Flashcards in Ch 6 Practice Questions Deck (17):
1
List three ways carbon dioxide is carried in the blood.
• Dissolved in the blood
• As bicarbonate ion
• Combined with hemoglobin as carbaminohemoglobin
2
Which of the following are also known as erythrocytes?
• White blood cells
• Platelets
• Red blood cells
• Red blood cells
3
The two major components of blood are:
• formed elements
• lymph
• interstitial fluid
• plasma
• formed elements
• plasma
4
When oxygen binds to heme, hemoglobin assumes a slightly different shape and is called _____.
oxyhemoglobin
5
Plasma consists mainly of:
• antibodies
• vitamins
• proteins
• water
• water
6
Three categories of blood function are transport, _____, and _______.
Defense and regulation
7
A patient who has type B antigens on the surface of their erythrocytes and produces anti-A antibodies has type ____ blood.
B
8
An insufficient number of red blood cells or when the red blood cells do not have enough hemoglobin, a condition called ____ results.
Anemia
9
Identify all of the following substances transported by the blood:
• carbon dioxide
• nutrients
• lymph
• oxygen
• hormones
• carbon dioxide
• nutrients
• oxygen
• hormones
10
The formed elements of the blood that are even smaller than the red blood cells are the _______.
Platelets
11
Platelets can play an important role in:
• blood clotting
• production of antibodies
• engulfing foreign particles
• blood clotting
12
Red blood cells are produced by stem cells in the
• heart
• kidneys
• bone marrow
• large intestine
• bone marrow
13
Regulatory functions of the blood include maintenance of pH, osmotic pressure, and
• body temperature
• antibody levels
• hormone levels
• body temperature
14
Problems associated with the Rh factor are most likely to arise under what conditions?
• a father that is Rh negative
• during a second pregnancy
• a pregnant mother that is Rh negative
• during a first pregnancy
• during a second pregnancy
• a mother that is Rh negative
15
The term that refers to the rupturing and destruction of red blood cells is ________.
Hemolysis
16
Pathogens are destroyed by being engulfed during a process called _____.
Phagocytosis
17