Special Systems Test Pages 36-42

Question 1

Hormones

Answer 1

Molecules that act as messengers helping control and coordinate a variety of cellular activities into the body

Question 2

Plasma

Answer 2

55% blood volume, thin, light colored layer consisting of white blood cells

Question 3

Platelets

Answer 3

Stops blood/ blood clotting does

Question 4

The ______ system is a collection of glands and tissues responsible for secreting hormones

Answer 4

Endocrine

Question 5

______ is the bodies tendency to maintain conditions with an appropriate limit.

Answer 5

Homeostasis

Question 6

Just above, the erythrocytes is a thin like color layer called the _____ coat containing leukocytes and platelets

Answer 6

Buffy

Question 7

Blood cellular components can be classified into three categories, one of which is ____, which are red blood cells

Answer 7

Erythrocytes

Question 8

Hemoglobin

Answer 8

Oxygen-carrying protein filling red blood cells

Question 9

Erythropoiesis

Answer 9

Tiny bags of fluid in them, are flexible plasma membrane

Question 10

Anemia

Answer 10

Hemoglobin or number of red cells in blood to low

Question 11

Sickle cell anemia

Answer 11

Most severe form of sickle cell disease in which both genes from making hemoglobins beta chain, have the mutation leading to production of hemoglobin

Question 12

Because all blood passes through the kidneys frequently kidneys are a great location to monitor blood’s ______- caring Cassity, which depends on adequate RBCs.

Answer 12

Oxygen

Question 13

People who have the sickle-causing ____ and only one copy and a normal gene in the other copy have sickle cell trait.

Answer 13

Mutation

Question 14

____ gives hemoglobin its ability to carry oxygen.

Answer 14

Iron

Question 15

Leukemia

Answer 15

Cancer resulting from overproduction of abnormal immature, leukocytes in bone marrow

Question 16

Antigen

Answer 16

Substances that can trigger immune responses in the body

Question 17

Blood type

Answer 17

Differences and circus of red blood cells, four different types, a, B, aB, O 

Question 18

Ultimate purpose of ______ is to protect the body from invaders

Answer 18

Leukocytes

Question 19

Platelets are fragments of large cells called mega card sites, which are found in the ____ marrow

Answer 19

Bond

Question 20

Aplastic ____ is a disorder in which the body does not produce enough for blood cells, white blood cells or platelets

Answer 20

Anemia

Question 21

Hemostasis

Answer 21

Stopping bleeding

Question 22

Hemophilia

Answer 22

Inherited bleeding disorder, resulting from deficiency of coagulation factors 

Question 23

Upon entering the lymphatic system this fluid is that known as ____

Answer 23

Lymph

Question 24

Tonsils

Answer 24

Lymphoid organs in the back of the throat

Question 25

Spleen

Answer 25

Oregon in lymphatic system that filters blood

Question 26

Immune system

Answer 26

Collection of molecules, cells, tissues, and organs that defend the body against infection

Question 27

During _____ the tonsils become swollen and tender

Answer 27

Tonsillitis

Question 28

Skin provides a strong barrier to _____ and toxinss

Answer 28

Pathogens

Question 29

Skin is home to more than 1 trillion cells in the bodies ——

Answer 29

Microbiome

Question 30

Many bacteria that normally live on skin prevent overgrowth and invasion by disease, causing (——-) bacteria

Answer 30

Pathogenic

Question 31

Apoptosis

Answer 31

Programmed cell death