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Blood and vessels CH 14
LCC Chapter 14 Rhonda Meyers
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/24/2014

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Blood and it components are made where?
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Red bone marrow
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What are the three functions of blood?
Definition
Distribution
Regulation
Protection
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4 factors of distribution
Definition
Oxygen Transport
Nutrient Transport
Metabolic Transport and removal
Hormone Transport
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3 Factors of Regulation (homeostasis)
Definition
Maintains blood volume and pH levels
Regulates body temperature
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2 Factors of Protection
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Prevents infection/transporting immune elements
Prevents blood loss/ transporting clotting factors
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Blood has two parts, what are they?
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Formed elements and plasma
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What are the formed elements of blood?
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Leukocytes, erythrocytes, and platelets
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Is plasma coagulated or non-coagulated?
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non-coagulated
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Is serum coagulated or non-coagulated?
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Coagulated
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What is the function of serum?
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use to measure chemicals like glucose, liver enzymes and cholesterol
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Function of plasma?
Definition
Measure erythrocytes and hemoglobin
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What percentage of plasma is water?
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92%
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What percentage of plasma are proteins?
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7%
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Name the three proteins that make up plasma
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Albumins
Globulins
Fibrinogen
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Which plasma protein is the most abundant?
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Albumins
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Albumins are made where?
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In the liver
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Function of Albumins?
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To maintain osmotic pressure/water balance
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What are the three types of globulins?
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Alpha, beta, gamma
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Function of alpha and beta globulins?
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Transporting lipids though the blood stream
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Function of gamma globulins?
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antibodies for immunity
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Fibrinogen is made where?
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In the liver
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Fibrinogen is like platelets in that it...
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plays a role in blood clotting
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The other 1% of plasma is composed of what?
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Electrolytes, gasses, and wastes
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T/F? The formed elements are living blood cells?
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True
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Define hematopiesis
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The formation and development of blood cells
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The precursor cell of hematopiesis is called the...
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stem cell
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The stem cell is also known as...
Definition
pluripotent stem cell
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The pluripotent stem cell found in the red bone marrow is called
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hemocytoblasts
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When the hemocytoblast undergoes mitosis in the red bone marrow it forms two types of cells, what are they?
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A new stem cell and a precursor cell
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A partially committed blood cell is missing a...
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hormone
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Erythropoietin is a ?
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hormone
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Erythropoietin is produced where?
Definition
in the kidneys
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Eruthropoietin stimulates what do to what?
Definition
stimulates the hemocytoblasts to divide into eyrthrobalsts and then into erythrocytes
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