Overview of the Hematologic System - Red Blood Cells

Question 1

What is the medical abbreviation of Red Blood Cells?

Answer 1

RBC

Question 2

What are red blood cells also known as?

Answer 2

Erythrocytes

Question 3

ERYTHRO-

Answer 3

Red

Question 4

–CYTE

Answer 4

Cell

Question 5

What is the main goal for RBC?

Answer 5

Deliver oxygen to the body and remove waste

Question 6

Each RBC contains millions of molecules of hemoglobin, a ____

Answer 6

complex protein designed to bind and release oxygen

Question 7

When hemoglobin binds with oxygen, it’s called____

Answer 7

oxyhemoglobin

Question 8

RBCs take oxygen to body tissues, where the oxygen is ____

Answer 8

Released

Question 9

As the tissues use oxygen, they produce the waste product carbon dioxide, which is picked up by more RBCs and brought back to the lungs for release out of the body via____

Answer 9

Exhalation

Question 10

Bone marrow generates red blood cells through the process of____

Answer 10

Erythropoiesis

Question 11

What is the process of Erythropoiesis?

Answer 11

The cells are born in the bone marrow and, after maturation, are released into the bloodstream

Question 12

the spleen and liver destroy RBCs after about ____ days

Answer 12

120