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Hemoconcentration - Condition which the concentration of blood cells is increased in
proportion to the plasma
Hemolysis - The destruction or dissolution of red blood cells, with subsequent release of
hemoglobin
Plasma - The liquid portion of blood that contains an active clotting agents.
Serum - The liquid portion of blood that remains after the blood has clotted
Thixotropic gel - Material that appears to be a solid until subjected to a disturbance, such
as centrifugation, where it becomes a liquid
Main artery leaving the heart - Aorta
Carries oxygenated blood to body from heart - Arteries
Smaller vessel branches - Arterioles
Near The surface where O2 ( oxygen) is released - Capillaries
Erythrocytes are ___. Leukocytes are _____. - Red blood cells. White blood cells.
______is the most common method of obtaining blood - Venipuncture
nearly ____% of physicians decisions are based on laboratory blood tests - 80%
Phlebotomy is performed primarily for ______ and to _____ a pts condition - Diagnoses,
monitor
In bloodletting, barbers advertised with red/white striped pole. Red represented____,and white
represented the____ - Blood, tourniquet
The circularly system consists of : - •heart, chambers and valves
•blood vessels
•blood
Circulatory system consists of everything except_____ - Capillaries
, The heart, chamber & valves pumps to____from____. - To body, from ventricle
Blood vessels are 3 layers: - _• outter: tunica adventitia (connective tissue)
•middle: tunica media(smooth muscle)
•inner: tunica intima(endothelium)
Average adult has ___ to____ liters of blood - 5 to 6
Blood has liquid plasma of___% and solid plasma of____% - Liquid 55%
Solid 45%
All blood cells originate from stem cells in the ____ ____ - Bone marrow
What is found in liquid plasma? - Proteins, amino acids, gases, electrolytes, sugars,
hormones, minerals, vitamins and water(92%), and waste products
What is found in Solid form plasma - -Erythrocytes- red blood cells (99%formed elements
- Leukocytes- white blood cells
- thrombocytes- platelets
Blood vessels - •blood vessels:
- Aorta- main artery leaving the heart
- Arteries- oxygenated blood to body from heart
- Arterioles- Smaller vessel branches
- Capillaries- near surface where O2 is released
- Venules- smaller vessel between capillaries and veins; starting return of deoxygenated blood
- Veins- larger vessels returning deoxygenated blood to heart( Will go to longs for refill)
- Superior & inferior vena cava- routes deoxygenated blood back into the atria from the body
Erythrocytes carry oxygen by _______, to the body - Hemoglobin
Normal Erythrocytes (RBC's) is ___ to ___ million per microliter of blood. - 4.2 to 6.2
_____ is the average lifespan of erythrocytes (RBC's) - 120 days
_____ protects the body against infection - Leukocytes( White blood cells)