CH 19 Blood Quiz

The total volume of blood in the body of a 76 kg man is approx

5.3 liters

Non specific immunity, such as phagocytosis is a function of which blood cells?

Neutrophils, Eosinophils and Monocytes

Soon after donating 0.5 liters of blood one would expect

an increased reticulocyte count

A red blood cell that contains excessive amounts of hemogloblin would be called

hyperchromic

An obstruction in the blood flow to the kidneys would ultimately result in

increased erythropoiesis

Each heme ring in hemoglobin encloses an atom of

iron

50-70% of circulating white blood cells are

neutrophils

During a bacterial infection you would expect to see increased numbers of

neutrophils

Area in a vessel wall where large quantities of lipid accumulate are called

plaques

Most of the iron that is removed from degraded hemoglobin is

recycled to the red bone marrow

The developmental stages at which erythrocytes enter the circulation is as

reticulocytes

People who suffer from Hemophilia A fail to produce a functional Factor VIII; as a result

they lack a functional intrinsic pathway

The conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin is catalyzed by the enzyme

thrombin

The most abundant component of plasma is

water

Which of the following is not true of monocytes?

about the same size as basophils

The clumping of red blood cells when specific the antibody against the antigen on the cells is added is called

Agglutination

The most abundant plasma protein

Albumin

Bill wants to determine his blood type, so he takes a few drops of blood from a puncture wound in his finger and mixes it with various antisera. His blood cells agglutinate when mixed with the anti-A sera but not with the anti-B or anti-D sera. What does this mean?

Bills plasma contains B antibodies

Tissue factor (Factor III) is a factor in which pathway?

Extrinsic

A genetically engineered hormone that stimulates the production of neutrophils is

G-CSF (Neupogen)

A hormone that stimulates production of granulocytes and monocytes is

GM-CSF

In adults red bone marrow is located

In the proximal epiphyses of long bones, body of the vertebrae, sternum and ribs, and iliac crest. All answers are correct

A cross-match test is performed between donor blood and recipient blood, even though the ABO and Rh blood types match between the two because

There are more surface antigens on Red blood cells other than A,B and Rh

Type AB blood has

both A&B surface antigens and no ABO plasma antibodies

A substance that activates plasminogen might be useful to

cause clot dissolution to proceed faster