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| Transportation (blood function) |
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| O2, CO2, hormones, blood products & WBC’s, antigens,and waste |
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| Regulation (blood function) |
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| (thrombocytes) Fragments of large precursor cells, Megakaryocytes, that break up |
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(Erythrocytes) Bi-concave shape, maximizes surface area/volume ratio
Anucleate, no mitochondria,flexible, durable
Packed full of hemoglobin |
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| when the ventricles fill with blood |
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| undifferentiated cells in red bone marrow (heads of long bones, and in flat bones of adults; in long bones of children) |
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| Protection (blood function) |
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| invaders, repair- blood clotting |
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| 5 Types of Leukocytes (WBC’s) |
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Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils
Monocytes
Lymphocytes |
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| when the ventricles are emptied and valves close to keep blood |
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B-Lymphocytes (B-cells) made in bones
T-Lymphocytes (T-cells) made in Thymus |
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4 part protein
Each made of a heme group |
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| (leukocytes) remove wastes, toxins, damaged cells, invaders (phagocytosis); increase when needed (WBC count informs of infection) 5 types |
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| is the liquid portion of blood. 55% of blood by volume ~92-93% of plasma is water, ~7-8% is dissolved substances. |
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