The blood

• Erythrocytes (red blood cells)


  Disk shaped with dumbbell like dent
• Erythrocytes


  • Carry O2 and CO2
  • Has hemoglobin as its nucleus
  • Mature RBC have NO nucleus with life space of 120 days and die in the liver and spleen
• Hemolysis


  Rupture of RBC
• Septicemia


  Infection of the blood
• <14-18 is called anemia
• >18-16 is called polycythemia
• Male 5-6 million/ cmm total count
• what is the average HB% in men

  14-18 gram/100ml of blood
• what is the average HB% in women

  12-16 gram/ 100ml of blood
• what is the total blood count of female?

  4-5 million/ Cmm
• Leukocyte (white blood cells)

  • Normal count 4-10 thousand cells/cmm
  • >11 thousand means infection: Female uti's, Kids, throat,ear and sinus
  • <4 thousand: Leukopenia
• Thrombocytes (platelets)


  • Takes part on the Coagulation of the blood
  • Normal count 150-400 thousand/cmm
  • <150 thousand = thrombocytopenia
  • >400 thousand = thrombocytosis (could lead to stroke because of excess coagulation in different parts of the body ex. brain)
• Ecchymosis


  • blood under the skin