Part A – Learning Journal
As you complete the assignment, keep track of the resources that you used and list all of them as part of your assignment submission. For this part of the assignment, list the resources you used and how you used them. If you would prefer to complete the Alternative Learning Journey (Fact-Check) option, you can find those details in Assignment 5.
Assignment – Part B
Part B – Blood Flow
Core Goal
Outline the flow of blood starting from the alveolar capillaries through the body and ending back at the lungs. Highlight or underline each of these terms in your explanation and include a description of each item in the list:
- Aorta
- Vena cava
- Left atrium
- Right atrium
- Left ventricle
- Right ventricle
- Body capillaries
- Pulmonary veins
- Pulmonary arteries
- Alveoli and the capillaries around them
Level-Up
Add these terms to the blood flow you've outlined above
- Semilunar valves (there are 2 of these)
- Atrioventricular valves (there are 2 of these)
Add this information to the blood flow you've outlined above
- Indicate which structures are part of the pulmonary circuit and which are part of the systemic circuit.
- Identify where blood is oxygenated and where it is deoxygenated. You can do this using different colors or fonts (or in any other way that makes sense to you).
Assignment – Part C
Assignment – Part C – Components of Blood
Core Goal
Identify the function and relative percentage in the blood for each term below:
- Platelets
- Basophil
- Monocyte
- Eosinophil
- Neutrophil
- Lymphocyte
- Red Blood Cells
Level-Up
Blood transfusions have saved countless lives, but it is essential that the blood type given to an individual is not rejected. Blood will be rejected if the recipient’s immune system marks the blood as “other” and mounts an immune response. We will learn more about the immune system in the next unit. For now, the essential component is that the immune system makes antibodies that recognize foreign molecules. If an antibody binds to something, that triggers the immune system to destroy what the antibody bound to.
Answer the questions below for each blood type (A, B, AB, and O). Note that we are not including the +/- portions to keep the list shorter.
- What antigen do the blood cells have on their surface?
- What antibodies are found in the blood?
- Who can a person with this blood type get blood from?
- Who can a person with this blood type give blood to?