Blood 2

Formed elements abundance

A hematocrit provides information on...

Fibrinogen

A plasma proteins essential for blood clotting is...

Specific

Adaptive immunity is...

Spleen, Liver

Aged or damaged erythrocytes are broken down by macrophages in the...

Red bone marrow

All the circulating red blood cells as an adult originate in the...

Antibodies (immunoglobulins)

An activated B-cells differentiate into plasma cells to start producing...

Formed elements

Approximately 45% of blood volume is composed of the...

Monocytes

Are large phagocytic white cells that spend most of their time outside the blood as fixed and free phagocytic cells...

Serum

Blood that has clotting proteins removed is termed...

Cytokines

Chemical messengers that coordinate the local activities of the immune system...

Natural killer cells

Constant monitoring or surveillance of the bodies tissues id performed by the cells

Iron

Each heme ring in hemoglobin encloses an atom of...

Phagocytosis

Engolfing pathogens and cell debris is known as...

Hemoglobin

More than 95% of the protein in a red blood cell...

Natural killers

Patrolling the body for bacteria, cancer, and other abnormal cells as a function of the...

Immunoglobins

Plasma proteins essential in body defense are the...

Interforea

Proteins released by cells infected by viruses...

Erythropoietin

Red blood cell production is regulated by the hormone...

Chemotaxis

Sensitivity and orientation to achemical stimulus by a phagocytic cells is known as...

Physical barriers

Skin, mucus membrane, ephitellia, hair and many secreations are part of the..

Lymphocytes

The blood cell involved in specific immunity are the...

Immune response

The body's reaction to infectious aagents and other abnormal substances is known as the...

Carry oxygen to the cells and carry away CO2

The function of red blood cells is to...

Water

The most abundant component of plasma is...

Albumin

The most abundant protein in blood plasma is...

Neutrophils

The most numerous WBC's in peripheral circulation are the...

Albumin

The protein that is the major contributor to plasma as malarity is...

B-Cells

These cells produce antibodies )humoral) mediated immunity...

T-Cells

These cells provide cell mediated (cellular) immunity...

Liver

This organ makes more than 90% of the plasma proteins...

Eosinophils

White BC that are increased in allergic individuals are the....

Basophils

White blood cells that was histamine at the site of an injury are...

Non-Specific

innate immunity is...