Rio Salado Bio 202 (AP2) Lab 2 Notes
Plasma - answer Fluid portion of blood
makes up 55% of whole blood.
formed elements – answer red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets
makes up about 45% of whole blood
Erythrocytes – answer red blood cells
literally sacs of hemoglobin molecules that transports the bulk of the oxygen carried in
the blood
also carries a small percentage of carbon dioxide
Leukocytes - answer white blood cells
are part of the bodies nonspecific defenses and the immune systems.
- make up 1% of the whole blood (including platelets)
platelets - answerfunction in hemostasis (blood clot formation)
- make up 1% of the whole blood (including leukocytes)
diapedesis - answerthe passage of blood cells through the intact walls of the capillaries,
typically accompanying inflammation.
amoeboid motion - answerCell movement achieved by a cell being able to change
shape
Granulocytes - answerneutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
Agranulocytes - answerlymphocytes and monocytes
Neutrophil - answermultilobed nucleus, pale red and blue cytoplasmic granules
Eosinophils - answerbilobed nucleus, red cytoplasmic granules
Basophils - answerbilobed nucleus, purplish black cytoplasmic granules
Plasma - answer Fluid portion of blood
makes up 55% of whole blood.
formed elements – answer red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets
makes up about 45% of whole blood
Erythrocytes – answer red blood cells
literally sacs of hemoglobin molecules that transports the bulk of the oxygen carried in
the blood
also carries a small percentage of carbon dioxide
Leukocytes - answer white blood cells
are part of the bodies nonspecific defenses and the immune systems.
- make up 1% of the whole blood (including platelets)
platelets - answerfunction in hemostasis (blood clot formation)
- make up 1% of the whole blood (including leukocytes)
diapedesis - answerthe passage of blood cells through the intact walls of the capillaries,
typically accompanying inflammation.
amoeboid motion - answerCell movement achieved by a cell being able to change
shape
Granulocytes - answerneutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
Agranulocytes - answerlymphocytes and monocytes
Neutrophil - answermultilobed nucleus, pale red and blue cytoplasmic granules
Eosinophils - answerbilobed nucleus, red cytoplasmic granules
Basophils - answerbilobed nucleus, purplish black cytoplasmic granules
