BLOOD

• SPECIALIZED FLUID CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT CIRCULATES IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM?

  BLOOD
• BLOOD IS USED FOR?

  DIAGNOSTIC & MONITORING PURPOSES
• BLOOD ARISE FROM THE___ LAYER?

  GERM LAYER (MESODERM)
• COLOR OF OXYGEN RICH BLOOD?

  BRIGHT RED / CHERRY RED / SCARLET RED
• COLOR OF OXYGEN POOR BLOOD?

  DARK RED / DULL RED
• OXYGEN RICH BLOOD IS FOUND IN?

  ARTERIES
• OXYGEN POOR BLOOD IS FOUND IN?

  VEINS
• BLOOD PH SPECIFIC RANGE?

  7.35 - 7.45
• BLOOD TEMPERATURE?

  38C
• BODY TEMPERATURE?

  37C
• BLOOD IS __ TO __ TIMES VISCOUS THAN WATER?

  3 - 4 TIMES
• BLOOD ACCOUNTS FOR HOW MANY PERCENT OF BODY MASS?

  8%
• VOLUME OF BLOOD IN MALES?

  5 - 6 LITERS
• VOLUME OF BLOOD IN ADULT FEMALE?

  4 - 5 LITERS
• AVERAGE VOLUME OF BLOOD?

  5 LITERS
• FUNCTIONS OF BLOOD? (3)

  TRANSPORT, REGULATORY & PROTECT
• BLOOD DELIVERS OXYGEN FROM ___ & NUTRIENTS FROM THE ___?

  LUNGS ; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• TRUE OR FALSE: BLOOD MAINTAIN BODY TEMPERATURE?

  TRUE
• TRUE OR FALSE: BLOOD ACT AS A BUUFER / MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS?

  TRUE
• RESPONSIBLE FOR CLOT FORMATION?

  PLATELET
• 2 MAJOR BLOOD COMPONENTS?

  PLASMA & FORMED ELEMENTS
• PLASMA ACCOUNTS FOR HOW MANY %?

  55%
• FORMED ELEMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR HOW MANY %?

  45&
• SOLVENT FOR CARRYING OTHER SUBSTANCES?

  WATER
• FUNCTION AS OSMOTIC BALANCE, PH BUFFERING & REGULATION OF MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY?

  SALTS OR ELECTROLYTES
• GIVE EXAMPLES OF ELECTROLYTES?

  SODIUM, POTASSIUM, CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM, CHLORIDE & BICARBONATE
• RED BLOOD CELLS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS?

  ERYTHROCYTES
• TRANSPORT OXYGEN & HELP TRANSPORT CARBON DIOXIDE?

  ERYTHROCYTES (RBC)
• NUMBER OF RED BLOOD CELLS? (PER mm3)

  4 - 6 MILLION
• LEUKOCYTES NUMBER PER mm3?

  4000 - 11000
• FOR DEFENSE & IMMUNITY?

  LEUKOCYTE / WHITE BLOOD CELLS
• PALE YELLOW COLORED LIQUID COMPONENT OF BLOOD?

  PLASMA
• PLASMA IS COMPOSED OF APPROXIMATELY ___ WATER & __ INCLUDES MANY DISSOLVED SUBSTANCES?

  90% WATER & 10%
• DISSOLVED SUBSTANCES IN PLASMA INVOLVES?

  ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC SALTS & ION, RESPIRATORY GASES & NUTRIENTS, WASTE PRODUCTS
• MAINTAIN PH & PLASMA OSMOTIC PRESSURE?

  ELECTROLYTES
• CATIONS ELECTROLYTES?

  SODIUM (NA) , POTASSIUM (K), MAGNESIUM (MG) & CALCIUM (CA)
• ANION ELECTROLYTES?

  CHLORIDE, PHOSPHATE, SULFATE & DICARBONATE
• PREVENT WATER TO LEAK IN BLOODSTREAM?

  OSMOSTIC PRESSURE
• ALL FORMED ELEMENTS IN THE BLOOD ARISE FROM THE SAME ___?

  HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL
• PLASMA PROTEINS (3)?

  ALBUMIN, FIBRINOGEN & GLOBULINS