Blood & Lymphatic System

Question 1

What percent of blood plasma is water?

Answer 1

92%

Question 2

The rupture or bursting of a red blood cell is:

Answer 2

Hemolysis

Question 3

The process in which white blood cells surround, engulf, and digest bacteria is:

Answer 3

Phagocytosis

Question 4

What are the 4 main symptoms of inflammation?

Answer 4

Redness, local heat, swelling, and pain

Question 5

The formation of a blood clot within a blood vessel is called:

Answer 5

Thrombosis

Question 6

The presence pathogens or toxins (infection) in the blood is called:

Answer 6

Septicemia

Question 7

Exact blood type (EX: A+) is determined by the presence or absence of an ____ and the __ _____.

Answer 7

antigen; RH factor

Question 8

Coagulation is another term for?

Answer 8

Blood clotting

Question 9

The technical name for a raised body temperature due to infection (a fever) is:

Answer 9

Pyrexia

Question 10

Leukocytes are categorized as:

Answer 10

Granular and Agranular

Question 11

List the two types of agranular leukocytes. Where are they formed?

Answer 11

Lymphocytes and Monocytes

Lymph glands and nodes, bone marrow, and the spleen

Question 12

White Blood Cells are also known as:

Answer 12

Leukocytes

Question 13

List the three types of granular leukocytes.

Where are they formed and by what?

Answer 13

Neutrophils, Eosinophils, and Basophils (mast cell)

Bone marrow; specialized myleocytes

Question 14

This agranular leukocyte helps form antibodies at the sight of inflammation and protects against cancer.

Answer 14

Lymphocytes

Question 15

This agranular leukocyte phagocytizes cellular debris and foreign particles:

Answer 15

Monocytes

Question 16

This granular leukocyte displays marked phagocytosis toward bacteria during infections/inflammation and contributes to pus formation.

Answer 16

Neutrophil

Question 17

This granular leukocyte displays a marked increase during allergic reactions, malaria, and parasitic/worm infections. It also phagocytizes the remains of antibody-antigen reactions.

Answer 17

Eosinophil

Question 18

This granular leukocyte performs phagocytosis, releases heparin and histamine, and promotes the inflammatory response.
(List both names it goes by)

Answer 18

Basophil (mast cell)

Question 19

A deficiency in the number of red blood cells and amount of hemoglobin is called:

Answer 19

Anemia

Question 20

A deficiency of iron in the diet that is most common un women, teens, and children is called:

Answer 20

Iron-Deficient Anemia

Question 21

A form of anemia caused by Vitamin B12 deficiency or lack of the intrinsic factor that absorbs Vitamin B12 is called:

Answer 21

Pernicious Anemia

Question 22

A form of anemia caused by the suppression if bine marrow is called:

Answer 22

Aplastic Anemia

Question 23

The chronic blood disease where red blood cells form an abnormal crescent shape is called causing anemia:

Answer 23

Sickle Cell Disease/Anemia

Question 24

An inherited blood disorder affecting those of Mediterranean descent causing mild to severe anemia is called:

Answer 24

Thalassemia

Question 25

A condition in which too many red blood cells are formed is called:

Answer 25

Polycythemia

Question 26

The condition in which an embolus (a substance foreign to the bloodstream) is carried by the bloodstream until it reaches an artery too small to pass through is called:

Answer 26

Embolism

Question 27

A condition in which there's a localized mads of blood found in an organ, tissue, or space is called:

Answer 27

Hematoma

Question 28

A hereditary disease in which blood clots slowly or abnormally is called:

Answer 28

Hemophilia

Question 29

A blood disease in which the number of platelets is decreased causing improper clotting is called:

Answer 29

Thrombocytopenia