Blood A&P
avg volume of blood in adult males - Answers-5-6L
avg volume of blood in adult females - Answers-4-5L
What kind of tissue is blood? - Answers-connective
blood is water percent water? - Answers-90
erythrocytes - Answers-Red blood cells
leukocytes - Answers-white blood cells
formed elements are what percent of blood - Answers-45
plasma is what percent of blood - Answers-55
function of albumin - Answers-osmotic balance, pH buffering
function of fibrinogen - Answers-clotting of blood
, function of globulins - Answers-defense (antibodies) and lipid transport
what 4 substances are transported in the blood - Answers-nutrients, waste products, respiratory gases,
hormones
what forms the bulk of the formed elements? - Answers-erythrocytes
the largest leukocyte - Answers-monocyte
the most abundant leukocyte - Answers-neutrophil
which 2 leukocytes are agranular? - Answers-lymphocyte and monocyte
purpose of neutrophil - Answers-eat bacteria
purpose of eosinophil - Answers-kill parasites, destroy antigen-antibody complexes, inactivate
inflammation
purpose of basophil - Answers-release histamine, contain heparin, promote inflammation
what is heparin - Answers-anticoagulant
purpose of lymphocyte - Answers-mount immune response by direct cell attack or by antibodies
purpose of monocyte - Answers-phagocytosis, develop into macrophages in tissues
avg volume of blood in adult males - Answers-5-6L
avg volume of blood in adult females - Answers-4-5L
What kind of tissue is blood? - Answers-connective
blood is water percent water? - Answers-90
erythrocytes - Answers-Red blood cells
leukocytes - Answers-white blood cells
formed elements are what percent of blood - Answers-45
plasma is what percent of blood - Answers-55
function of albumin - Answers-osmotic balance, pH buffering
function of fibrinogen - Answers-clotting of blood
, function of globulins - Answers-defense (antibodies) and lipid transport
what 4 substances are transported in the blood - Answers-nutrients, waste products, respiratory gases,
hormones
what forms the bulk of the formed elements? - Answers-erythrocytes
the largest leukocyte - Answers-monocyte
the most abundant leukocyte - Answers-neutrophil
which 2 leukocytes are agranular? - Answers-lymphocyte and monocyte
purpose of neutrophil - Answers-eat bacteria
purpose of eosinophil - Answers-kill parasites, destroy antigen-antibody complexes, inactivate
inflammation
purpose of basophil - Answers-release histamine, contain heparin, promote inflammation
what is heparin - Answers-anticoagulant
purpose of lymphocyte - Answers-mount immune response by direct cell attack or by antibodies
purpose of monocyte - Answers-phagocytosis, develop into macrophages in tissues
