Chapter 13

Hematopoiesis occurs in the ____.

• Kidney

• Bone marrow

• Liver

• Pancreas

Clotting in an unbroken blood vessel is called ____.

• Embolus

• Clotting

• Thrombosis

• Embolism

The Rh blood group consists of those individuals with the ____ antigen, the first identified and studied.​

• A

• B

• O

• D

Prothrombin activator, with the assistance of ____ ions, converts prothrombin to thrombin.​

• Calcium

• Potassium

• Sodium

• Chloride

A cholesterol-containing mass that adheres to the smooth walls of blood vessels is called a(n) ____.

• Plaque

• Clot

• Embolism

• Embolus

 ​A piece of a blood clot that dislodges and is transported by the bloodstream is called a(n) ____.

• Embolus

• Thrombus

• Infarction

• Stroke

 Antibodies are produced by ____.​

• lymphocytes

• Monocytes

• Basophils

• Eosinophils

 ​The term ____ means eating cells.

• Phagocytosis

• Thrombosis

• Embolism

• Syneresis

​Red blood cells pick up ____ in the lungs, and transport it via the blood to all cells of the body.

• Carbon dioxide

• Albumin

• Oxygen

• Proteins

Red blood cells make up about ____% of the volume of blood cells.

• 95

• 50

• 35

• 75