quiz ch.17 a&p

you are caring for a female adult patient who weighs 40 kg (90 lbs). Assuming no loss of blood, what would her approximate blood volume be?

3.8L

The total volume of blood in the body of an adult male is approximately ________ liters.

5 to 6

the _____ is a procedure that is used to determine the number of mature erythocytes

RBC count

hemolytic disease of the newborn may result if

an Rh-negative mother carries an Rh-positive fetus

a person's with type A blood has

antigen A on the RBCs and anti-B antibodies in the plasma

Red cell production is stimulated by a kidney-derived hormone called

erythropoietin

rouleaux refers to the ability of RBCs to

form stacks

The yellow color that is visible in the eyes and skin in jaundice results from all of the following except

hematuria

____ transport(s) oxygen and CO2 in the RBCs

hemoglobin molecules

RBCs typically live about 120 days. The main reason for this short lifespan in RBCs is their

lack of nucleus

Which organ secretes most of the plasma proteins?

liver

Platelets are pinched off from giant multinucleated cells in the bone marrow called

megakaryotes

a person's blood type is determined largely by the

presence of specific glycoproteins on the cell membrane

Granocytes form in

red bone marrow

_____ are immature erythocytes that are present in the circulation

reticulocytes

a condition where pathogens are present and multiplying in the blood is called

septicemia

the normal pH of blood is

slightly alkaline

the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin is catalzyed by

thrombin

the disease sickle cell anemia is an example of what can happen if

a gene for adult hemoglobin is abnormal

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. which of the following is not true

contains Rh antibodies

why is RhoGAM administrated to pregnant Rh- women?

contains anti Rh- antibodies, which circulate in the mothers bloodstream to destroy any fetal RBCs there, thereby preventing the mother from making antibodies against the developing fetus' red blood cells

The process of red blood cell production is called

erythropoiesis