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What are the 3 most common types of proteins found in plasma and
what is the function of each?
Albumin (60%)
o Transport nutrients and waste,
o Albumin and Na+ are the primary determinant of osmotic
pressure
Globulin (36%)
o Alpha & beta -> transport function
o Gamma -> immune function (produced by WBC)
Fibrinogen (4%)
o Soluble fiber that is converted to solid mesh needed to trap
blood cells to form a blood clot
8. Which formed elements are produced from the lymphoid stem cell
line?
- Lymphocytes (WBC)
Which from the myeloid stem cell line?
- RBC and platelets
- Extrinsic pathway: The first factor, called tissue factor III or tissue
thromboplastin is released by the damaged tissue outside the blood vessel.
This pathway is faster than intrinsic.
Quiz
Vascular spasm
Formation of Thrombin
Formation of blood clot
Tissue thromboplastin activation of extrinsic
pathway
Formation of Fibrin
Platelet plug formation
Basophils
Eosinophils
Lymphocytes
Neutrophils
Monocyte
Eosinophil
Neutrophil
Lymphocyte
3 months
2 months
< 10 days
1 month
5. A hematocrit of 45 % indicates
iron
transferrin
ferritin
bilirubin
Transferin
Hemosiderin
Fibrinogen
Ferritin
True
False
Erythrocyte
Leukocyte
Thrombocyte
Monocyte
Basophil
Neutrophil
Lymphocyte
Eosinophil