Chapter 18
The Circulatory System: Blood

 

  1. Know all of the key terms in chapter 18.
  2. Understand the functions and properties of blood.
  3. Know what the formed elements of blood are.
  4. Understand what hematocrit is and how it is obtained.
  5. Know what plasma is and what it contains.
  6. Know what the term ‘hemopoiesis’ means and know where it occurs (i.e. what tissues are hemopoietic?)
  7. Know the hormones that stimulates hemopoiesis.
  8. Understand how erythrocyte homeostasis is maintained (i.e. what stimulates EPO production and bone marrow, what stimulates erythropoiesis, what are the effects of hypoxemia on EPO stimulation, etc.)
  9. Know what leukocytes are and what leucopoiesis means.
  10. Know the general function of white blood cells and the different types of WBCs.
  11. Know what platelets are and what their general function is. 
  12. Know what thrombopoiesis means.
  13. Know what erythrocytes are and what their general function and structure are.
  14. Know the structure and function of hemoglobin.
  15. Understand the reasons that men and women have different RBC values.
  16. Know how long RBCs live and understand the process of death and disposal of RBCs.
  17. Understand where bilirubin comes from and how it exits the body.
  18. Know what the term polycythemia means and understand its causes and dangers.
  19. Understand the meaning of ‘anemia’ and know its causes and effects.
  20. Understand the cause, effects and characteristics of sickle-cell disease.
  21. Understand how human blood type is determined and understand what type(s) of antibodies are found in the plasma of a person if given their blood type.
  22. Understand what agglutinogens and agglutinins, antigens and antibodies are.
  23. Know the universal recipient blood type and the universal donor blood type and understand why they are referred to as such.
  24. Understand the reaction that would occur if noncompatible blood types are mixed.
  25. Understand the effects of agglutination of RBCs.
  26. Understand the procedure for testing a persons blood type using anti-A and anti-B antibodies.  (i.e. what happens if a drop of anti-B antigen is placed on a sample of A+ blood?)
  27. Understand the difference between two peoples RBCs if one is type AB and the other is type A, B or O.
  28. Understand the difference between two peoples RBCs if one person is Rh+ and the other is Rh-.
  29. Understand the reaction that occurs when mixing Rh+ blood with Rh- for the first time or second time.
  30. Understand what ‘hemolytic disease of the newborn’ or ‘erythroblastosis fetalis’ is and know what causes it.
  31. Know what RhoGAM is used for and under what conditions it is given.
  32. Know what embolism and thrombosis mean.
  33. Know what an infarction is.
  34. Understand why it is important for passengers on long flights and patients in a hospital to not sit still for too long.