Chapter 10 part 1

Anemia

A decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood, for any reason, is a condition known as what?

B, O

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

leukocytosis

A total white blood cell count above 11,000 cells/mm3 is a condition known as what?

Four

Each hemoglobin molecule is able to transport how many molecules of oxygen?

AB

The blood type that contains both antigens A and B is what?

physiologic jaundice

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 what?

plasma

The matrix of blood is called what?

Hematocrit

The percentage of erythrocytes in blood is known as the what?

Hemostasis

The process by which bleeding is stopped is called what?

erythropoietin

The rate of erythrocyte production is controlled by a hormone known as what?

Neutrophils

What are the most numerous of the white blood cells?

Agglutination

When antibodies bind to antigens on foreign blood types, this occurs.

Lymphocytes

Which type of granulocyte produces antibodies?

Nucleus and organelles

White blood cells differ from red blood cells because only they contain what inside of them?

Hemophilia

Hereditary bleeding disorders that result from lack of clotting factors are referred to as what?

Positive

If you carry the Rh antigen, you are referred to as Rh what?

polycythemia

Life at a high altitude can lead to a red blood cell disorder known as what?

7.35 -7.45

Normal blood pH falls in a range between what two numbers?