Blood Components

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Blood Components
Who am I? Who can I give blood to and get blood
from??
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1. Who am I?

• I have granules that you can see under the light
  microscope.
• Im polymorphonuclear(PMN).
• My role is to be the first immune system cell at
  the site of an infection.
• I am a phagocyte and when I engulf and destroy
  the invader I also kill myself.

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2. Who am I?

• I also have granules and a lobed nucleus.
• My granules are red and contain inflammatory
  chemicals.
• I am phagocytic and my role is to kill parasitic
  worms.
• I also play a role in the allergic reaction

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3. Who am I?

• I too have granules. They are blue.
• My nucleus is usually U-shaped.
• My granules contain histamine for vasodilation
  (so that immune system cells can rapidly get to
  the site of the infection).
• I play a role in the allergic response.

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4. Who am I?

• I am agranular.
• I have a large nucleus.
• A lot of us tend to be found in lymphatic tissue.
• I am very important in the specific immune
  response.
• Depending on my type, I can make antibodies or
  other chemicals.

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5. Who am I?

• I am also agranular.
• I am the largest WBC.
• Once I leave the blood vessel, I become a
  macrophage who phagocytizes things that arent
  supposed to be there.
• I initiate the specific immune response.

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6. Who am I?

• I am the fluid part of blood.
• I contain dissolved nutrients, wastes, and CO2.
  I also contain antibodies and other proteins.
• My role is that of transport, regulation, and
  protection.
• I take up approximately 55 of the total blood
  volume.

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7. Who am I?

• When the blood is spun, I am the heavy layer that
  sinks to the bottom half of the tube.
• I take up approximately 45 of the total blood
  volume.

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8. Who am I?

• We play a role in hemostasis.
• We secrete chemicals such as ADP and serotonin,
  calcium, enzymes, and others to cause the clot to
  form and firm-up.
• We like to mingle with fibrin and clotting
  factors from the plasma.

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9. Who can I give blood to?

• I have A-proteins within my RBC plasma membranes.
• I am rh-

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10. Who can I give blood to?

• I am AB

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11. Who can I get blood from?

• I am O-

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12. Who can I get blood from?

• I am B

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Answers

• 1. neutrophil
• 2. eosinophil
• 3. basophil
• 4. lymphocyte
• 5. monocyte
• 6. plasma
• 7. Hematocrit (RBCs)
• 8. platelets
• 9. Type A, A-, AB, AB-
• 10. Type AB
• 11. Only O-
• 12. B, AB