PHYSL210A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Packed Red Blood Cells, Red Blood Cell, Hematocrit

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physiology
• Course: PHYSL210A
• Professor: Kyla Smith

Document Summary

This section looks at some basic facts about blood. Blood has several functions, including transport, regulation, defense and hemostasis. Upon centrifugation, the blood can be separated into different components. Hematocrit is an important term in blood physiology and its measurement is used to look at aspects of health. This section will look at the following topics: facts about bloods, functions of blood, separation of blood cells and plasma, clinical significance of hematocrit measurement. Flows in circulatory system: some cellular component of blood can exit the blood cells to migrate to tissue sight to perform their actions. Physical properties of blood: more viscus and heavier than water and will sediment due to gravity when rest in a test tube, cellular component can be separated when centrifuge. Separation of blood cells and plasma: can be separate into its cellular and liquid component by, centrifugation. Following topics: the fluid compartments of the body, composition of plasma, functions of plasma protein.