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NRTC 54 A&P 4
Question | Answer |
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main plasma protein; regulates blood volume | albumin |
Accounts for 55% of blood; contains proteins, nutrients, electrolytes, hormones and gases. | Plasma |
Erythrocytes | RBC |
Leukocytes | WBC |
Help to form blood clots | Platelets |
Percentage of RBC in a sample of blood. | Hematocrit |
Production of blood | Hemopoiesis |
Thickness of blood | Viscosity |
Deliver oxygen to cells and remove carbon dioxide. | RBC |
Gives blood its red color and its ability to bind O2 and CO2 | Hemoglobin |
Heme | Iron |
Globins | Protein |
Globin breaks down into amino acids, these are used for: | energy or to create new proteins |
Hem is broken down into iron and bilirubin. Iron is recycled and reused, bilirubin is: | excreted into the intestines and turned into bile. |
Name the WBC categorized as granulocytes: | Neutrophils, Eosinophils, and Basophils. |
Name the WBC categorized as agranulocytes: | Lymphocytes and Monocytes. |
Stopping blood | Hemostasis |
Stationary blood clot. | Thrombus |
Moving clot | Embolus |
Secrete natural heparin | Basophils |
GO to the site of infection, most abundant | Neutrophils |
Responsible for long term immunity; located in the spleen and thymus. | Lymphocytes |
Responsible for allergic reactions; respiratory and digestive | Eosinophils |
Excess RBCs | Polycythemia |
Eat large bacteria; aggressively phagocytic | Monocytes |
Anchors the heart to surrounding structures. | Pericardium |
Cavity between the fibrous and serous layers of the pericardium. | Pericardial Cavity |
Innermost layer of the heart wall, smooth tissue lines the chambers. | Endocardium |
Covers the heart surface | Epicardium |
Responsible for contraction and relaxation,middle layer of the heart | Myocardium |
Separates the right and left atria | interatrial septum |
Interventricular Septum | Separates the right and left ventricles. |