Topics
- 90Blood composition and functionsNot practicedLessonNotes
- 91Red blood cells and hemoglobinNot practicedLessonNotes
- 92White blood cells and plateletsNot practicedLessonNotes
- 93Hemostasis and clottingNot practicedLessonNotes
- 94Blood types and transfusionNot practicedLessonNotes
Practice this chapter
Chapter quizQuestions from this chapter's 5 topics.
System examA timed exam on the whole chapter, up to 40 questions.
Tools for this chapter2 lab sets, 4 prediction scenarios, 3 pathways and more.
In this chapter's tools
Lab practical image sets 2
- Blood smear (OpenStax micrograph)
- Formed elements
Prediction scenarios 4
- Level 2 living at high altitude, red cell count over weeks
- Level 2 vitamin K deficiency
- Level 2 a type A patient receives type B blood
- Level 3 chronic kidney disease and red cell count
Pathways 3
- Hemostasis: spasm to fibrin
- Coagulation cascade overview
- Red blood cell life cycle and bilirubin
Feedback loops 2
- Erythropoietin and oxygen delivery
- Clotting (positive feedback)
Graphs 1
- Reading a hematocrit tube
Comparison tables 4
- The five leukocytes
- ABO and Rh blood types
- Types of anemia
- Intrinsic vs extrinsic pathway (the lab model) vs the cell-based model