Apologia Advanced Biology Module 11 Circulatory System

In which stage of blood coagulation do coagulation factors play a critical role?

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

In which types of blood vessels is the blood pressure lowest?

• venules

• veins

• capillaries

• arteries

A person’s blood pressure is 120 over 80. Which is the diastolic pressure?

• 120

• 80

Common over-the-counter medicines you buy often contain antihistamine.
Based on what you learned in this section, what type of cell does this medicine affect?

• lymphocytes

• neutrophils

• eosinophils

• basophils

Match the following

• iron

• what makes up the majority of formed elements of blood

• plasma and formed elements

• what percent of plasma is in the blood

• carry oxygen

• what are the two main components of blood

• erythrocytes

• what metal must be in hemoglobin for it to work properly

• 55%

• what does hemoglobin do in the blood

Match the following

• type A blood

• blood whose erythrocytes have B antigens on their surfaces

• Type O blood

• blood whose erythrocytes have A antigens on their surfaces

• Type AB blood

• if the erythrocytes have neither A nor B antigens

• A, B, AB, O

• Blood whose erythrocytes have both A and B antigens

• Type B blood

• what are the four blood types

Match the function of each leukocyte

• histamine and heparin

• neutrophils fight infection by

• antibodies

• Lymphocytes produce

• phagocytosis

• basophils release

• anti-inflammatory

• eosinophils are

Blood is traveling in the thigh down a large blood vessel towards the feet. Is it in a vein or an artery?

• vein

• artery

Blood is taken from an atrium. How could you tell whether or not the blood came from the right or left atrium?  Choose one answer pertaining to the right atrium & one answer pertaining to the left atrium.

• right atrium = oxygenated blood

• right atrium = deoxygenated blood

• left atrium = oxygenated blood

• left atrium = deoxygenated blood

One type of blood test is a white blood cell count, in which the number of white blood cells in your blood are counted. If your white blood cell count is high, what does that mean?

• Blood is not clotting properly

• You are anemic

• the body is probably fighting an infection