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1
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venipuncture is a common sampling technique because…

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  1. superficial veins are easy to locate
  2. the walls of the veins are thinner than the walls of the arteries
  3. the blood pressure in veins is relatively low
2
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in adults, the circulatory blood…

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  1. provides nutrients, oxygen, and chemical instructions for cells
  2. is a mechanism for waste removal for cells
  3. transports special cells to defend tissues from infection and disease
3
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an arterial puncture generally drawn from the radial artery at the wrist or the brachial artery at the elbow would primarily be used for…

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checking efficiency of gas exchange at the lungs

4
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the blood transports specialized cells that defend peripheral tissues from…

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infection and disease

5
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the formed elements of the blood consist of…

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red and white blood cells, and platelets

6
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the primary functions of the blood are…

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  1. transportation of dissolved gases, nutrients, wastes, and hormones
  2. regulation of pH and ion compostition of interstitial fluids
  3. defense against toxins and pathogens
7
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blood transports dissolved gases, bringing oxygen from the lungs to the tissues and carrying carbon dioxide from…

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the tissues to the lungs

8
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the “patrol agents” in the blood that defend the body against toxins and pathogens are…

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white blood cells and antibodies

9
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the best laboratory procedure for obtaining blood to determine the hemoglobin level is…

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puncturing the tip of the finger

10
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blood temperature is roughly _________, and the blood pH averages ________.

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38 C; 7.4

11
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an example of a true statement…

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Plasma contributes approximately 55 percent of the volume of whole blood, and H2O accounts for 92 percent of the plasma volume

12
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the three primary classes of plasma proteins are…

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albumins, globulins, and fibrinogen

13
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in addition to water and proteins, the plasma consists of…

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electrolytes, nutrients, and organic wastes

14
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loose connective tissue and cartilage contain a network of insoluble fibers, whereas plasma, a fluid connective tissue, contains…

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dissolved proteins

15
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circulating mature RBCs lack…

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  1. mitochondria
  2. ribosomes
  3. nuclei
16
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the important effects on RBCs due to their unusual shape are that it…

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  1. enables RBCs to form stacks
  2. gives each RBCs a large surface-area-to-volume ratio
  3. enables RBCs to bend and flex when entering small cappillaries and branches
17
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the primary function of a mature red blood cell is…

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transport of respiratory gases

18
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the part of the hemoglobin molecule that directly interacts with oxygen is…

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the iron ion

19
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iron is necessary in the diet because it is involved with…

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hemoglobin production

20
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the iron extracted from heme molecules during hemoglobin recycling is stored in the protein-iron complexes…

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ferritin and hemosiderin

21
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during RBC recycling, each heme unit is stripped of its iron and converted to…

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biliverdin

22
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the primary site of erythropoiesis in the adult is the…

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myeloid tissue

23
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erythropoietin appears in the plasma when peripheral tissues, especially the kidneys, are exposed to…

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low oxygen concentrations

24
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addlutinogens are contained in the________, while the agglutins are found in the _________.

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cell membrane of RBC; plasma

25
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if you have type A blood, your plasma hold circulating ________ that will attack __________ erythrocytes.

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anti-B agglutinins; Type B

26
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a person with type O blood contains…

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anti-A and anti-B agglutinins

27
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the two types of agranular leukocytes found in the blood are…

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monocytes and lymphocytes

28
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based on their staining characteristics, the types of granular leukocytes found in the blood are…

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neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils

29
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the number of eosinophils increases dramitcally during….

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an allergic reaction or a parasitic infection

30
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basophils are specialized in that they…

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contain histamine that exaggerates the inflammation response at the injury site

31
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megakaryocytes are specialized cells of the bone marrow responsible for…

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formulation of platelets

32
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the rate of megakaryocyte activity and platelet formation is regulated by…

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  1. thrombopoietin
  2. interleukin-6
  3. multi-CSF
33
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the process of hemostasis include five phases. the correct order after injury:

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  1. vascular
  2. platelet
  3. coagulation
  4. clot retraction
  5. fibrinolysis
34
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the extrinsic pathway involved in blood clotting involves the release of…

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tissue factor (TF)

35
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what relationship reflects events of the “common pathway”?

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prothrombinase catalyzes the creation of thrombin, which then catalyzes creation of fibrin

36
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the factor that stimulates the production of neurophils, eosinophils, and basophils is…

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G-CSF

37
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if blood comprises 7 percent of the body weight in kilograms, how many liters of blood there be in an individual who weigh 85 kg?

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5.95

38
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the reason liver disorders can alter the composition and functional properties of the blood is because the…

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liver is the primary source of plasma proteins

39
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a condition that generally results from the accelerated platelet formation in response to infection, inflammation, or cancer is…

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thrombocytosis

40
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the fate of iron after hemoglobin breakdown occurs as follows:

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  1. iron->bloodstream->transferrin->new hemoglobin
  2. heme->biliverdin->bilirubin->liver->bile->excreted
  3. iron->bloodstream->transferrin->stored ferritin and hemosiderin
41
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a condition in which a drifting blood clot becomes stuck in a blood vessel, blocking circulation, is called an…

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embolism

42
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typically, one microliter of blood contains_______ erythrocytes.

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5.2 million

43
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in a mature RBC, energy is obtained exclusively by anaerobic respiration…

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true

44
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if aggulutinogen “B” meets with agglutinin “anti-A,” the result would be…

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no aggultination would occur

45
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the precursor of all blood cells in the human body is the…

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hemoctyoblast

46
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reticulocytes are nucleated immature cells that develop into mature…

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erythrocytes

47
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the blood cells that may originate in the thymus, spleen, and lymph nodes as wells as in the bone marrow are the…

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lymphocytes

48
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rh-negative blood indicates the…

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absence of the Rh agglutinogen

49
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in hemolytic disease of the newborn, the…

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mother’s agglutinins cross the placental barrier and destroy fetal red blood cells

50
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circulating leukocytes represent a small fraction of the total population, since most WBCs are found in peripheral tissues.

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true

51
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a typical microliter of blood contains ________ leukocytes.

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6000-9000

52
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under “normal” conditions, neutrophils compromise _________ of the circulatory white blood cells.

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50-70 percent

53
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leukemia is a condition characterized by…

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extremely elevated levels of circulating white blood cells

54
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platelets are unique formed elements of the blood because they…

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are cytoplasmic fragments rather than individual cells

55
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fibrinolysis involves a process that begins with activation of…

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the proenzyme plasminogen, which leads to the production of plasmin

56
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a vitamin K deficiency in the body will eventually cause…

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a breakdown of the common pathway, deactivating the clotting system

57
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a vitamin B12 deficiency results in the type of anemia known as…

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pernicious

58
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an anemia resulting from the production of an abnormal form of hemoglobin results in a condition known as…

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sickle cell anemia

59
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the activity of the common pathway stimulates both the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways by…

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a positive feedback loop that accelerates the clotting process