

Cells contain cyanide.

Neutrophils

One of the major ways that they kill things is respiratory burst, and with respiratory burst.

Neutrophil

This is the most common cell.

Eosinophils

Cell eat Parasitic worms, especially.

Basophils

Cell release Histamine

Lymphocytes

Cell nice brown nucleus only when they have it.

Monocytes

largest has the key jelly bean shaped vein.

Diaphysis

It goes like a block, and they can push their way through tiny, tiny, tiny little spaces.

Leukocytosis

What do these things do? The things for lab

Hemostasis

Three stages: vascular spasm. The other one is called platelet blood formation, and finally is coagulation.

Vascular Spasm

The process where blood vessels contract to reduce blood flow.

Platelet Plug Formation

The formation of a temporary plug by platelets to stop bleeding.

Coagulation

The process of blood clotting, involving a cascade of proteins.

Fibrinogen

A protein produced by the liver that is essential for blood clotting.

Thrombin

The enzyme that converts fibrinogen to fibrin during blood clotting.

Fibrin

The insoluble protein that forms the structural basis of a blood clot.

Agglutination

The clumping of red blood cells or bacteria, usually due to an antigen-antibody reaction.

Antigen

A substance that stimulates the production of antibodies.

Antibody

A protein produced by the body in response to an antigen, capable of neutralizing it.

Type O Blood

The most common blood type, lacking both A and B antigens.

Type A Blood

Blood type with A antigens on red blood cells and anti-B antibodies in the plasma.

Type B Blood

Blood type with B antigens on red blood cells and anti-A antibodies in the plasma.

Type AB Blood

Blood type with both A and B antigens on red blood cells and no antibodies in the plasma.

Rh Factor

The antigen present on red blood cells in Rh-positive individuals.

Erythroblastosis Fetalis

Condition in which the mother's antibodies attack the red blood cells of her Rh-positive fetus.