The Different Blood Groups and The Blood Clotting Process

Question 1

What is the primary function of the blood?

Answer 1

Transport material and fight infections?

Question 2

What is Blood composed of?

Answer 2

Plasma and Corpuscles

Question 3

Straw colored fluid composed of h20, blood proteins and small inorganic materials.

Answer 3

Plasma

Question 4

Manufactured within the red bone marrow (myeloid tissue) within flat and long bones.

Answer 4

Corpuscles

Question 5

Function of the Red Blood Cell.

Answer 5

transport gases especially oxygen throughout the body

Question 6

What is the shape of the red blood cell?

Answer 6

Biconcave disk, Anucleated

Question 7

Red Color of RBC is due to ___?
It enables RBC to carry and transport oxygen.

Answer 7

Hemoglobin

Question 8

Function of White Blood Cells.

Answer 8

Fights infections

Question 9

How do White Blood Cells fight infections?

Answer 9

By secreting antibodies and engulfing foreign bodies (phagocytes)

Question 10

What is the shape of White Blood Cells?

Answer 10

Amorphous, Nucleated

Question 11

What are the two types of White Blood Cell?

Answer 11

Granulocytes and Agranulocytes

Question 12

Three examples of Granulocytes

Answer 12

Neutrophil
Basophil
Eusinophil

Question 13

Two examples of Agranulocytes

Answer 13

Monocytes
Lymphocytes

Question 14

What is the shape of Blood platelets?

Answer 14

Amorphous

Question 15

___ are not real cells; They are just fargments of the stem cell in the red bone marrow.

Answer 15

Blood Platelets

Question 16

Why are blood platelets unable to be seen in fresh blood samples?

Answer 16

Because they disintegrate upon contact with air

Question 17

When does the blood clotting process begin?

Answer 17

As platelets disintegrate

Question 18

Who discovered ABO Blood Relationships?

Answer 18

Karl Landsteiner

Question 19

He is an Austrian Scientist at the University of Vienna who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1990

Answer 19

Karl Landsteiner

Question 20

What was Karl Landsteiner’s most important discovery?

Answer 20

The 4 different blood types

Question 21

What are the two chemical substance that is responsible for the blood types?

Answer 21

Antigen and Antibodies

Question 22

Substance located in the Plasma Membrane of RBC’S

Answer 22

Antigen

Question 23

Substance located in the Blood Plasma

Answer 23

Antibodies

Question 24

What blood type is the Universal Donor

Answer 24

Type O

Question 25

What blood type is the Universal Recipient

Answer 25

Type AB

Question 26

What is the 2nd most significant blood group in humans?

Answer 26

RH Factor

Question 27

How many Antigen does the RH Factor contain?

Answer 27

50

Question 28

What is the most significant and common Antigen?

Answer 28

Antigen D

Question 29

What does RH+ and RH- mean?

Answer 29

RH+ (have antibodies in their plasma) RH- (does not have antibodies in their plasma)

Question 30

Most Important bases used for blood transfusion.

Answer 30

ABO & RH Systems

Question 31

___ clogs blood vessels and stops the circulation of the blood to various parts of the body.

Answer 31

Agglutinated (clumped blood)

Question 32

What is the function of the Blood clotting process?

Answer 32

Is an adaptation that stops the profuse bleeding process.

Question 33

What is a serum?

Answer 33

Blood plasma that lacks fibrinogen in it