KHP 205 Ch. 12 Blood

The liquid portion of the blood is called___________.

• Plasma

• Formed elements

• Cells

• Red bone marrow

The clumping of red cells when mixed with matching antiserum is called

• transfusion

• hemostasis

• hemolysis

• agglutination

Proteins in blood that bind to antigens are called ___________.

• Antibodies

• White blood cells

• Plasma

• Serum

The substance that makes up more than 90% of blood plasma is ___________.

• Water

• Proteins

• Formed elements

• Cells

The element needed for the formation of hemoglobin is ___________.

• Iron

• Calcium

• Sodium

• Glucose

The cells that give rise to all blood cells are found in the ___________.

• red bone marrow

• yellow bone marrow

• lymphocytes

• erythrocytes

Cell fragments involved in hemostasis are called ___________.

• platelets; thrombocytes

• erythrocytes

• lymphocytes

• neutrophils

The protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells is ___________.

• hemoglobin

• platelets

• thrombocytes

• antigen

The most numerous blood cells are ___________.

• erythrocytes; red blood cells

• leukocytes

• platelets

• leukocytes; white blood cells

White blood cells are also called ___________.

• erythrocytes

• leukocytes

• platelets

• neutrophils