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Structure and Function of the Body,
Patton/Thibodeau, Chapter 12: Blood
Plasma - answer✔The liquid (extracellular) part of blood; blood minus its formed elements
Formed Elements - answer✔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 - answer✔Amount of blood in an adult human body
Between 7.35 and 7.45 (alkaline) - answer✔Blood pH
Acidosis - answer✔When the alkalinity of blood decreases toward a neutral pH
Plasma proteins - answer✔Albumins, globulins, fibrinogen, and prothrombin
Albumin - answer✔Protein that helps retain water in the blood by osmosis
Globulin - answer✔Protein that includes anitbodies that help protect us from infection
Serum - answer✔Plasma minus its clotting factors
Fibrinogen and prothrombin - answer✔Proteins necessary for blood clotting
Granular leukocytes - answer✔Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils; have granules in their cytoplasm
Agranular leukocytes - answer✔Lymphocytes (B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes) and monocytes; do
not have granules in their cytoplasm
4.2-6.2 million - answer✔Normal range of RBCs/mm3
5000-9000 - answer✔Normal range of WBCs/mm3
140,000 to 340,000 - answer✔Normal range of platelets
plasma (55%) and formed elements (45%) - answer✔Percentage of volume of plasma and formed
elements in whole blood
Hematopoiesis - answer✔Formation of new blood cells
11/05/2024 12:06 PM
Structure and Function of the Body,
Patton/Thibodeau, Chapter 12: Blood
Plasma - answer✔The liquid (extracellular) part of blood; blood minus its formed elements
Formed Elements - answer✔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 - answer✔Amount of blood in an adult human body
Between 7.35 and 7.45 (alkaline) - answer✔Blood pH
Acidosis - answer✔When the alkalinity of blood decreases toward a neutral pH
Plasma proteins - answer✔Albumins, globulins, fibrinogen, and prothrombin
Albumin - answer✔Protein that helps retain water in the blood by osmosis
Globulin - answer✔Protein that includes anitbodies that help protect us from infection
Serum - answer✔Plasma minus its clotting factors
Fibrinogen and prothrombin - answer✔Proteins necessary for blood clotting
Granular leukocytes - answer✔Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils; have granules in their cytoplasm
Agranular leukocytes - answer✔Lymphocytes (B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes) and monocytes; do
not have granules in their cytoplasm
4.2-6.2 million - answer✔Normal range of RBCs/mm3
5000-9000 - answer✔Normal range of WBCs/mm3
140,000 to 340,000 - answer✔Normal range of platelets
plasma (55%) and formed elements (45%) - answer✔Percentage of volume of plasma and formed
elements in whole blood
Hematopoiesis - answer✔Formation of new blood cells
