PHS 3507 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Neutrophil, Red Color, Globular Protein

• School: St. John's University
• Department: PHS - PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
• Course: PHS 3507
• Professor: Joanne Carroll

Document Summary

Part of the cardiovascular system (heart, vessels, blood) Immune system components: waste products, whole blood composed of 2 main functions: Formed elements (red & white blood cells, platelets and other solids: major functions of blood. Restriction of fluid loss at sites of injury (hemostasis) Interstitial-like fluid with high oxygen and carbon dioxide levels and plasma proteins. Serum is the fluid part of blood containing dissolved fibrinogen. Plasma proteins are made primarily in the liver. Transport oxygen: white blood cells (wbcs) or leukocytes. Contains hemoglobin which transports oxygen and carbon dioxide and provides red color. Number of rbcs in 1 microliter of whole blood. Lack nuclei (can"t replicate), mitochondria (can"t recreate energy) and ribosomes (no proteins). Hb + oxygen = hboxygen (oxyhemoglobin); -oxygen= deoxyhemoglobin. In a low oxygen state (e. g. at peripheral capillaries) Binds carbon dioxide and carries it to the lungs. Potent form of hemoglobin present in the developing embryo.