Name the 4 components that make up blood
Plasma, Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets
Name the component of blood that carries oxygen to your body cells
Red Blood Cells
Name the part of your blood that is part of your immune system
White Blood Cells
Name the part of your blood that forms clots
Platelets
Give 2 purposes of blood clots
To stop blood loss from the body
To stop microorganisms (bacteria etc) getting into the body
Name 3 things that plasma carries around the body
Carbon dioxide, hormones, digested food (glucose, amino acids), urea, heat energy
Give 2 adaptations of red blood cells for carrying oxygen
They contain haemoglobin
They DON'T have a nucleus (more room for haemoglobin)
They are BIconcave (larger surface area to absorb oxygen)
Name the two types of white blood cells that are involved in the immune response
Phagocytes and Lymphocytes
Name the chemical markers on all cells that your immune system uses to identify if a cell is one of yours or a foreign cell
Antigens
Which type of white blood cell can surround, engulf and digest pathogens with foreign antigens on their surface?
Phagocytes
What chemicals do lymphocytes make to destroy pathogens & make them stick together?
Antibodies
What is the name of the lymphocytes that stay in your blood stream once you have encountered a pathogen an mean you are immune to it?
Memory cells
What is found in a vaccination?
A DEAD or WEAKENED pathogen
If you have been vaccinated or have encountered a pathogen before, then you are immune because you produce antibodies __________ and in __________ amounts. What 2 words complete this?
Faster
Larger
Name the 3 types of blood vessels in your body
Arteries, Capillaries & Veins
Which type of blood vessel carries high pressure blood away from your heart?
Arteries
