blood

Question 1

What are the components of the circulatory system?

Answer 1

Arteries
Veins
Capillaries
Lungs
Heart

Question 2

Where does the blood from in the arteries?

Answer 2

From heart to tissue

Question 3

Where does blood flow from in the veins?

Answer 3

From tissue to the heart

Question 4

Capillaries allow what?

Answer 4

blood cells to enter into tissues

Question 5

Why are capillaries able to allow blood components to get into tissues?

Answer 5

they are porous

Question 6

Anything that affects the lungs will also?

Answer 6

affect the circulatory system

Question 7

Blood is classed as what type of tissue?

Answer 7

connective

Question 8

Red blood cells are developed from ?

Answer 8

Hematopoeietic stem cells

Question 9

Red blood cells are found in?

Answer 9

bone marrow

Question 10

Over half the blood is classed as ?

Answer 10

plasma

Question 11

What component of the blood is essential for clotting?

Answer 11

platelets

Question 12

Red blood cells carry what protein?

Answer 12

haemoglobin

Question 13

Why is haemoglobin important?

Answer 13

Carry oxygen

Question 14

Why can’t red blood cells divide?

Answer 14

no nucleus

Question 15

Lack of RBC lead to what disease?

Answer 15

anaemia

Question 16

Amount of oxygen to be delivered to body tissue depends on?

Answer 16

how many red blood cells you have

Question 17

Where are antibodies found?

Answer 17

plasma

Question 18

Where are antigens found?

Answer 18

surface of red blood cells

Question 19

What produces antibodies?

Answer 19

immune system

Question 20

Antibodies are produced in the presence of?

Answer 20

antigens

Question 21

What is the name of the category system for blood types?

Answer 21

ABO

Question 22

What antigens are on the surface of blood group A cells?

Answer 22

A

Question 23

What antibodies are in the plasma of group A cells?

Answer 23

Anti B

Question 24

What are the recipient blood types for blood group A?

Answer 24

A and O

Question 25

Who can group A donate to?

Answer 25

A and AB

Question 26

What type of antigens are found on group B cells?

Answer 26

B

Question 27

What is the blood group O known as?

Answer 27

universal donor

Question 28

What do group O cells lack?

Answer 28

no antigens

Question 29

People with blood group O can only receive?

Answer 29

type O blood

Question 30

What type of antigens do blood group AB have?

Answer 30

both A and B

Question 31

What is group AB known as?

Answer 31

universal recipient

Question 32

What does group AB lack?

Answer 32

no antibodies

Question 33

What is agglutination?

Answer 33

clumping of red blood cells

Question 34

Why does agglutination occur?

Answer 34

antibodies are binding to antigens

Question 35

Where is the protein antigen RhD found?

Answer 35

red blood cells

Question 36

How many blood groups are there?

Answer 36

8

Question 37

How does rhesus disease occur?

Answer 37

condition where antibodies in a pregnant woman's blood destroy her baby's blood cells

Question 38

define neutrophils

Answer 38

Are the most abundant type of white blood cells, circulate in the blood & enter tissues @ sites of infection

Question 39

Define monocytes

Answer 39

immature macrophages

Question 40

Define lymphocytes

Answer 40

Leukocytes (white blood cells) formed in bone marrow as stem cells.

Question 41

If the lining of blood vessel is damaged what does this stimulate?

Answer 41

Stimulates platelets which become sticky and clump together to plug the damaged lining

Question 42

How can platelets become less sticky?

Answer 42

drugs

Question 43

What is plasma?

Answer 43

Medium that carries red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets

Question 44

What is albumin?

Answer 44

plasma protein

Question 45

What does albumin help maintain?

Answer 45

osmotic pressure (water balance)

Question 46

For people who lack certain blood components what can they be given?

Answer 46

transfusions