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A nonliving luid maxtrix is called what |
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| the only fluid tissue in the human body and it is classified as connective tissue |
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| Blood has living cells in it which are called what? |
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| Blood has nonlinving cells in it which is called what? |
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what is the red blood cells that functionin oxygen transport? |
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| when you spend down blood you have ____ on the top and ____ on the bottom |
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clear stuff (plasma) on the top everything else (formed elements) on the bottom |
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| what is the 1st thing that is checked before you go into surgery? |
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| what is the thin, whitish layer called at the junction between the formed elements and the plasma? |
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| white blood cells that act in various ways to protect the body |
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| cell fragments that functionin the blood-clotting process is called what? |
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| Blood is slightly alkaline, with a pH between what? |
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| what is the most abundant solutes in plasma? |
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| what is composed of approximately 90% of water and includes many disolved substances? |
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| what regulates the osmatic pressure? |
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what is an example of a formed element in blood? |
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| what cells is an active phagocyte? |
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| what cells produce histamine and are involved in allergic reactions? |
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| what term refers to the movement of white blood cells (WBCs) between endothelial cells lining the capillary walls to enter the tissue? |
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| what are formed elements? |
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| a protein in the plams which contributes to the osmotic pressure of blood is? |
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| a woman with blood type O has a baby with type O. The father must what type? |
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| active macrophages that work in long-term cleanup of tissues are called? |
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| although it carries much oxygen, ____ is more attracted to pesticides and carbon monoxide? |
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| approximately 55% of blood is what? |
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| what is a function of blood? |
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| how long can red blood cells (RBCs) live? |
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| what occurs when blood clots after a cut? |
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| thrombin converts fibrin into fibrinogen |
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| fragments of megakaryocytes that rupture into pieces and are responsible for clotting are called? |
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| hematopoesis primarily occurs in? |
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| flat bones and epiphyses of long bones |
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| in a normal hematocrit, the buffy coat accounts for? |
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| approximately 1% of blood volume |
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| neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils are alike in that they? |
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| the fluid that leaks into the tissues from the blood is? |
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| the largest of all white blood cell (WBC) is? |
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| what has a very thin rim of cytoplasm and a large spherical nucleus? |
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| what white blood cell (WBC) releases histamine at sites of inflammation? |
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| unlike red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs) have what? |
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| when oxygen levels are low, the ____ is stimulated to release what? |
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kidney is stimulated and erythropoietin is released |
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| eosinophil, basophil and neutrophil are what? |
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| _____ is also called an erythrocyte; anucleate |
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| monocyte and neutrophil are what? |
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| actively phagocytic leukocytes |
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| monocyte and lymphocyte are what? |
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| fragments to form platelets? |
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| RBC, megakaryocyte, eosinophil, basophil, monocyte, neutrophil and lymphocyte are examples of what? |
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| increases during allergy attacks |
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| releases histamine during inflammatory reactions |
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| after originating in bone marrow, may be formed in lymphoid tissue |
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| primarily water, noncellular; the fluid matrix of blood |
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| increases in number during prolonged infections |
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| eosinophil, basophil, monocyte, neutrophil, and lymphocyte are also called what |
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| white blood cells (WBCs) move into and out of blood vessels by the process of what |
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| an abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells is what |
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| when blood becomes too acid or too basic, both the respiratory sytem and the ____ may be called into action to restore it to its normal pH range. |
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| normal pH range of blood is ____ to 7.45 |
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| the cardiovascular system of an average adult contains approximately ___ liters of blood |
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| blood is circulated through the blood vessels by the pumping action of what? |
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| an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells is what? |
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the normal red blood cells (RBC) count is ___ million/mm3 |
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| normal ___ values are in the area of 42%-47% of the volume of whole blood |
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| an anemia resulting from decreased red blood cell (RBC) number causes the blood to become ___ viscous |
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| phagocytic agranular white blood cells (WBC) are |
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| the leukocytes particularly important in the immune response are |
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| hemorrhage, aerobic exercise, and living at a high altitude serve as stimuli for what? |
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| when a break occurs in a blood vessel wall what begins |
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| normally blood clots within how many minutes |
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| ___ is the most important natural body anticoagulant |
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| what means stoppage of blood flow |
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| what help to decrease blood loss by constricting the vessel |
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____ is formation of blood cells |
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| stem cells that give rise to all the formed elements of the blood |
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| the oxygen-transporting pigment of erythrocytes |
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| the most abundant of the white blood cells |
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| granular white blood cells whose granules readily take up a stain called eosin |
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the single layer of simple squamous cells that line the walls of the heart and the vessels that carry blood and lymph |
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| a blood protein that is converted to fibrin during blood clotting |
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| the fibrous insoluble protein formed during the clotting of blood |
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white blood cells whose granules sain deep blue with basic dye; have a relatively pale nucleus and granular appearing cytoplasm |
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| one of the irregular cell fragments of blood; involved in clotting |
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| large single-nucleus white blood cell; agranular leukocyte |
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| agranular white blood cells formed inthe bone marrow that mature inthe lymphoid tissue |
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