Blood Cells & Components

Question 1

Erythrocytes

Answer 1

red blood cells

Question 2

platelets

Answer 2

small, colorless cell fragments in our blood that form clots and stop or prevent bleeding

Question 3

leukocytes

Answer 3

white blood cells

Question 4

neutrophils

Answer 4

leukocyte, most common, phagocytic, granulocyte, help fight infection by ingesting microorganisms and releasing enzymes

Question 5

basophils

Answer 5

leukocyte, granulocyte, release enzymes

Question 6

eosinophils

Answer 6

specifically fights parasitic infection

Question 7

monocytes

Answer 7

largest, leukocyte, phagocytic

Question 8

lymphocytes

Answer 8

immune cell that is made in the bone marrow and is found in the blood and in lymph tissue

Question 9

t-cells

Answer 9

develop from bone cells in the marrow and help the body fight infection, maturation happens in the thymus

Question 10

cytotoxic t-cells

Answer 10

immune cell that can kill certain cells, including foreign cells, cancer cells, and cells infected with a virus

Question 11

helper t-cells

Answer 11

stimulates cytotoxic cells, macrophages and b-cells

Question 12

regulatory t-cells

Answer 12

act to suppress immune response, inhibit cytokine and t-cell proliferation

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memory t-cells

Answer 13

antigen-specific T cells that remain long-term after an infection has been eliminated, remembering the invader for when it returns

Question 14

b-cells

Answer 14

fight bacteria and viruses by making Y-shaped proteins called antibodies

Question 15

plasma cells

Answer 15

develop from activated b-cells

Question 16

plasma

Answer 16

carries water, salt, and enzymes, is the largest part of the blood

Question 17

albumin

Answer 17

produced in the liver, helps carry vitamins, enzymes, and other important substances

Question 18

fibrinogen

Answer 18

major clotting factor, converts to fibrin

Question 19

globulin

Answer 19

a group of proteins that play a role in liver function, blood clotting, and fighting infection

Question 20

functions of blood

Answer 20

transporting oxygen/nutrients, forming clots, carrying antibodies, regulating body temperature, carrying waste to the liver and kidneys

Question 21

A+ can give to

Answer 21

A+, AB+

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A- can give to

Answer 22

A-, A+, AB-, AB+

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B+ can give to

Answer 23

B+, AB+

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B- can give to

Answer 24

B-, B+, AB-, AB+

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AB+ can give to

Answer 25

AB+

Question 26

AB- can give to

Answer 26

AB-, AB+

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O+ can give to

Answer 27

O+, A+, B+, AB+

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O- can give to

Answer 28

all blood types

Question 29

A+ can receive from

Answer 29

A+, A-, O+, O-

Question 30

A- can receive from

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A-, O-

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B+ can receive from

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B+, B-, O+, O-

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B- can receive from

Answer 32

B-, O-

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AB+ can receive from

Answer 33

all blood types

Question 34

AB- can receive from

Answer 34

AB-, O-, A-, B-

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O+ can receive from

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O+, O-

Question 36

O- can receive from

Answer 36

O-

Question 37

universal donor

Answer 37

O-

Question 38

Universal recipient

Answer 38

AB+

Question 39

hematocrit

Answer 39

the percentage by volume of red cells in your blood

Question 40

leukopenia

Answer 40

lack of white blood cells

Question 41

leukocytosis

Answer 41

elevated white blood cells

Question 42

thrombocytopoiesis

Answer 42

the production of blood platelets from megakaryocytes typically in the bone marrow

Question 43

RhoGam

Answer 43

medicine that stops your blood from making antibodies that attack Rh-positive blood cells

Question 44

Common pathway

Answer 44

Factor X, prothrombin, thrombin, fibrinogen, fibrin, polymer

Question 45

intrinsic pathway

Answer 45

activated by internal trauma, slow, 15-20 seconds, requires calcium

Question 46

extrinsic pathway

Answer 46

activated by external trauma, fast, 2-6 minutes, requires calcium

Question 47

Factor X

Answer 47

a clotting protein synthesized in the liver

Question 48

prothrombin

Answer 48

transformed into thrombin by a clotting factor known as factor X

Question 49

thrombin

Answer 49

facilitates the fibrinogen change to fibrin

Question 50

fibrinogen

Answer 50

a protein (clotting factor) that is essential in formation of a clot

Question 51

fibrin

Answer 51

non-globular protein involved in the clotting of blood

Question 52

heparin

Answer 52

used to prevent blood clots from forming in people who have certain medical conditions

Question 53

histamine

Answer 53

causes many of the symptoms of allergies