blood - Answers fluid portion
hematology - Answers study of blood
functions of blood - Answers transportation, regulation, restrict fluid loss, defense, and stabilization
blood defends against ... - Answers pathogens
blood regulates ... - Answers pH and electrolytes
blood transports ... - Answers oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, waste, hormones
increase in body temperature = vessels BLANK and heat is lost - Answers transport blood to skin
decrease in body temperature = vessels BLANK and heat is conserved - Answers transport blood to vital
organs
what is the body's only fluid tissue - Answers blood
what is blood composed of - Answers plasma and formed elements
plasma - Answers nonliving fluid matter
formed elements - Answers living cells and cell fragments
types of formed elements - Answers erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets
erthyrocytes - Answers red blood cells
Leukocytes - Answers white blood cells
hematocrit - Answers percentage of blood volume occupied by red blood cells
female blood volume is BLANK compared to males - Answers less
plasma is composed of what - Answers water (92%) and plasma solutes (8%)
plasma solutes include ... - Answers plasma proteins and other solutes
plasma proteins - Answers albumins, globulins, fibrinogen, enzymes and hormones
what is the most abundant plasma protein - Answers albumin (60%)
globulins include ... - Answers antibodies
fibrinogen is involved in ... - Answers clotting
what are the other solutes in plasma - Answers nutrients, wastes, respiratory gases, and electrolytes
, hematopoiesis - Answers Process that produces formed elements in the blood
what percentage do formed elements make up in blood - Answers 45%
what percentage does plasma make up in blood - Answers 55%
hemocytoblast - Answers stem cells found in red bone marrow that produce all formed elements after
stimulated by hormones
what percentage do erythrocytes make up formed elements - Answers 99%
what do erythrocytes do - Answers transport respiratory gases
polycythemia - Answers elevated RBC count
anucleate - Answers no nucleus
what shape do erythrocytes have - Answers biconcave shape
what are erythrocytes mostly composed of - Answers hemoglobin (Hb; transports gases)
heme - Answers contains iron which binds oxygen
in areas of high oxygen concentration: Hb picks up BLANK and releases BLANK - Answers oxygen, carbon
dioxide
in areas of low oxygen concentration: Hb releases BLANK and picks up BLANK - Answers oxygen, carbon
dioxide
Erythropoiesis - Answers production of red blood cells
how is erythropoiesis regulated - Answers hormonally controlled
erythropoietin - Answers hormone that stimulates RBC production (released by kidneys)
in the red bone marrow, erythrocytes arise from ... - Answers hemocytoblasts
erythrocytes circulate for about ... - Answers 120 days
hemoglobin is released in the liver and degraded into heme, where ... - Answers iron is separated and
the heme pigment is converted to biliverdin
hemoglobin is released in the liver and degraded into globing, where ... - Answers it is broken down into
amino acids
jaundice - Answers yellowish discoloration of skin and eyes
what causes jaundice - Answers increased circulation of bilirubin (not being excreted)