March 21 notes

Chapter 10
Blood
1. Components of cardiovascular system = internal transport =
a. Heart
b. Blood vessels
c. Blood
i. River of life: liquid
1. Functions
a. Distribution
i. Gases
ii. Nutrients
iii. Wastes
iv. Hormones
b. Regulation
i. Body temperature
ii. pH in body tissues
iii. fluid volume
c. protection
i. preventing blood loss
ii. preventing infection
2. Blood tissue
a. Body’s only liquid tissue
b. Connective tissue
c. Components
i. Living cells
ii. Nonliving matrix
d. Centrifuged blood
i. Red blood cells
ii. White blood cells/platelets
iii. Plasma
3. Physical characteristics
a. Color
i. Oxygen-rich
ii. Oxygen-poor
b. pH range
c. body temperature
d. blood volume
e. % of body weight
4. Blood plasma
a. Water
b. Dissolved substances
c. Plasma proteins
i. Most abundant
ii. Various
1. Albumins
2. Clotting proteins
3. Antibodies
iii. Acidosis
iv. Alkalosis
v. Blood pH restored
5. Formed elements
a. Erythrocytes
i. Main function
ii. Anatomy
1. Shape
2. Bags of
3. Anucleate
4. Number
iii. Hemoglobin
1. Protein that contains
2. Binds
3. Number per erythrocyte
4. Amount in blood
iv. Hemostatic imbalances
1. General anemia
2. Sickle cell anemia (SCA)
3. Polycythemia
b. Leukocytes
i. Crucial for
ii. Complete cells:
iii. Diapedesis
iv. Moves by
v. Responds to
vi. Number:
vii. Abnormal numbers:
1. Leukocytosis
2. Leukpoenia
3. Leukemia
c. Thrombocytes = platelets
6. Types of leukocytes
a. Granulocytes
i. Granules
ii. Nuclei
iii. Types:
b. Agranulocytes
i. Lack
ii. Nuclei shape:
iii. Types:
c. List from most to least abundant:
i. Never
ii. Let
iii. Monkeys
iv. Eat
v. Bananas