Topic/Objective: / Name:
Understand the
structure and / Class/Period:
function of the circulatory system / Date:
Essential Question:

Blood Notes

Functions of the Blood:

1.  Blood carries oxygen from your lungs to all your body cells. Carbon dioxide diffuses from your body cells into your blood. Your blood caries carbon dioxide to your lungs to be exhaled

2.  ______

3.  Blood transports nutrients and other substances to your body cells.

4.  ______

Types of the Blood:

Type / Function or Job / Lifetime
·  carries oxygen to cells
·  carries carbon dioxide to the lungs / 100-120
days
White Blood
Cell / 3 days
Platelets / 7-10 Days
·  carries red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and other necessary things for your body / N/A

II. Vocabulary Terms

A. Blood Clotting: Clotting is the solidification of blood in a process known as ______. A blood clot consists of a plug of platelets enmeshed in a network of insoluble fibrin.

B. ______: The clumping of blood cells after a transfusion.

C. Antibodies - ______

Because if these antibodies, certain blood types cannot be mixed. This limits the blood transfusion possibilities as shown in the figure below.

C. Antibodies - form in blood after birth.

Blood Types Antibodies

A ______

B ______

AB ______

O ______

D. Antigens * ______

______

* Types A, B, and AB have chemical identification tags called antigens on their red blood cells. Type O blood has no antigens. Each blood type also has specific antibodies in its plasma. Blood Types are based on:

Antigens found on RBC

Blood Type Antigen

A ______

B ______

AB ______

O ______

E. Blood Transfusion: ______The medical provider must be sure that the right type of blood is given. If the wrong type of is given, the red blood cells will clump together. Then clots form in the blood vessels and the person could die.

TYPE / CAN RECEIVE / CAN DONATE TO
A
B
AB
O

F. Rh Blood Group

A. First discovered in the

1. Rhesus Monkey

B. ______

1. Have the D antigen = ______

2. No D antigen = ______

Diseases or Disorders of the Blood:

1.  Anemia: ______

2.  Causes include, loss of large amounts of blood, diet lacking iron, or certain vitamins, or a side effect of treatment for a disease.

3.  Sickle-cell anemia: ______. The individual has misshaped red blood cells. The sickle-cell shaped cells clog the capillaries and oxygen cannot reach tissues served by the capillaries, and waste cannot be removed be removed.

4.  Leukemia: ______These cells are immature and do not fight infections well. They fill the bone marrow and crowd out the normal cells. Medicines, blood transfusions, and bone marrow transplants are used to treat this disease.

5. Hemophilia: ______A patient whose blood tests suggest severe hemophilia will usuallybleed frequently, whereas another patient with a milder form will usuallybleed only rarely.