Blood & Blood Types

Name ________________________Block ________

Blood – The River of Life• ___________________________ - connects

all the body systems.• The average person has between _______ L of

blood.• Blood is composed of ___ main components:

1. _____________ – 55%2. ________________(RBC) – 45%3. _______________(WBC) - <1%4. _________________ - <1%

1. Plasma

• ____% of the blood’s volume.

• The ________ portion of blood.– 92% ___________.– dissolved _____________

and ________________.

• ____________ in color.

2. Red Blood Cells – (Erythrocytes)• ____% of the blood’s volume.• The __________________ cells in

whole blood.• No _______________.

– No ______________________.• Produced in the _____ bone marrow.• Lifespan of ______ days. • Looks like a ___________ in ball that forms a _____.

– _______ and ___________

Hemoglobin• _______ containing

protein inside each red blood cell.– This is what makes blood

_______.– Binds to __ oxygen

molecules.

– Uses ____________ to pick up and drop off ________ and _______ _________through the _______________.

3. White Blood Cells – (Leucocytes)• ______ of the whole blood.• Approximately _________ the size of red

blood cells but _________ in number.– _________

• Produced in the ____ bone marrow.• Fights _________ and __________• Lifespan of a __________ to __________.

4. Platelets – (Thrombocytes)• <1% of whole blood.• Tiny cell ___________ that stick to _________

tissue.• “_________________” of the blood.

• At the site of a _____ they form a _______that becomes a ______ or _________.– Number is too ______ = excessive bleeding – Number is too ________ = clotting

• Lifespan of _____ days.

In A Drop of Blood

• In 1 drop of blood:– ___ million RBC– _________ WBC– _____ million Platelets

The Lymphatic System

• As blood moves through the _______________ some ___________ leaks out and bathes the body ______ and keeps them ________ - ____________.– Too much fluid in the tissue = ___________.

• Excess fluid normally reenters the blood stream through small vessels in the ________________________________.– Prior to entering _________ the lymph is _____________

by lymph ____________ to remove any ______________ materials.

Blood Transfusion

• The process of ______________ blood from _______ body to ______________.– But for 300 years doctors had tried this and more

often than not their patients would become _______________ and even ______ – Why?

• Why were some patients Ok after a transfusion and why did other patients die?

– Isn’t blood universal, all the same?

Antigens and Antibodies• About 100 years ago, red blood cells were

discovered to have _____________ on their surface.– These proteins, ____________, would ____________

and _____________ ONLY other proteins that were ________________ the same.

• If an antigen didn’t recognize another protein than the ____________________, floating in the blood, would ____________ and ________ the ____________ protein.

– Cause cells to _____________ or ______________

Antigens = ______________Antibodies = _______________

Blood Types

• Blood Type A– Has ____ antigens– Has ____ antibodies– Likes blood types ____ &

____– Kills blood types ____ &

____

Blood Types

• Blood Type B– Has ____ antigens– Has ____ antibodies– Likes blood types ____ &

____– Kills blood types ____ &

____

Blood Types

• Blood Type AB– Has ____ & ____ antigens– Has ____ antibodies– Likes blood types ____,

____, ____ & ____– Kills ________________

• “_________________________________” – Can receive blood from all other blood types.

Blood Types

• Blood Type O– Has ____ antigens– Has ____ & ____

antibodies– Likes blood types ____– Kills blood types ____,

____ & ____• “____________________

______________” – can donate blood to all other blood types!

Donor Chart

A B AB OAB

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Rh Factor

• A second type of antigen found on the surface of red blood cells – _____________________.– If you are said to ________ an Rh antigen you

would be called _____________________, (+).• Likes other (____) and (____) Rh factors of

__________________ blood types.

– If you _________ the Rh antigen you would be called ________________, (-).

• Likes ONLY other (____) Rh factors of ______________ blood types.

Donor Chart with Rh Factors

Blood Typing

1. _____________

Anti- Anti- Anti- A Rh B

No No NoClot Clot Clot

2. _____________

Anti- Anti- Anti- A Rh B

Clot No No Clot Clot

AB+ B+

Blood Typing

3. _____________

Anti- Anti- Anti- A Rh B

No Clot Clot Clot

4. _____________

Anti- Anti- Anti- A Rh B

No No ClotClot Clot

Blood Typing

5. _____________

Anti- Anti- Anti- A Rh B

Clot No Clot Clot

6. _____________

Anti- Anti- Anti- A Rh B

No Clot NoClot Clot

Blood Typing

7. _____________

Anti- Anti- Anti- A Rh B

Clot Clot Clot

8. _____________

Anti- Anti- Anti- A Rh B

Clot Clot No Clot