AMA 205 assignment 6
Which of the following leukocytes releases histamine to promote inflammation and heparin as an anticoagulant?
Basophils
Which of the following combining forms means primitive?
Blast/o
What role do red blood cells play in the various functions of the blood?
Both answers are correct
How is blood type determined?
By mixing the serum of blood with different types of serum to see if agglutination occurs
How is blood type determined?
By the antigens on the blood cells surface
Which term describes blood clotting?
Coagulation
All of the following are functions of the blood except which one?
Communication
Which nutrient important to blood helps the enzymes necessary to produce hemoglobin?
Copper
Which statement about hemoglobin is true ?
Each globin chain on a hemoglobin molecule contains a heme group
Which of the following leukocytes attack parasitic worms?
Eosinophils
Which of the following combining forms means red?
Erythr/o
All of the following cells in blood have DNA except which one?
Erythrocytes
Which statement about erythrocytes is true?
Erythrocytes are biconcave in shape
What factor causes the production of red blood cells?
Erythropoietin
What is the process of dissolving an unnecessary blood clot?
Fibrinolysis
What term describes the antibodies found in plasma?
Globulin
Which of the following combining forms means blood?
Hemat/o
What blood test measures the percentage of erythrocytes to whole blood?
Hematocrit
What makes hemoglobin a buffer?
Hemoglobin binds H+ ions
What type of anemia can be caused by the destruction of red blood cells?
Hemolytic anemia
Which disorder is an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to make one or more clotting factors?
Hemophilia
Hemoglobin transports all of the following except which one?
Hydroxyl ions
Which nutrient important to the blood, allows for the hemoglobin in red blood cells to carry oxygen?
Iron
What happened to the heme when hemoglobin is broken down by the liver and spleen?
It's broken down to iron and bilirubin
What produces thrombopoietin?
Kidney
All of the following terms means blood except which one?
Leuk/o
Which organs function to remove old, worn out RBC's?
Liver and spleen
What produces colony stimulating factors?
Lymphocytes
Which of the following leukocytes become macrophages and phagocytize dead and dying tissue, microorganisms, and any other foreign matter or debris ?
Monocytes
Which of the following leukocytes is the most abundant leukocyte in circulating blood?
Neutrophils
If Diane has O blood, what type of blood can she receive?
O
Which blood type is considered a universal donor because it can give to anyone?
O
What type of anemia can be caused by the lack of of intrinsic factor from the stomach that allows vitamin B12 to be absorbed?
Pernicious anemia
Which of the following combining forms means eat or swallow
Phag/o
If you spin a tube of blood in a centrifuge, what component of the blood is the most abundant?
Plasma
If you spin a tube of blood in a centrifuge, what is the top straw colored layer composed of?
Plasma
Which of the following would not be considered a formed element of blood?
Plasma
Which statement about plasma is false?
Plasma is free of waste products
What is serum?
Plasma with clotting factors removed
Which disorder describes a condition of too many blood cells?
Polycythemia
What role do white blood cells play in the various functions of the blood?
Protection
If you spin a tube of blood in a centrifuge, what is the bottom layer composed of?
Red blood cells
If you spin a tube of blood in a centrifuge, which component of the blood is the heaviest?
Red blood cells
Where does leukopoiesis occur?
Red bone marrow
What disorder is characterized by an alternative form of hemoglobin that changed the shape of the red blood cell?
Sickle cell
Which of the following regarding transfusion compatibility is false?
The donors cells must survive the recipients antibodies
Which of the following statements is false?
The intrinsic and extrinsic pathway of blood clotting is begun by damaged tissues
Which of the following is true regarding the elimination of clots?
The process of dissolving clots is called fibrinolysis
What is hemopoiesis?
The production of blood cells
What happens to the four globin chains when hemoglobin is broken down by the liver and spleen?
They are broken down to free amino acids which are then recycled to the bone marrow
All of the following are leukocytes except which one?
Thrombocytes
Which disorder is characterized by low platelet count?
Thrombocytopenia
What is the function of thrombocytes?
To form platelet plugs and release clotting factors
Which term describes the prompt construction of a broken vessel?
Vascular spasm
What is the correct order of hemostasis?
Vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, coagulation
What is the most abundant component of plasma?
Water
What blood test measures the number of leukocytes in the blood?
White blood cell count
What blood test gives a percentage of each leukocyte of the total number of leukocytes in the blood?
White blood cell differential
If a pregnant woman is RH- which of the following statements is true about her blood?
All the statements are true
Which disorder results from insufficient red blood cells or hemoglobin to carry enough oxygen to maintain homeostasis?
Anemia
All of the following terms means clot except which one?
Agglutin/o
What happens when two non compatible blood types are mixed together?
Agglutination
Which of the following describes mechanisms that prevent inappropriate clotting?
All of these answers are correct
Which of the following is considered a former element of blood?
All of these answers are correct
All of the following are types of hemopoiesis except
All of these are types of hemopoiesis
All of the following nutrients are important for erythropoiesis except which one?
All of these nutrients are important
If Amy has AB blood, what blood type can she receive?
All the answers are correct
How long do red blood cells typically survive?
110-120 days
What is considered a normal platelet count?
165,000-415,000mm3 of blood
What is the RDA for iron ?
18mg/day
What is considered a normal white blood cell count ?
3,540-9,060/mm3 of blood
What is an embolus?
A moving, unnecessary clot
What is a thrombus?
A stationary, unnecessary clot
Which blood type is considered the universal recipient because people with this blood type can accept blood from anyone?
AB
All of the following are blood types except which one?
AB+-
