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Hematopoiesis (hemopoiesis)
Blood cell formation that occurs in the red bone marrow
Hematocrit
Precentage of erythrocytes that normaly constitute about 45% ot the total volume of the blood
Erythropoiesis
Hemocytoblast
Proerythroblast
Early erythroblast (ribosome synthesis)
Late erythroblast (hemoglobin accumulation)
Normoblast (ejection of nucleus)
Reticulocyte
Erythrocyte
Diapedesis
A process when WBCs are able to slip out of the capillary blood vessels
Amoeboid motion
Leukocytes form flowing cytoplasmic extensions that move them along.
Positive chemotaxis
Chemical trail of molecules released by damage cells or other leukocytes
Granulocytes
Neutrophils
: 3-7x10
3
microL(mm
3
)---50-70%. PMNs-polymorphonuclear
Eosinophils
: 100-400 microL(mm3)---2-4%
Basophils
: 20-50 microL(mm3)---0.5-1%
Agranulocytes
Lymphocytes
: 1.5-3x10
3
microL(mm3)---25%
Monocytes
: 100-700 microL(mm3)--3-8%
Respiratory burst
Oxygen is actively metabolized to produce potent germ-killer oxidizing substances such as bleach and hydrogen peroxide, and defensin-mediated lysis occurs.
Leukocyte formation
Platelets
Cytoplasmic fragments of large cell
megakaryocyte
Hemostasis
Stoppage of bleeding
1.Vascular spasm
2.Platelet plug formation
3.Coagulation
Author
vad200281
ID
127412
Card Set
Blood
Description
Blood Composition
Updated
2012-01-12T21:13:03Z
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