Chapter 10 Test Review

The matrix of blood is called

• lymphocytes

• plasma

• erythrocytes

• buffy coat

• formed elements

In a centrifuged blood sample, the buffy coat between the formed elemetns and the plasma contains

• erythrocytes only

• platelets and erythrocytes

• leukocytes only

• leukocytes and platelets

• leukocytes and erythrocytes

Which one of the following is NOT a physical characteristic of blood?

• sticky

• sweet tasting

• opaque

• alkaline

• heavier than water

Hematocrit is the percentage of

• leukocytes in blood

• erythrocytes in blood

• platelets in blood

• formed elements in blood

• plasma in blood

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Which one of the following formed elements is the most abundant?

• basophils

• erythrocytes

• platelets

• lymphocytes

• eosinophils

Erythrocytes

• travel by diapedesis through the walls of vessels

• are the least common of all formed elemetns

• lack a nucleus and most organelles

• possess lobed nuclei and cytoplasmic granueles

• clot blood

White blood cells differ from red blood cells because only they contain

• cytoplasm

• a biconcave shape

• a nucleus and most organelles

• the iron-containing molecule called hemoglobin

• the ability to transport both oxygen and carbon dioxide

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Which one of the following cells are classified as granulocytes?

• lymphocytes and monocytes

• neutrophils, lymphocytes, and eosinophils

• eosinophils and monocytes

• basophils and eosinophils

• neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils

The most numerous white blood cells are the

• neutrophils

• basophils

• eosinophils

• lymphocytes

• monocytes

Platelets are fragments of multinucleate cells called

• macrophages

• eosinophils

• erythrocytes

• basophils

• megakaryocytes