ANAT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fibrinogen, Globulin, Red Blood Cell
15 Dec 2019
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Functions of blood: critical for survival of our cells and organs, transports elements throughout the body (ex. Oxygen from the lungs to body tissues, co2 from body tissues to the lungs to be exhaled: regulates bodily functions (ex. Body temperatures, ph levels: protects the body through immune response (ex. White blood cells migrate to a site of infection through the blood) Physical characteristics of blood: viscosity (thickness of a fluid) 4x more viscous than water, temperature 38 degrees c, ph levels ranges between 7. 35 and 7. 45, volume in an individual 5l average. Components of blood: plasma, accounts for 55% of the total volume of blood. Agranulocytes: division of leukocytes, common features are lack of granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus that is round or indented, two types of agranulocytes: Lymphocytes: account for 20-30% of wbcs and are similar in size to rbcs.
