Unit 3 – Blood System

Which element in the blood is round and colorless?

• white blood cells
• plasma
• platelets
• red blood cells

The immature red blood cell is called _______.

• erythroblast
• erythrocyte
• erythropoietin
• erythropoiesis

_______ is the orange-yellow pigment produced from hemoglobin when red blood cells are destroyed.

• bilirubin
• hemoglobin
• globulin
• albumin

_______ is the protein that stimulates growth of white blood cells.

• colony-stimulating factor
• Rh factor
• fibrin
• prothrombin

_______ is the destruction or breakdown of blood.

• hemolysis
• paralysis
• oncolysis
• osteolysis

Blood DOESN'T transport which of the following?

• nervous impulses
• hormones
• wastes
• gases

_______ is the straw-colored liquid portion of blood.

• plasma
• platelet
• plasmapheresis
• prothrombin

The combination of _______ produces the bright red color of blood.

• oxygen and hemoglobin
• heme and globin
• oxygen and heme
• oxygen and globin

During transfusion, if blood is not _______ with the recipient’s blood type, then hemolysis occurs.

• compatible
• adverse
• excessive
• constant

Which blood type is the universal donor?

• type O
• type A
• type B
• type AB