Blood

Question 1

Two systems that provide transportation & protection for the body

Answer 1

Cardiovascular and lymphatic

Question 2

The liquid (extracellular) part of blood

Answer 2

Plasma

Question 3

The formed elements of blood

Answer 3

Platelets, RBC, WBC

Question 4

Chemicals dissolved in blood that are needed by cells to stay alive

Answer 4

Hormones

Question 5

The blood cells that carry most of the oxygen

Answer 5

Red blood cells

Question 6

These are dissolved in plasma & transported to excretory organs

Answer 6

Waste

Question 7

Plasma proteins that include antibodies that help protect us from infections

Answer 7

Immunoglobulin

Question 8

The most abundant type of dissolved solute in the plasma

Answer 8

Protein

Question 9

Plasma proteins necessary for blood clotting

Answer 9

Fibrinogen

Question 10

Plasma without its clotting factors that contains antibodies used to treat patients with certain needs

Answer 10

Serum

Question 11

Number of liters of blood in the typical

Answer 11

5 liters

Question 12

The three types/ categories of formed elements of blood

Answer 12

Platelets, RBC, WBC

Question 13

Another name for red blood cells

Answer 13

Erythrocytes

Question 14

Another name for white blood cells

Answer 14

Leukocytes

Question 15

Another name for platelets

Answer 15

Thrombocytes

Question 16

Granular leukocytes (have granules in their cytoplasm)

Answer 16

Eosinophils
Neutrophils
Basophils

Question 17

Nongranular leukocytes

Answer 17

Lymphocytes & monocytes

Question 18

Two kinds of connective tissue that make blood cells

Answer 18

Myeloid (bone marrow) lymphatic tissue

Question 19

The formation of blood cells

Answer 19

Hematopoiesis

Question 20

Immature blood cells

Answer 20

Blast cells

Question 21

Where is red bone marrow primarily found?

Answer 21

Flat bones: costals, vertebrae, pelvis

Question 22

These cells have an unusual or unique shape, looking “caved in” on both sides (bring thinner in the center)

Answer 22

Red blood cells

Question 23

Mature red blood cells are lacking this

Answer 23

Nucleus

Question 24

Functions of red blood tissue

Answer 24

Transport gases to cells and carbon dioxide away

Question 25

The cause of red pigment of RBC; iron-containing protein

Answer 25

Hemoglobin

Question 26

United hemoglobin & oxygen

Answer 26

Oxyhemoglobin

Question 27

Two causes of anemia

Answer 27

Nutritional anemias or bone marrow suppression

Question 28

Common cause of death for sickle cell patients

Answer 28

Stroke

Question 29

WBC that engulf microbes

Answer 29

Phagocytes

Question 30

WBC that protect against infection

Answer 30

Phagocytes

Question 31

Granulocytic WBC that help protect against parasites & numerous irritants that cause allergy

Answer 31

Eosinophils

Question 32

WBC that function in allergic reactions and secrete the potent chemical heparin which helps prevent the clotting of blood as it floods through the blood vessels of the body

Answer 32

Basophils

Question 33

These become sticky at the point of injury & accumulate near the opening in the broken blood vessel

Answer 33

Platelet

Question 34

Vitamin sometimes prescribed before surgery to ensure patients blood will clot quickly to prevent hemorrhage

Answer 34

Vitamin K

Question 35

Clot that stays in the place it was formed

Answer 35

Thrombus

Question 36

Part of a clot that dislodges & circulates in bloodstream

Answer 36

Embolus

Question 37

Substance that activates immune system

Answer 37

Antigens

Question 38

Universal recipient

Answer 38

AB+

Question 39

Universal donor

Answer 39

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