~BLOOD~

What type of tissue is blood?

• Muscular

• Connective

• Epithelial

• Nervous

What constitutes the "Formed elements" of the blood?

• Erythrocytes

• White Blood Cells

• Platelets

• Plasma

What is a leukocyte?

• WBC

• RBC

• Platelet

• Plasma

What is the primary function of an erythrocyte?

• Carry oxygen

• Immune function

• Clotting

• Holding water

Which applies to a white blood cell?

• can divide

• larger of the two cells

• immune function

• cannot divide

• no nucleus

What is the function of a platelet?

• Clotting

• Immune function

• Carry oxygen

• Help with heat regulation

Where does hematopoeisis occur?

• Red bone marrow

• In the blood stream

• Somewhere else

How do you get sickle cell anemia?

• recessive disorder

• STD

• random mutation

• cancer

What is leukemia?

• bone marrow becomes cancerous

• lymphoid system becomes cancerous

• floating clot

• attached clot

What is thrombus?

• Clot that develops and stays attached in blood vessel

• clot that develops and floats freely in blood stream

• platelet deficiency

• blood clotting deficiency