Mastering A&P: Chapter 10 HW #1
Normal blood pH falls in a range between ________ to ________.
7.35 to 7.45
The blood type that contains both antigens A and B is ________.
AB
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 and O
True or False: Blood type A can receive a transfusion from blood types A and AB during a transfusion.
False
The most common type of blood in the U.S. population is ________.
O
What is the basis of the ABO blood groups?
Rh blood groups
True or False: Calcium ions are necessary for coagulation to properly occur during hemostasis.
True
True or False: Erythrocytes make up the majority of the formed elements.
True
True or False: Normal blood pH is between 7.35 and 7.45.
True
True or False: Rh-related problems occur in pregnant Rh- women carrying an Rh+ baby.
True
True or False: The primary job of erythrocytes is to transport oxygen.
True
True or False: Vascular spasms, a part of process of hemostasis, limit blood loss during blood vessel injury.
True
Which of these indicates leukocytosis?
WBC count higher than 11,000 cells/mm3
A persistent clot in an unbroken blood vessel is known as ________.
a thrombus
An important plasma protein that contributes to the osmotic pressure of blood is ________.
albumin
Which of these functions to maintain osmotic pressure and pH balance? albumin fibrinogen urea globulin
albumin
Which leukocytes release histamine during the inflammatory response?
basophils
What is blood serum?
blood plasma minus the clotting proteins
Which blood type contains the A antigen only?
blood type A
Which blood type(s) can a person with blood type O receive?
blood type O
Which ions are essential for blood clotting to occur?
calcium
An ______________________ is a red blood cell.
erythrocyte
Which formed element is the most abundant in blood?
erythrocyte
What hormone controls the rate of erythrocyte production?
erythropoietin
What long, hairlike molecules form the basis of a clot during coagulation?
fibrin
White blood cells containing granules and lobed nuclei are classified as ________.
granulocytes
The percentage of erythrocytes in blood is known as the ________.
hematocrit
The stem cell for all blood cells is the __________________________.
hemocytoblast
What is necessary for the transport of oxygen by an erythrocyte?
hemoglobin
What part of a red blood cell binds and transports oxygen?
hemoglobin
What disorder is associated with a deficiency of clotting factors?
hemophilia
The process by which bleeding is stopped is called ________.
hemostasis
Erythrocytes ________. clot blood are the least common of all formed elements possess lobed nuclei and cytoplasmic granules lack a nucleus and most organelles travel by diapedesis through the walls of vessels
lack a nucleus and most organelles
A __________________ is a white blood cell.
leukocyte
Which blood cells are responsible for fighting infections?
leukocytes
In a centrifuged blood sample, the buffy coat situated between the formed elements and the plasma contains ________.
leukocytes and platelets
Which organ is largely responsible for the synthesis of clotting factors?
liver
Platelets are fragments of a multinucleate cell known as a ________.
megakaryocytes
The most numerous of the white blood cells are the ________.
neutrophils
Which of the following cells are classified as granulocytes?
neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils
Which of these formed elements is responsible for stopping bleeding? monocyte lymphocyte platelet neutrophil
platelet
If you carry the Rh antigen, you are referred to as Rh ________.
positive
Where does hematopoiesis occur to produce new red blood cells?
red bone marrow
Which of the following is associated with the sickle cell trait?
resistance to the malaria-causing parasite
Which anemia is caused by a genetic mutation?
sickle cell anemia
The main protein involved in clotting is ______________.
thrombin
________________________________ is a platelet deficiency.
thrombocytopenia
What blood type has both anti-A and anti-B antibodies in their plasma?
type O
What blood type can a person with O negative blood receive in a transfusion?
type O negative
The average functional lifespan of an RBC is ________.
100-120 days
