BLOOD TEST 2022

What makes up around 55% of the blood?

• Plasma

• Red Blood Cells

• White Blood Cells

• Platelets

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

What is the function (job) of the plasma?

• To release antibodies to fight infections.

• To transport oxygen around the body.

• To carry dissolved nutrients and sugars.

• To transport oxygen around the body.

Which cell engulfs and digests bacteria/pathogens?

• lymphocytes

• phagocytes

• 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

Oxygen-transporting protein in red blood cells that gives the cells their characteristic red color.

• thrombin
• hematocrit
• hemoglobin
• hemostasis

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 antigen A on its surface, what is its blood type?

• A
• B
• AB
• O

A woman has type B blood and her husband has type O blood.  What must be the woman's genotype, if they have a child with type O blood?

• BO
• BB
• OO
• type B