- The value of 300,000 per microliter of blood is a normal value for ______
- blood cells are suspended in a fluid matrix called _____, in which is dissolved many types of molecules that are being transported.
- transportation, heat distribution, maintenance of interstitial fluid composition
- Red blood cells are the most common cells found in blood, with about 5 _______ cells per microliter of blood.
- red blood cells are unique because they lack a _____
- white blood cells can contain ______ in their cytoplasm
- There are smaller numbers of larger cells with large, multilobed nuclei called ________ or white blood cells
- blood contains numerous ________ red blood cells called _____
- Which of the following describes an erythrocyte?
- The most numerous white blood cells in a differential count of a healthy individual are;
- In adults, the only site of red blood cell production, and the primary site of white blood cell formation is the;
- Which type of blood cells contain haemoglobin?
- Which of the following would lead to the production of more red blood cells?
- The only formed elements that possess a nucleus when mature are;
- The major component of the RBC is the protein
- 1) Immune reaction (hives, fever, resp. distress, hypotension)2) Hemolysis- release when Hb is metabolized (and eventually jaundice)3) Kidney shutdown- Toxic substances released from hemolyzing blood- Renal vasoconstriction- And Hb leak thru glomeruli, blocking kidney tubules
- These are all the same class of Hematopoietic Growth Factors, that bind to blood stem cell receptors, telling it what to differentiate into
- Hb abnormalities, mismatched blood, bacterial or parasytical infections (malaria)
- Influencing blood stem cells to turn into final cells (RBC, platelets, WBC's, etc.)
- A common stem cell (pluripotent= can be any blood cell)