Anatomy Chapter 11: Blood

The main purpose of Red Blood Cells is to 

• carry gases, wastes, and nutrients
• attack and destroy pathogens
• clot the blood
• digest food

What part of blood carries hemoglobin?

• Red blood cells
• Plasma
• Platlets
• White blood cells

The lack of sufficient red blood cells in the blood system is called

• cyanosis
• anemia
• hemochromatosis
• hypoxia

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What is the function of hemoglobin?

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

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Another name for white blood cells is

• erythrocytes
• plasmocytes
• leukocytes
• thrombocytes

Which of the following is not a primary function of blood?

• help fight disease
• transports nutrients, oxygen, wastes, and hormones
• to provide structure 
• distributes heat

Blood is classified as ___ tissue.

• connective
• circulatory
• epithelial
• muscular

The shape of the RBC allows for a greater surface area so the cell can

• fill up capillaries easily

• exchange gasses more quickly

• hold additional hemoglobin

• reproduce quicker

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Where does hematopoiesis take place, producing new RBCs?

• red bone marrow
• yellow bone marrow
• synovial membrane
• articular cartilage

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Red blood cells are

• thrombocytes
• neutrophils
• monocytes
• erthryocytes