Structure and Function of the Body,
Patton/Thibodeau, Chapter 12: Blood
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Plasma
✓ The liquid (extracellular) part of blood; blood minus its formed elements
Formed Elements
✓ The many different types of cells and cell fragments that make up the blood:
RBCs, WBCs, and thrombocytes (platelets)
4 to 6 liters; 7% to 9% total body weight
✓ Amount of blood in an adult human body
Between 7.35 and 7.45 (alkaline)
✓ Blood pH
Acidosis
✓ When the alkalinity of blood decreases toward a neutral pH
Plasma proteins
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✓ Albumins, globulins, fibrinogen, and prothrombin
Albumin
✓ Protein that helps retain water in the blood by osmosis
Globulin
✓ Protein that includes anitbodies that help protect us from infection
Serum
✓ Plasma minus its clotting factors
Fibrinogen and prothrombin
✓ Proteins necessary for blood clotting
Granular leukocytes
✓ Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils; have granules in their cytoplasm
Agranular leukocytes
✓ Lymphocytes (B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes) and monocytes; do not have
granules in their cytoplasm
4.2-6.2 million
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