Blood

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  • Created on: 02-01-17 10:12
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  • Blood
    • Key Blood Proteins in plasma
      • Albumin
        • MOST ABUNDANT: 35-55g/L
        • Drugs become active when bound to albumin
          • Bind for transport of low molecular weight and lipophilic molecules
        • Has ionisable groups to buffer the pH of blood
        • Important of colloid osmotic pressure of blood as can't leave cells so  pushed water out of cells
      • Fibrinogen
        • 1.5-4g/L
        • Clot material- fine insoluble mesh
      • Trace amounts of Haemoglobin
      • Globulin (transferin, immunoglobins, clotting factors, hormones and clotting factors)
        • For transport, enzymes (clootting facytors like thrombin), haematocrits (erythropoeitin) and immuno-function
          • Haematocrits
            • Fraction of blood with 45% erythrocytes
            • + Plasma + Serum= BLOOD
              • Serum= remaining fluid without proteins
      • Troponin- ONLY if cardiac tissure damage occured
    • Types of blood cells
      • Erythrocytes
        • No nucleus
        • For O2 (using haemoglobin) and CO2 (using carbonic anhydrase) transport
          • Haemoglobin= 35g/100ml in cells and less 15g/100ml in blood
            • Increases viscosity of blood
      • Thrombocytes
        • No nucleus
        • For Haemostasis
          • Preventing blood loss after blood vessel damage
          • Other responses to blood loss
            • Vasoconstriction
            • Blood coagulation: prothrombin activators
              • Activates prothrombin to convert to thrombin
                • Thrombin polymerises Fibrinogen to Fibrin
                • Fast extrinsic pathway initiates this
                  • Intrinsic response sustains this using positive feedback
                    • Thrombin production leads to more thrombin production
            • Formation of fibrous collagen tissue
            • Platelet plug - adhesion of platelets to exposed tissue
              • Platelets activated to stick to collagen and synthesis THROMBOXANE A2
                • Then contraction actin and myosin compacts clot
    • Anaemia
      • Reduced O2 carrying capacity due to LOW Haemoglobin conc.
        • When Haemoglobin count below 40%
      • Treatment depends on cause
        • Diet, metabolic deficiency, bone marrow aplasia (destrustion), blood loss, kidney disease (no erythropoeitin)
          • Fragile erythrocytes from e.g. genetic sickle cell, spherocytosis or thalassemia
    • Haemato-poeisis
      • Formation of new blood cells
        • Erythrocyte life span= 120 days
          • Spleen filters out damaged erythrocytes
            • Cell fragments then taken up by macrophages
        • Thrombocyte life span= 10 days
        • Leukocyte life span= hours
        • Using PLURI-POTENT stem cells from bone marrow
          • Active haemato-poeitic marrow in all bones up to age 5 then after 20 years in stermnum, vertebrae, ribs and pelvis only
        • Uses growth factors to initiate differentiation of cells
          • Kidney cells respond to hypoxia (low O2) by releasing hormone ERYTHRO-POEITIN
            • Erythropoeitin in blood stimulates bone marrow to make stem cells for erythrocytes
              • Production= x6 to x8
    • Prevention of harmful clotting
      • Blood flow dilutes the activated clotting factors
      • Activated factors removed in kidney by Kupffer cells (macrophages)
      • Endothelial cells neutralise factors using PROSTA-CYCLIN & NITRIC OXIDE to stop platelet activation
        • Also produces a tissue factor pathway inhibitor
        • Releases HEPARIN and THROMBO-MODULIN on membrane
      • DRUGS: Antiplatelet activation and Anticoagulant

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