Blood Composition and Function
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Blood Composition and Function
Dr. Vindya RajakarunaMBBS (COLOMBO)
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
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What is Blood?
• Blood is a connective tissue • Its volume is 5-6 L in males and 4-5 L in
females• It is slightly alkaline, with a pH of ~ 7.4• Its color varies from bright to dark red• It has a salty metallic taste
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Function3 major functions• Transportation• Regulation• Protection
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Transportation
• RespiratoryRed blood cells or erythrocytes transport
Oxygen from lungs to cells and Carbon dioxide from cells to lungs
• NutritiveBlood absorb nutrients from digested foods
in gastrointestinal tract and transport to all the cells in body
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• ExcretoryMetabolic wastes, excess water and ions ,
and other molecules not needed by the body are carried by the blood to the kidneys and excreted in the urine
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Regulation
• HormonalBlood carries hormones from their site of
origin to distant target tissues , where they perform the regulatory functions
• TemperatureBlood is responsible to carry body heat to
the surface in high temperature environment as well as to keep body heat in within low temperature environment
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Protection
• ClottingThe clotting mechanism protects against
blood loss when vessels are damaged• ImmuneThe immune function of blood is performed
by the leukocytes that protects against many disease causing agents
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Composition of the Blood
• Blood consists of formed elements that are suspended and carried in a fluid called plasma
• The formed elements - Erythrocytes Oxygen transport - Leukocytes Immune defence- Platelets Blood clotting
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Plasma
• Straw colored fluid made of water (~90%), other contents include:
• Proteins make the bulk of the solutes: Albumins (60%), manufactured in the liver
are the most abundant Globulins (36%) are immune bodies Fibrinogen (4%) for blood clotting
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• Nutrients: glucose, amino acids, lipids, cholesterol
• Electrolytes: Na+, K+, Ca++, Mg++, H+, Cl-, HCO3
-, PO4--, SO4
-- • Waste: urea, creatinine, uric acid, bilirubin• Gases: O2 , CO2 , N2
• Protein bound hormones• Plasma without clotting factors is called
“serum”
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RBC/ Erythrocytes
• An RBC is a 7.5 micron disc shaped body with a central depression
• The cell is without a nucleus or mitochondria
• AN RBC contains hemoglobin and filamentous proteins attached to the cell wall to impart flexibility on it
• Life span 120 days
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• Erythrocytes are produced in bone marrow• Older erythrocytes are removed from the
circulation by phagocytic cells in the liver, spleen and bone marrow.
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• Antigens are embedded in the cell membrane, they decide the blood group
• The RBC cytoplasm provides energy to maintain intracellular homeostasis
• This energy is generated mostly through anaerobic glycolysis
• RBCs function is gas exchange: O2 to the tissues and CO2 to the lungs
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White Blood Cells/Leukocytes
• Leukocytes contain nuclei and mitochondria and can move in an amoeboid fashion
• Because of their amoeboid ability, leukocytes can squeeze through pores in capillary walls and move to a site of infection.
• Produced in bone marrow and destructed in spleen
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Types• The total number of WBCs is 4000 to
11,000/mm3
• There two main types of WBCs: granulucytes and agranulocytes
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• Granulocytes, are of three types: Neutrophils (polymorphs) 50-70%,
destroy bacteria Eosinophils, 2-4% bilobed nuclei,
attack parasites Basophils, 1% in peripheral blood,
reside in the tissues, contain histamine, involved in hypersensitivity reaction
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• Agranulocytes are of two types Lymphocytes, the smallest and second
most abundant T cells (80%) mediate cellular
immunity B cells mediate humoral immunity
Monocytes, the largest, migrate to the tissues and become macrophages involved in cellular immunity
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Neutrophils
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Eosinophils
Monocytes
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Basophils
Lymphocytes
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Platelets
• Platelets are only about 20% of the diameter of red blood cells, the most numerous cell of the blood.
• The normal platelet count is 150,000-350,000 per microliter of blood
• Platelets are produced in bone marrow and destroyed in the spleen and liver
• Life span 5 to 9 days
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• They are fragments of cells called megakaryocytes, they have no nuclei but like leukocytes are capable of amoeboid movements
• Platelets play an important role in blood clotting
• They constitute most of the mass of the clot, and phospholipids in their cell membranes activate the clotting factors in plasma that result in threads of fibrin, which reinforce the platelet plug.
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• Platelets that attach together in a blood clot release serotonin , a chemical that stimulates constriction of blood vessel.
Platelets
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Red Blood Cell Antigens and Blood Typing
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ABO System
• There are several groups of red blood cell antigens, but the major group is known as ABO system
• In terms of the antigens present on the red blood cell surface , a person may be :
Type A – with only A antigens Type B – with only B antigens Type AB – with both A and B antigens Type O – with neither A nor B antigens
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Type A – with only B antibodies Type B – with only A antibodies Type AB – with neither A nor B antibodies Type O – with both A and B antibodies
Plasma Antibodies
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Rh ( Rhesus ) factor
• Another group of antigens found on the red blood cells
• People who have these antigens are said to be Rh positive, whereas those who do not are Rh negative
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Blood Clotting
• When a blood vessel is injured, a number of physiological mechanisms are activated that promote hemostasis
• Mechanisms are: Vasoconstriction Formation of a platelet plug Production of a web of fibrin proteins that
penetrates and surrounds the platelet plug
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Functions of platelets
• In the absence of vessel damage, platelets are repelled from each other and from the endothelial lining of vessels
• The repulsion of platelets from an intact endothelium is believed to be due to prostacyclin produced with in the endothelium
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• Damage to the endothelium of vessels leads to secretion of Von Willebrand factor by endothelial cells
• This factor initiate the adhesion of platelets to the damaged vessel
• When the platelets adhere to the vessel, platelets release ADP ( Adenosin Diphosphate ), serotonin and Thromboxane A2
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• Serotonin and Thromboxane A2 stimulate vasoconstriction, which helps to decrease blood flow to the injured blood vessel
• Phospholipids that are exposed on the platelet membrane participate in the activation of clotting factors
• The release of ADP and Thromboxane A2 from platelets make other platelets also sticky
• This produces a platelet plug
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Clotting Factors: Formation of Fibrin• The platelet plug is strengthen by a mesh
work of insoluble protein fibers known as fibrin
• Blood clots contain platelets and fibrin, and they usually contain trapped red blood cells that give the clot a red color
• Finally, contraction of the platelet mass in the process of clot retraction forms more effective and more compact plug
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• The conversion of fibrinogen in to fibrin may occur via 2 pathways
Intrinsic pathway Extrinsic pathway• By both these pathways clotting factors
get activated • This leads to activation of inactive enzyme
Prothrombin to active enzyme Thrombin• Thrombin converts the soluble protein
fibrinogen in to fibrin which form the mesh work supporting platelet plug.
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Dissolution of clots
• As damaged blood vessel wall is repaired factor XII promotes conversion of Kallikrein from inactive form to active form
• This Kallikrein convert inactive Plasminogen in to active Plasmin
• Plasmin is an enzyme that digests fibrin into split products
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