Blood

Multiple Choice

Which is not a function of the blood?

• Transport oxygen and carbon dioxide

• Regulates body temperature

• Prevents infection

• All of these are functions

Multiple Choice

Which is not a formed element?

• RBC

• Plasma

• WBC

• Platelet

Multiple Choice

When you put blood in a centrifuge, all of the components separate in the tube. Where would you find the RBCs and why

• At the top because they are the least dense

• In the middle because WBCs are denser

• At the bottom because they are the densest

• None of these answers

Multiple Choice

What percent of our blood is plasma?

• 44

• 55

• 1

• 100

Multiple Choice

Blood is five times more viscous than water. What does this mean?

• Blood is thicker than water

• Blood is thinner than water

• Blood is the same thickness as water

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

What can you find in plasma?

• Oxygen

• Water

• Hormones

• Waste

• All of these are found in plasma

Multiple Choice

What is the MAIN of a red blood cell?

• Carry carbon dioxide

• Carry and unload oxygen

• Carry nutrients

• Deliver hormones

Multiple Choice

Red blood cells have a biconcave shape which increases their surface area. Why is this important?

• They can carry more oxygen to the tissues

• They can create hormones

• They can replace themselves

• They can turn into WBCs

Multiple Choice

If oxygen was able to dissolve in the blood, we would not need hemoglobin.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the importance of hemoglobin?

• It allows the RBCs to carry hormones

• It allows the WBCs to carry oxygen like a red blood cell

• It greatly increases the RBCs ability to carry oxygen

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the function of leukocytes?

• To fight infection

• To deliver plasma to damaged tissues

• To help RBCs deliver nutrients

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Why is diapedesis important for a WBC?

• It allows the WBCs to replicate themselves

• It allows the red blood cells to fight infection too

• It allows the WBCs to go to the site of infection

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

Which is not a granulocyte?

• Basophil

• Eosinophil

• Neutrophil

• Lymphocyte

Match

Match the following

• Neutrophil

• Eosinophil

• Basophil

• Lymphocyte

• Monocyte

Destroy bacteria

Kill parasitic worms

Help otherWBCs rush to site of infection

Killer T's and Memory B's

Become macrophages to destroy bad stuff

• Destroy bacteria

• Kill parasitic worms

• Help otherWBCs rush to site of infection

• Killer T's and Memory B's

• Become macrophages to destroy bad stuff

Multiple Choice

Platelets are for blood clotting

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the process of blood cell formation?

• Homeostasis

• Hemostasis

• Hematopoiesis

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

ALL blood cells are derived from the stem cell called the hemocytoblast

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What tells the body to make more blood cells of any type?

• The blood cells themselves

• The spleen

• Hormones

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

Hemostasis is the scientific term for blood clotting

• True

• False

Reorder

Put the order of hemostasis in order from start to finish

• Vascular spasm

• Platelet Plug Formation

• Final Coagulation

• Fully healed

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

An abnormal blood clot is called an embolus. When that embolus breaks off and moves in the bloodstream, it is called a thrombus.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

An antigen is something on the surface of any cell that our bodies can see as foreign.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Can an A negative blood type donate to an A positive blood type?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between the ABO system and the Rh system?

• Anti-Rh antibodies are not produced until the body encounters it

• They are antigens too

• They are part of the person's blood type