Anatomy + Cells Mrs. Donohue
1. What is the name of this white blood cell and its function? What is a reason that there could be more than 80% of these cells in your blood stream?
2. What is the name of this white blood cell and its function? What is a reason that there could be more than 80% of these cells in your blood stream? What is the big purple blob?
3. Name three different types of the cells below Name the function of each type. Name a disorder where there are decreased levels of some of these types.
4. What is the name of this white blood cell and its function? Give two reasons that there could be more than 20% of these cells in your blood stream? What are the granules made of? What is the job of the granules?
5. What is the name of the center white blood cell and its function? Give two reasons that there could be more than 5% of these cells in your blood stream? What are the granules made of? What is the job of the granules? How can these granules kill you?
6. What is the name of the small purple dots? What is their function? What happens if a person has less than 20,000 of them?
7. White blood cells Where do we make them? What is the average number in our body? What is their average life span?
8. Red Blood Cells Where do we make them? What is the average number in our body? What is their average life span?
9. Platelets Where do we make them? What is the average number in our body? What is their average life span?
10. Blood Why do doctors ask a patient to not take any aspirin product for seven days before surgery?
11. Name a white blood cell disease How do people get this disease? How does a doctor treat this disease? What are symptoms of this disease? What is a patient’s life expectancy?
12. Name the red blood cell disease in the picture below How do people get this disease? How does a doctor treat this disease? What are symptoms of this disease? What is a patient’s life expectancy?
13. Name a platelet disease How do people get this disease? How does a doctor treat this disease? What are symptoms of this disease? What is a patient’s life expectancy?