blood

Which type of leukocyte kills parasitic worms by deluging them with digestive enzymes?

Eosinophil

Which formed element is the most abundant in blood?

Erythrocyte

Which of the following formed elements are phagocytes?

Neutrophils and Monocytes

What is the blood volume of an average sized adult?

5-6 liters

Normal blood pH falls in a range between ________ and ________.

7.35; 7.45

The process by which bleeding is stopped is called ________.

hemostasis

Life at a high altitude, where less oxygen is available, can lead to a red blood cell disorder known as ________.

polycythemia

Plasma without the clotting proteins is called

serum

Which of the following red blood cell disorders may provide a better chance of surviving where malaria is present?

sickle cell anemia

The immune serum used to prevent maternal sensitization to Rh antigens is ________.

RhoGAM

Which one of the following represents the proper sequence of hemostasis?

Vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, coagulation

When antibodies bind to antigens on foreign blood types, clumping or ________ occurs.

agglutination

Albumin is

is a blood buffer, halls maintain blood's osmotic pressure, transports certain molecules

Erythrocytes ________.

lack a nucleus and most organelles

A stubborn infection continues to persist for Nyisha. A blood test reveals a bacterial infection, which is confirmed by an excessive number of ________.

neutrophils

Which of the following does not correctly characterize blood?

Blood is cooler than body temperature.

Sickling of RBCs can be induced in a person with sickle cell anomia by

Blood loss, vigorous exercise, stress, and fever

Which blood type contains the A antigen only?

Blood type A

Molly has blood type A and her daughter has blood type B. Why can't Molly donate blood to her daughter?

Blood type B contains anti-A antibodies, which will agglutinate type A blood.

Which blood type(s) can a person with blood type O receive?

Blood type O

A child is diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. This means that

Both parents carried the sickle cell gene

What long, hairlike molecules form the basis of a clot during coagulation?

Fibrin

Which group of white blood cells includes the neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils?

Granulocytes

Which of the following is a blood clotting disorder?

Hemophilia

The "universal donor" is blood type ________.

O

Which blood type lacks antigens for the ABO blood group yet carries anti-A and anti-B antibodies?

O

Where does hematopoiesis occur to produce new red blood cells?

Red bone marrow

Which of these steps of hemostasis results in the creation of long, hairlike molecules of insoluble fibrin?

The reaction between thrombin and fibrinogen

Polycythemia vera will result in

abnormally high blood viscosity

An important plasma protein that contributes to the osmotic pressure of blood is ________.

albumin

Hemolysis most likely will occur when ________.

an Rh-negative person receives the second transfusion of blood that is Rh positive

Place these leukocytes in order from the most common to the least common:

basophil, eosinophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, neutrophil

Carbonic acid reversibly dissociates to form ________ and ________, without the need of an enzyme.

bicarbonate : hydrogen ion

While cross matching an unknown blood type, agglutination was observed with anti-A serum only. This blood type is ________.

blood type A

Compatibility testing for agglutination of donor RBCs by the recipients' serum is called ________.

cross matching

The transportation of oxygen in the blood is the responsibility of ________.

erythrocytes

White blood cells containing granules and lobed nuclei are classified as ________.

granulocytes

Hereditary bleeding disorders that result from lack of clotting factors are referred to as ________.

hemophilia

The condition in which fetal RBCs are destroyed faster than the infant liver can rid the body of the breakdown products of hemoglobin is called ________.

physiologic jaundice

Which of the following is not typical of leukocytes?

the most numerous cells in the blood stream

A hematocrit is a measure of ________.

the percentage of blood that is comprised of red blood cells

Which would lead to increased erythropoiesis?

Chronic bleeding ulcer, Reduction in respiratory ventilation, and reduced blood flow to the kidneys

Which of the following can cause problems in a transfusion reaction?

Clogging of small vessels by agglutinated clumps of RBCs, Lysis of donated RBCs, and Blockage of kidney tubules

The leukocyte that releases histamine and other inflammatory chemicals is the

basophil

Shakira is taking an antihistamine medication due to several itchy mosquito bites. This medication blocks the release of histamine from ________.

basophils

Which of the following statements is NOT accurate with respect to erythrocytes?

They migrate into infected regions of tissue.

What is blood serum?

Blood plasma minus the clotting proteins

What is not contained in the plasma of blood?

Hemoglobin

What is the process whereby the binding of antibodies to antigens causes RBCs to clump?

Agglutination

A blood clot traveled to a small vessel in Mr. Zeng's lungs and became lodged there. How should this moving clot be named?

An embolus

What triggers erythropoietin release?

decreased blood oxygen levels

If the Rh- mother becomes pregnant, when can hemolytic disease of the newborn not possibly occur in the child?

If the child is Rh-, if the father is Rh-

A condition resulting from thrombocytopenia is

Petechiae