Crash Course A&P #29-30 Blood

The one thing that we cannot artificially manufacture is ___.

Every ___, someone in the U.S. needs a blood transfusion

Blood’s functions include:

The transport and distribution of ___, nutrients, and waste products.

Blood’s functions include:

The maintenance of body temperature, ___ levels, and the volume of the fluids in your body.

Blood’s functions include:

Protection from infection and the loss of ___.

When you donate blood, they usually take about ___.

Blood separates into 3 distinct layers. The bottom layer is made up of...

Blood separates into 3 distinct layers. The middle layer is made up of...

Blood separates into 3 distinct layers. The top layer is made up of...

The system in place to prevent you from losing too much blood is called:

When you cut yourself, the first thing that happens is that the blood vessel ___ itself to slow the flow of blood.

___ refers to a group of disorders in which people have trouble with the clotting process – specifically not being able to make fibrin properly.

Markers on your cells that identify who they belong to are called:

Type ___ blood is a universal receiver, because those cells have both antigens, while type ___ blood is a universal donor because they have no antigens.

Most of the population is Rh _.

The main mission of your erythrocytes (red blood cells) is to keep your body fed with __.

Red blood cells survive an average of __.

If you don’t count their water content, red blood cells are __% Hemoglobin.

Hematopoesis, the process of making red blood cells, takes place in your __ bone marrow.

Hypoxia refers to ___ deprivation

Old and dying red blood cells get taken to the “red blood cell graveyard”, where it is ingested by big ___ blood cells, which break it down and recycle its hemoglobin.