MODULE

BY: ALLYSA MAE R.

ASUNCION, RMT
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INTRODUCTI
ON TO
HEMATOLOG
Y
VIDEO: HISTORY OF
HEMATOLOGY
 Make a timeline of the
personalities and their
contributions in the field of
Hematology.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Hematol
ogy

Hematop
Vascular
oietic
system
systems

Bone Extra Lymphat

marrow medullar Vessels Heart
ics
y
 Clinical
Hematol
ogy

Blood

Volume
pH Specific Viscosit
Color Gravity y
Functions of blood: general

Respi
Regul Nutri Excre Prote Trans
rator
atory tive tory ctive port
y
Functions of blood: specific
ERYTH
ROCYT
ES

SOLID
LIQUI
COMP D PL
ONEN COM AS
MA
THRO
MBOC
YTES
TS LEUKO
CYTES PONE
NT
ERYTHROC
YTES

respiratory function
maintains pH and electrolyte
balance
gives color to the blood
associated with cardiac
output, pulmonary and kidney
activity, blood vessel response
LEUKOCYT
ES
Granulocytes
 PMN: protects body from infection
 Basophils and eosinophils:
participate in hypersensitivity
phenomena
Agranulocytes
 Monocytes: acts as phagocytes
 Lymphocyte and Plasmocyte:
elaborate gamma globulin fraction
thrombocytes

 initiators and co-sponsor

of the coagulation process
 helps in clot retraction
 adhesion to the walls of
damaged blood vessels
 helps to remove solid
particles from the blood
 plasma

 maintains the fluidity

of the blood
 responsible for blood
viscosity
 regulates blood
volume
Video: blood