BIO 212- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 14 pages long!)
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Most abundant; soak up plasma leaking from vessel. Stem cell in bone marrow from which all formed elements are derived. Permeable to oxygen, primary transport for oxygen, contains hemoglobin to transport o2 and. Exit blood at capillary and squeeze into tissues to fight infection. 2% of wbc; lysosomal enzymes kill; stain reddish orange; 2 lobes. Less than 1% of wbc; release histamine; stain purple/blue/black; s-shaped nucleus. Platelets come to the hole and plug it because of stickiness. Prevent mixing of oxygenated/deoxygenated blood between left and right sides. Hole in interatrial septum to bypass non-functional lung in baby to return blood to placenta. Attaches to av valves to keep leaflets down when heart contracts do they don"t rise into upper chambers; connects to papillary muscle in ventricles. Outer heart layer with coronary vessels and nerves. Inner layer of endothelial tissue lining chambers and valves. Pathway to and from the rest of the body.
