Cardiovascular System: Vessels and Blood (6c)

What is blood made of?

• oxygen and plasma

• red blood cells and white blood cells

• plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

• plasma and platelets

What are the most common blood cells?

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

• platelets

• plasma

Why do platelets clump together?

• to produce oxygen

• to reduce oxygen

• to produce blood loss

• to reduce blood loss

These blood cells are the protectors and help fight off disease.

• Red blood cells
• White blood cells
• Plasma
• Platelets 

This part of blood helps it clot, when you get cut.

• Red blood cells
• Plasma
• Platelets
• White blood cells

_______ is made mostly of water and makes up about 55% of the blood

• Plasma
• Platelets 
• Red blood cells
• White blood cells

What part of blood is responsible for carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide to or from body cells?

• Red Blood Cells
• White Blood Cells
• Platelets
• Plasma

What does blood transport?

• Nutrients (like vitamins, sugars, minerals)

• Oxygen 

• Wastes (such as CO2)

• Hormones (such as insulin)

• All of the above

What is the function of hemoglobin?

• to carry iron
• to carry wastes
• to carry oxygen
• to produce oxygen

Another name for white blood cells is

• erythrocytes
• plasmocytes
• leukocytes
• thrombocytes