Cardiovascular System

Question 1

Transports oxygen, waste, and hormones

Answer 1

Blood

Question 2

Regulates body temp, PH, and fluid volume

Answer 2

Blood

Question 3

Prevents infection and blood loss

Answer 3

Blood

Question 4

What type of tissue is blood

Answer 4

connective

Question 5

Suspended cells in blood

Answer 5

Formed elements

Question 6

Fluid matrix of blood

Answer 6

plasma

Question 7

The percentage of Red blood cells in your blood

Answer 7

Hematocrit

Question 8

Composition of plasma (%)

Answer 8

90% water, and 10% dissolved gases, salts, minerals, proteins etc

Question 9

1/3 types of proteins found in plasma

Answer 9

Albumin
Globulins
Fibrinogen

Question 10

Composition of plasma is regulated by

Answer 10

homeostasis

Question 11

Percentage components of blood

Answer 11

55% Plasma, 44% Red blood cells, 1% WBC and platelets

Question 12

What are erythrocytes

Answer 12

Red blood cells

Question 13

Transports oxygen around the body via hemoglobin molecules

Answer 13

Erythrocytes

Question 14

Why do erythrocytes have few organelles and no nucleus

Answer 14

To use as little oxygen as possible

Question 15

Why does oxygen need to be carried by erythrocytes

Answer 15

oxygen is non polar, so it is not soluble in blood

Question 16

How many globin chains make up a hemoglobin

Answer 16

4

Question 17

a globin contains a flat molecule called a

Answer 17

heme

Question 18

What molecule, and how many of these molecules does each globin chain hold

Answer 18

1 iron atom

Question 19

What does iron bond to, and what does this result give

Answer 19

Iron bonds to Oxygen, giving each hemoglobin four oxygen molecules

Question 20

Protects the body from foreign cells or substances

Answer 20

Leukocytes

Question 21

What are the two categories of leukocytes

Answer 21

granulocytes and agranulocytes

Question 22

Lobe shaped nuclei, visible granules

Answer 22

granulocytes

Question 23

spherical or kidney shaped nuclei, no visible granules

Answer 23

agranulocytes

Question 24

engulf and destroy foreign bacteria, most common leukocyte, produced in infection

Answer 24

Neutrophils

Question 25

two lobed nuclei, kill parasitic worms ingested, lessen allergic reactions

Answer 25

Eosinophils

Question 26

release histamines, dilate blood vessels so other leukocytes cam rush to infection or allergy

Answer 26

Basophils

Question 27

large, spherical nucleus found in lymph nodes, are either T-cells and B-cells

Answer 27

Lymphocytes

Question 28

kidney shaped nucleus, become macrophages when entering surrounding tissue, attack and engulf viruses, parasites, or infections

Answer 28

Monocytes

Question 29

Acronym for remembering leukocytes

Answer 29

Never Eat Bananas, Let Monkeys (BEN, LM)

Question 30

what are thrombocytes

Answer 30

platelets

Question 31

tiny fragments of other cells that clot the blood when a vessel is broken

Answer 31

thrombocytes

Question 32

The process of blood cell formation

Answer 32

Hematopoiesis

Question 33

Where does hematopoiesis occur

Answer 33

red bone marrow of adults

Question 34

all formed elements come from a stem cell called

Answer 34

Hemocytoblasts

Question 35

stimulating factor in producing blood cells

Answer 35

hormones

Question 36

What does erythropoietin stimulate the production of

Answer 36

Red Blood cells

Question 37

What does Colony stimulating factors and interleukins stimulate production of

Answer 37

White blood cells

Question 38

What does thrombopoeitin stimulate the production of

Answer 38

Platelets

Question 39

Process when platelets begin forming a blood clot for an injured blood vessel

Answer 39

Hemostasis

Question 40

a substance that the body recognizes as foreign

Answer 40

Antigen

Question 41

in the presence of an antigen, the body produces

Answer 41

antibodies

Question 42

as antibodies bind to the antigen, they clump together. This is called...

Answer 42

Agglutination