Blood is a fluid connective tissue that circulates continually around the body
Blood is not a fluid connective tissue that circulates continually around the body
Blood has a pH of 7.35 - 7.45 - slightly alkaline
Average volumes of blood select 2
5-6l for males 4-5l for females
6-7l for males 5-6l for females
Select three functions of blood
Homeostasis
Transport
Defence
primarily keeping warm
What is transported by blood? (5)
Dissolved gases, O2 and CO2
Nutrients
Fat
Metabolic wastes
Hormones
CSF
Blood is involved in homeostasis by regulating body temp, pH and regulating the blood volume
Blood is not involved in homeostasis by regulating body temp, pH and regulating the blood volume
Blood is 55% plasma and 45% formed elements (erythrocytes, leuko, platelets etc)
Blood is mostly plasma and but also has formed elements (erythrocytes, leuko, platelets etc)
Is plasma the same as serum?
Serum has no clotting factor
Serum is plasma without the clotting factor
Plasma proteins are mostly produced by the liver
Plasma does not stay in the blood
Plasma proteins are too big to escape through the blood vessels
Plasma proteins are made of albumin, globulins, clotting factors and regulatory enzymes and hormones
Sodium ions are involved in water balance
Potassium ions are involved in neuronal and muscle activation
Calcium ions are important in nerve transmission
Chloride ions, bicarb ions and phosphate ions are important electrolytes
Venipuncture is a superficial vein puncture at anterior surface of elbow
Venipuncture is a superficial vein puncture at posterior surface of elbow
Capillary puncture is a finger tip, ear lobe, big toe or heel
Arterial puncture is used to check efficiency of pulmonary gas exchange
Haemopoiesis is the forming of blood cells
Haemopoiesis occurs in flat and irregular bone marrow
Haemopoietic stem cells form into myeloid stem and lymphoid stem cells
Haemopoietic stem cells do not form into myeloid stem and lymphoid stem cells
Select 4 types of cells the myeloid stem cell can develop into
RBC
Platelets
Granulocytes
Lymphocytes
Monocyte
Select 3 different cells lymphoid stem cells can develop into
Natural killer cells
T Lymphocytes
B Lymphocytes
Erythrocyte life span is 100 - 120 days
Macrophages phagocytose worn out RBC's
Haemoglobin is broken down into haemoglobin when RBC's are being destroyed
Iron from haem is recycled to make new haemoglobin
Globin is broken down into amino acids and released into the bloodstream when the RBC is being broken down.
Erythropoiesis - production of red blood cells from precursor stem cells
Stem cells take 7 days to form into RBC's
Erythropoiesis requires amino acids, folic acid and vit B12
Erythropoietin acts on the bone marrow to stimulate erythropoiesis
Erythropoietin does not stimulate erythropoiesis
Lack of functioning RBC's can result in hypoxia
EPO can produce 30 million red blood cells per second
EPO can produce 100 million red blood cells per second
Kidneys secrete Erythropoetin into the blood
Leukocyte rolling - when leukocytes leave the bloodstream and move to the site of infection
Leukocytes make up ....
1% of the blood stream
25% of the blood stream
A Granulyte is a ....
a white blood cell which does not granules in its cytoplasm, i.e. a neutrophil, basophil, or eosinophil.
a white blood cell with secretory granules in its cytoplasm, i.e. a neutrophil, basophil, or eosinophil.
Agranulocytes are...
Neutrophil, eosinophil and basophil
Monocyte and lymphocyte
Neutrophils make up
40-75% of leukocytes
10-75% of leukocytes
Neutrophils are also known as polymorphonuclear leukocytes due to the variable shapes of their nucleus
Pseudopodium is a temporary protrusion of the surface of an amoeboid cell for movement and feeding.
Eosinophils are found at the sites of allergic reactions and digest parasitic worms that are too large to be phagocytosed
Leukocytes are similar to mast cells and are involved in the inflammatory response.
There are three types of Lymphocytes: T Cells, B Cells and Natural killer cells.
Select the three types of Lymphocytes:
T Cells, B Cells and Natural killer cells.
T Cells, B Cells and Monocytes
Monocytes are actively motile and phagocytic, they are crucial against viruses, bacterial parasites and infections.
Platelets are cell fragments with no nucleus but lots of granules, lysosomes and mitochondria.
Blood clotting is also known as haemostasis
Anaemia; blood either has a lower than normal number of RBC's or a lower than normal amount of haemoglobin in each RBC
Leukocytosis: increased WBC due to infection of inflammation.
Leukopenia: decreased WBC, can be caused by chemotherapy, radiation, overwhelming infection.
Leukaemia is caused in the bone marrow by cancerous leukocytes, immature nonfunctional WBC's in the bloodstream.
Thrombocytopenia: decreased platelet numbers, results in bleeding.
Thrombocytosis: Increased platelet numbers, results in clotting within blood vessels.
Thrombocytopenia: : Increased platelet numbers, results in clotting within blood vessels.
Haematocrit is the ratio of the volume of red blood cells to the total volume of blood.
Haematopoeisis is the ratio of the volume of red blood cells to the total volume of blood.
A karyotype is simply a picture of a person’s chromosomes.
Cells differentiate to do different jobs, and need to express different genes
How is a gene expressed?
Conversion from a code on DNA to a new protein ..
Conversion from a code on DNA to a nucleus
Ribosomes string together amino acids in the correct sequence (determined by the genetic code) to make proteins
Ribosomes are Protein assembly machines.
The ER functions as a manufacturing and packaging system.
Rough ER: Protein folding and modification Smooth ER: Lipid production
Smooth ER: Protein folding and modification Rough ER: Lipid production
Golgi Apparatus: The protein packaging & shipping department.
Diffusion is the net passive movement of particles (atoms, ions or molecules) from a region in which they are in higher concentration to regions of lower concentration.
Osmosis is the net passive movement of particles (atoms, ions or molecules) from a region in which they are in higher concentration to regions of lower concentration.
Osmosis: a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one.
The process of normal cell division:
Mitosis
Meiosis
Apoptotic genes:
Promote cell death
Promote cell division
Proto-oncogenes:
There are four main tissue types: Epithelial Tissue, Connective Tissue, Muscle Tissue & Nervous tissue