blood fraction

normal temperature of the blood

dull red or purple color in the blood usually indicates that the blood is

90% of water and is the liquid part of the blood

most abundant solutes in plasma

acts as a carrier to shuttle certain molecules through the circulation, is an important blood buffer, and contributes to the osmotic pressure of the blood.

which body organ plays the main role in producing plasma proteins?

what are the three major categories of formed elements?

functions primarily to ferry oxygen to all cells of the body

a decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood for whatever reason

an excessive or abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes

defends the body against damage by bacteria, viruses, parasites and tumor cells

A process when WBCs are able to slip into and out of the blood vessels

the capability of the WBCs to locate areas of tissue damage and infection in the body by responding to certain chemicals that diffuse from damaged cells

Process in which WBCs move through the tissue spaces which they help form flowing cytoplasmic extensions that help move along

refers to the total WBC count above 11 000 cells/mm^3

the condition where the body has abnormally low WBC count

Literally white blood in which the bone marrow becomes cancerous and a huge numbers of WBCs are turned out rapidly

Two classifications of WBCs

Granule-containing WBCs. They have lobed nuclei, which typically consists of several rounded nuclear areas connected by thin strands of nuclear material

Most numerous WBCs. Particularly partial to bacteria and fungi, which they kill during respiratory burst that deluges the phagocytized invaders with a potent brew of oxidizing substances

Their number increases rapidly during the infections by parasitic worms ingested in food such as raw fish or entering through the skin

rarest of the WBCs, have large histamine-containing granules that stain dark blue

an inflammatory chemical that makes blood leaky and attracts other WBCs to the inflamed sight

lack cytoplasmic granules

take up residence in lymphatic tissues such as the tonsils. They are the second most numerous leukocytes in the blood

largest of the WBCs and resemble large lymphocytes

migrated monocytes in the tissues that are important in fighting chronic infections such as tuberculosis, and in activating lymphocytes

Not technically cells which pinch off thousands of anucleate pieces that seal themselves off from the surrounding fluids

What is the role of hemoglobin in the red blood cell?

which white blood cells are most important in the body immunity?

blood cell formation

stem cell which resides in red bone marrow

produces lymphocytes

hormone that controls the rate of erythrocyte production

prompt red bone marrow to turn out leukocytes and enhance the ability of mature leukocytes to protect the body

stem cell that gives rise to all formed elements

a clot that develops and persists in an unbroken blood vessel

a thrombus that floats freely in the blood stream

results from an insufficient number of circulating platelets

purplish blotches that resemble rash on skin

applies to several different hereditary bleeding disorders that result from a lack of any of the factors that is needed for clotting

a substance that the body recognizes as foreign; it stimulates the immune system to mount a defense against it

the recognizers present in the plasma that attach to RBCs bearing surface antigens different from those on the patient's RBCs

A phenomenon that is the binding of the antibodies which causes the foreign RBCs to clump which leads to the clogging of a small blood vessel throughout the body

the universal recepient

The universal donor

What are the classes of human blood groups based on?

What is the probable result of mismatched blood?