Term 3 Review

What makes up around 55% of the blood?

• Plasma

• Red Blood Cells

• White Blood Cells

• Platelets

What carries oxygen around the body?

• Plasma

• Red Blood Cells

• Platelets

• White Blood Cells

What is the function (job) of the platelets?

• To form clots (i.e. scabs) when you have cuts and grazes.

• To transport oxygen to the muscles

• To carry dissolved sugars.

• To produce antibodies

Which blood vessels take blood TO the heart?

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

Which blood vessel has valves to prevent the back-flow of blood?

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

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

Which blood type can receive any other blood type?

• Type-A
• Type-B
• Type-O
• Type-AB

What blood type is the "universal donor" because it can be donated to anyone?

• A
• B
• AB
• O

Rh factor → A red blood cell surface antigen, first discovered in rhesus monkeys, that is a crucial consideration in blood transfusions.

• True
• False

If a red blood cell has no antigens on its surface, what is its blood type?

• A
• B
• AB
• O