front 1 Oxygenated blood exits the heart via | back 1 Arteries |
front 2 Oxygen-deficient blood enters the heart via | back 2 Veins |
front 3 Blood is a | back 3 specialized connective tissue in which living blood cells, called the formed elements, are suspended in a nonliving fluid matrix called plasma |
front 4 Erythrocytes | back 4 red blood cells (RBCs) that transport oxygen |
front 5 Leukocytes | back 5 white blood cells (WBCs) that act in various ways to protect the body, and platelets, cell fragments that help stop bleeding |
front 6 Erythrocytes | back 6 constitute about 45% of the total volume of a blood sample, a percentage known as the hematocrit |
front 7 Blood is a | back 7 sticky, opaque fluid with a metallic taste |
front 8 Oxygen rich blood | back 8 has a scarlet color |
front 9 Oxygen poor blood | back 9 has a dark red color |
front 10 Blood has a pH between | back 10 7.35 and 7.45 |
front 11 Distribution functions of blood include | back 11
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front 12 Regulatory functions of blood include | back 12
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front 13 Protective functions of blood include | back 13
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front 14 Blood plasma | back 14 is a straw-colored, sticky fluid |
front 15 Albumin | back 15 acts as a carrier to shuttle certain molecules through the circulation, is an important blood buffer, and is a major blood protein contributing to the plasma osmotic pressure |
front 16 Blood performs three major functions | back 16
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front 17 The buffy coat contains | back 17 Leukocytes and platelets |
front 18 Erythrocytes are also known as | back 18 red blood cells (RBCs) |
front 19 The three formed elements of blood are | back 19
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front 20 Two of the three formed elements are not true cells | back 20
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front 21 Mature erythrocytes are | back 21 bound by a plasma membrane, but lack a nucleus and have no organelles |
front 22 RBCs transport | back 22 respiratory gases, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide |
front 23 A protein that makes RBCs red | back 23 Hemoglobin |
front 24 Blood cell formation that occurs in the red bone marrow | back 24 Hematopoiesis |
front 25 The various formed elements all arise from | back 25 Hematopoietic stem cell, sometimes called a hemocytoblast |
front 26 Erythrocyte production | back 26 Erythropoiesis |
front 27 The erythrocyte production pathway | back 27
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front 28 Erythropoietin (EPO) | back 28 a glycoprotein hormone that stimulates the formation of erythrocytes |
front 29 Anemia | back 29 a conditioning which the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity is too low to support normal metabolism |
front 30 The causes of anemia is divided into three groups | back 30
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front 31 Polycythemia | back 31 an abnormal excess of erythrocytes that increases blood viscosity |
front 32 Leukocytes are grouped into two major categories | back 32
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front 33 Granulocytes include | back 33
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front 34 Agranulocytes include | back 34
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front 35 The most numerous white blood cells | back 35 Neutrophil |
front 36 Eosinophils | back 36 lead the counterattack against a parasitic worms |
front 37 The rarest white blood cells (WBCs) that contain histamine granules | back 37 basophils |
front 38 The second most numerous leukocytes in the blood | back 38 Lymphocytes |