IUPUI BIOL-N 261 LAB EXAM 3 2024 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS

What type of tissue is blood? - Precise Answer connective The "formed elements" of blood consist of what? - Precise Answer -Erythrocytes (red blood cells) -Leukocytes (white blood cells) -Platelets (Thrombocytes) What is the liquid medium that the formed elements are suspended in called? - Precise Answer plasma What are the function of blood cells? - Precise Answer transport gases, nutrients, waste products, hormones, antibodies, chemicals, ions, etc., in the plasma to and from various cells in the body How do we study blood histologically? - Precise Answer We use a blood smear Info about RBCs (red blood cells) - Precise Answer -Most numerous and easiest to identify in a blood smear -Non-nucleated -Remain within blood vessels Info about WBC (white blood cells) - Precise Answer -Harder to find and identify -Nucleated, sometimes granulated -Perform their functions outside of blood vessels -Divided into categories based on the shape of their nuclei, the absence or presence of granules, and the staining affinities of granules.