Unit 7 - Blood - exercises

Question 1

Abnormal increase in numbers of lymphocytes in circulating blood.

Answer 1

lymphocytosis

Question 2

study of blood and its diseases

Answer 2

haematology

Question 3

inflammation of a lymph gland

Answer 3

lymphadenitis

Question 4

red blood cell

Answer 4

erythrocyte

Question 5

irregularly shaped cells

Answer 5

poikilocytosis

Question 6

tumour of a lymph vessel

Answer 6

lymphangioma

Question 7

large phagocyte

Answer 7

macrophage

Question 8

abnormal increase of neutrophils

Answer 8

neutrophilia

Question 9

profuse loss of blood

Answer 9

haemorrhage

Question 10

having one neucleus

Answer 10

mononuclear

Question 11

normal blood clotting?

Answer 11

haemostasis

Question 12

lymph vessels flow through these?

Answer 12

lymph nodes

Question 13

aids in the clotting of blood

Answer 13

fibrinogen

Question 14

lymph flows from capillaries into these

Answer 14

lymph vessels

Question 15

organ that secretes thymosin

Answer 15

thymus

Question 16

cells that clump together to plug small holes in damaged blood vessels

Answer 16

platelets

Question 17

white blood cells are also called these

Answer 17

leukocytes

Question 18

organ that filters the blood and lymph flowing through it

Answer 18

spleen

Question 19

liquid connective tissue that transports materials to and from cells in the body

Answer 19

blood

Question 20

lymphocytes that mature in the bone marrow

Answer 20

B lymphocytes

Question 21

Prothrombin is a protein produced in the

Answer 21

liver

Question 22

An inflammatory response is which line of defence?

Answer 22

second-line of defence

Question 23

Percentage of RBCs within a sample of whole blood is

Answer 23

haematocrit

Question 24

Cervical nodes are found in the

Answer 24

neck

Question 25

Which of the following is not a blood type? A, B, C or AB

Answer 25

C

Question 26

Which is not a lymphatic organ? bone marrow, liver, spleen, thymus

Answer 26

liver

Question 27

An example of a mononuclear leukocyte is a

Answer 27

lymphocyte

Question 28

Which vitamin must be present in blood to support clot formation? A, C, D and K

Answer 28

K

Question 29

Which cells are antibody producers?

Answer 29

plasma cells

Question 30

Vaccine is a form of

Answer 30

active immunity

Question 31

a malignant lymphoma where Reed-Sternberg cells are present

Answer 31

Hodgkin's disease

Question 32

a bone marrow dysfunction causing a general increase in red blood cells

Answer 32

polycythaemia vera

Question 33

splenorrhaphy may be required for this

Answer 33

splenic rupture

Question 34

any disease that suppresses the immune system

Answer 34

immune deficiency

Question 35

Philadelphia chromosome is seen in this disease

Answer 35

chronic myeloid leukaemia

Question 36

widespread formation of thromboses, mainly within the capillaries

Answer 36

disseminated intravascular coagulation

Question 37

excessive deposits of iron in the body

Answer 37

haemochromatosis

Question 38

deficiency of all blood cells

Answer 38

pancytopenia

Question 39

a form of anaemia marked by low or absent iron stores and low haemoglobin

Answer 39

iron deficiency anaemia

Question 40

deficiency of factor IX (9)

Answer 40

haemophilia B

Question 41

What does dissemination mean?

Answer 41

To spread