• Blood

• Transportation Fluid of the Body

• Characteristics of Blood

• 5–6 liters of blood in adult man

• 4–5 liters in an adult woman:

• Hypovolemic = low

• Normovolemic = normal

• Hypervolemic = high

• alkaline pH (range of 7.35 to 7.45)

• temperature = 100.4°F

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• Blood Composition

• Plasma

• Formed Elements

• Erythrocytes, Leukocytes and Platelets (Thrombocytes)

• Plasma

• ~55% of whole blood

• Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide concentrations in comparison to interstitial fluid

• Proteins

• Albumin

• Globulin – Antibodies and transport

• Fibrinogen – formation of serum

• Role of liver

• Solutes

• Ions - Sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride, carbonate and phosphate

• Nutrients – Glucose, triglycerides, amino acids and ketone bodies

• Wastes – Urea, Ammonia, bilirubin and Creatinine

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• Formed Elements

• Erythrocytes

• Leukocytes

• Granular

• Neutrophils

• Eosinophils

• Basophils

• Agranular

• Lymphocytes

• Monocytes

• Platelets

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• Erythrocyte

• Hemoglobin

• Blood Types

• Rh Factor

• D antigen

• Sensitization

• Cross Reactions

• Agglutination

• Hemolysis

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• Incompatability

• Leukocytes

• Leukopenia

• Leukocytosis – leukemia

• Diapedesis

• Fixed and Free Macrophages

• T cells and B cells

• Leukocytes

• Platelets

• Developing Formed Elements

• Origin of Formed Elements

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