ANAT 103- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 32 pages long!)
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A liquid connective tissue made of cells surrounded by plasma (liquid extracellular matrix) % total blood volume of rbc is hematocrit. Protect body from pathogens and foreign substances. Normal ratio of neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils. Lymphocytes: b cells, t cells and natural killers. Can live for years unlike other formed elements. Amount of wbc depend on invading pathogens and antigens. Oxygen from the lungs interstital fluid cells. Nutrients and hormones from the gi and endocrine if cells. Co2 from the cells interstitial fluid blood lungs. Waste and heat if blood organs of elimination. Regulates homeostasis of all body fluids, ph, body temp, and water content of cells. Protects against: excess loss by clotting infections through the use of white blood cells. Process of making formed elements of blood cells. Develop into different type of blood cells (stem cells) Pluripotent cells in bone marrow produce two other types of stem cells:
