AP2 Ch 18-Blood

Place these leukocytes in order from the most common to the least common:1) basophil2) eosinophil3) lymphocyte4) monocyte5) neutrophil

5, 3, 4, 2, 1

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

7.35; 7.45

Which blood type is referred to as the "universal recipient" since it can receive blood types A, B, AB, and O?

AB

A person with type B blood can receive blood from blood type(s) ________.

B, O

Anti A: Agglutination Anti B: No Agglutination

Type A blood

Anti A: No Agglutination Anti B: No Agglutination

Type O blood

A persistent clot in an unbroken blood vessel is known as ________.

a thrombus

Substances that the body recognizes as foreign are called ________.

antigens

Which of these blood types carries no antigens?

blood type O

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

eosinophil

The condition in which maternal antibodies cross the placenta and destroy the baby's RBCs is called ________.

erythroblastosis fetalis

What hormone controls the rate of erythrocyte production?

erythropoietin

The percentage of erythrocytes in blood is known as the ________.

hematocrit

What part of a red blood cell binds and transports oxygen?

hemoglobin

Erythrocytes ________.

lack a nucleus and most organelles

In a centrifuged blood sample, the buffy coat situated between the formed elements and the plasma contains ________.

leukocytes and platelets

Jordan works in a hematology lab and processed a blood report showing 22,000 white blood cells/mm3 of blood for a patient. He suspects this patient has a bacterial infection leading to ________.

leukocytosis

Which body activity would be most affected if a patient lacked an adequate number of erythrocytes (anemia)?

oxygen transport

The matrix of blood is called ________.

plasma

If you carry the Rh antigen, you are referred to as Rh ________.

positive

A mismatch of blood types during a transfusion is dangerous because ________.

preformed antibodies in the recipient's blood will bind and clump (agglutinate) the donated cells

Which of the following would not be a possible cause of sickling of red blood cells in someone with sickle-cell anemia?

prolonged exposure to cold

Blood is ________.

slightly alkaline

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

vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, coagulation

The average functional lifespan of an RBC is ________.

100-120 days