Module 11

Question 1

Erythrocytes

Answer 1

Red blood cells that carry the oxygen in blood.

Question 2

Leukocytes

Answer 2

White blood cells that perform various defensive functions in blood.

Question 3

Platelets

Answer 3

Cell fragments in blood that help prevent blood loss.

Question 4

Hemopoiesis

Answer 4

The process by which the formed elements of blood are made in the body.

Question 5

Systolic Phase

Answer 5

The phase of the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles contract.

Question 6

Diastolic Phase

Answer 6

The phase of the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles relax.

Question 7

Arterioles

Answer 7

The smallest arteries that still have three tunics.

Question 8

Venules

Answer 8

Small veins that do not have three tunics but instead have only an endothelium, a basement membrane, and a few smooth muscle cells.

Question 9

Platelet

Answer 9

Cell fragment in blood which helps prevent blood loss.

Question 10

Basophil

Answer 10

Cell that releases histamine and heparin.

Question 11

Erythrocyte

Answer 11

Cell that carries oxygen in the blood.

Question 12

Eosinophil

Answer 12

Cell that fights inflammation.

Question 13

Monocyte

Answer 13

Agranulocyte that fights infections by phagocytosis.

Question 14

Neutrophil

Answer 14

Granulocyte that fights infections by phagocytosis.

Question 15

Lymphocyte

Answer 15

Cell that produces antibodies.