BIOL 109 Unit 5

the study of blood

(also, red blood cell) mature myeloid blood cell that is composed mostly of hemoglobin and functions primarily in the transportation of oxygen and carbon dioxide

(also, white blood cell) colorless, nucleated blood cell, the chief function of which is to protect the body from disease

complex mixture of water, proteins, nutrients, electrolytes, waste, hormones, and gases

tissues that produce blood cells

oxygen-carrying compound in erythrocytes

erythrocyte production

granulocytes that stain with a neutral dye and are the most numerous of the leukocytes; especially active against bacteria

granulocytes that stain with eosin; they release antihistamines and are especially active against parasitic works

granulocytes that stain with a basic (alkaline) stain and store histamine and heparin

agranular leukocytes of the lymphoid stem cell line, many of which function in specific immunity

agranular leukocytes of the myeloid stem cell line that circulate in the bloodstream

carry blood away from the heart

carries blood to the heart

connect the smallest arteries and veins

blood flow to and from the lungs

blood flow to and from virtually all of the tissues of the body

membrane that separates the heart from other mediastinal structures; consists of two distinct, fused sublayers: the fibrous pericardium and the parietal pericardium

innermost layer of the serous pericardium and the outermost layer of the heart wall

thickest layer of the heart composed of cardiac muscle cells built upon a framework of primarily collagenous fibers and blood vessels that supply it and the nervous fibers that help to regulate it

innermost layer of the heart lining the heart chambers and heart valves; composed of endothelium reinforced with a thin layer of connective tissue that binds to the myocardium

one of the primary pumping chambers of the heart located in the lower portion of the heart

upper or receiving chamber of the heart that pumps blood into the lower chambers just prior to their contraction; the rights atrium receives blood from the systemic circuit that flows into the right ventricle; the left atrium receives blood from the pulmonary circuit that flows into the left ventricle

in blood, the liquid extracellular matrix composed mostly of water that circulates the formed elements and dissolved materials throughout the cardiovascular system