What are the components of Blood?
-Plasma (55%)
-Formed elements (45%)
-Erythrocytes
-Leukocytes
-Thrombocytes
Draw and label a test tube of spun down blood.
What is the function of hemoglobin?
-The main functional unit of the red blood cell.
-Carries oxygen.
Blood cells start off as ___ in cell development.
Hemocytoblast
, Hemocytoblast split into two main groups; What are they?
Myeloid stem cells and Lymphoid stem cells.
Newly formed red blood cells that still contain remnants of the Endoplasmic Recticulum are known as ___.
Reticulocytes.
Monocytes differentiate into ___.
Macrophages.
What does the body make in low oxygen environment, such as high altitudes?
Erythropoietin (EPO)
What do Erythropoietin (EPO) do?
Triggers the production of erythrocytes in the red bone marrow.
-Plasma (55%)
-Formed elements (45%)
-Erythrocytes
-Leukocytes
-Thrombocytes
Draw and label a test tube of spun down blood.
What is the function of hemoglobin?
-The main functional unit of the red blood cell.
-Carries oxygen.
Blood cells start off as ___ in cell development.
Hemocytoblast
, Hemocytoblast split into two main groups; What are they?
Myeloid stem cells and Lymphoid stem cells.
Newly formed red blood cells that still contain remnants of the Endoplasmic Recticulum are known as ___.
Reticulocytes.
Monocytes differentiate into ___.
Macrophages.
What does the body make in low oxygen environment, such as high altitudes?
Erythropoietin (EPO)
What do Erythropoietin (EPO) do?
Triggers the production of erythrocytes in the red bone marrow.
