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Microanatomy
Blood and Bone Marrow
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09/20/2008

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Term
Functions of Blood
Definition
1. transport
2. protection
3. regulation
Term
Blood plasma
Definition
-liquid component of blood in which cells are suspended (55% total blood vol)
-contains albumin, globulins, fibrinogen, thrombin , transferrin, and other blood proteins
-prepared by centrifuging fresh tube of blood
Term
Blood serum
Definition
blood plasma without fibrinogen or clotting factors
Term
Hematocrit
Definition
~45%
volume of packed red blood cells
Term
1, Leukocytosis
2. Leukocytopenia
Definition
1. high WBC count
2. low WBC count
Term
1. Thrombocytosis
2. Thrombocytopenia
Definition
1. high platelet count
2. low platelet count
Term
1. anemia
2. polycythemia
Definition
1. low RBC
2. high RBC
Term
Clotting process
Definition
1. Fibrinogen reacts with thrombin to form fibrin
2. platelets adhere to fibrin to form clot
Term
Characteristics of erythrocytes
Definition
1. anucleated
2. biconcave disc containing hemoglobin
3. function in O2 transport
4. ~8 um in diameter
Term
Sickle cell disease
Definition
1. genetic mutation that causes hemoglobin to be formed incorrectly (b-chain)
2. valine substituted for glutamic acid
3. sickle cell
4. cannot transport O2 well
Term
Characteristics of Neutrophils
Definition
1. most numerous leukocyte (50-70%)
2. very light staining granules
3. lobed nucleus
4. phagocytose bacteria
5. chemotaxis to site of infection
6. 9-14 um in diameter
7. in females, can see "drumstick" on nucleus-inactivated X chromosome
Term
Characteristics of eosinophils
Definition
1. 13 um in diameter
2. ~3% of leukocytes
3. large granules, acidophilic and look pink
4. inflammatory rxn against parasites and agents that provoke allergic rxn, activates histamine
5. lobed nucleus
6. produce growth factors
Term
Characteristics of Basophils
Definition
1. ~8-14 um in diameter
2. allergic rxns, release histamine and heparin
3. represent less than 1% of leukocytes
4. granules are large, stain deep blue, can mask nucleus
Term
Characteristics of monocytes
Definition
1. largest leukocyte ~9-18um
2. kidney shaped (U) nucleus
3. Become macrophages
4. phagocytose bacteria and viruses
5. ~5-9% of all leukocytes
Term
Characteristics of lymphocytes
Definition
1. very large round nucleus (stains dark purple)
2. much smaller than granulocytes
3. ~6 to 12 um
4. T-lymphocytes (cellular immunity)
5. B-lymphocytes (humoral immunity, antibodies)
Term
Characteristics of platelets
Definition
1. cell fragment from megakaryocytes
2. important for blood clotting
3. circulate for 1 week and destroyed in spleen/liver
4. thrombocytopenia--bleeding
5. thrombocytosis--thrombosis
Term
Bone Marrow Structure
Definition
1. found in spongy bone in space between endosteum and vascular endothelium
2. yellow marrow is not hemopoietically active
3. red marrow is
4. sinusoids are capillaries of bone marrow
Term
Hematopoiesis-common lineage
Definition
1. hematopoietic stem cell
2. multipotenial stem cell
3. common myeloid and lymphoid precursors
Term
1. pluripotent vs.
2. multipotent
Definition
1. can develop into all cells
2. only give rise to cells w/in an organ
Term
Bone marrow
Definition
1. loosely-organized grouping of cells located in central soft tissue portion of bones
2. principal site for blood cell formation
3. all blood cells except T-cells (thymus) develop on bone marrow before being released to bloodstream
Term
Posterior iliac crest
Definition
site to obtain bone marrow in most patients
Term
Erythroid Maturation
Definition
1. proerythroblast
2. basophilic erythroblast
3. polychromatophilic erythroblast (most abundant)
4. orthchromatic normoblast
5. polychromatic erythrocyte
6. mature erythrocyte
Term
Neutrophilic Maturation
Definition
1. myeloblast
2. promyelocyte
3. myelocyte
4. metamyelocte
5. band cell
6. neutrophil
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