Blood Cells

What is in the picture?

• WBC fighting infection

• Erythropoiesis

• Blood clot

• Cancerous tumor

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What is the name of the proteins that are made to fight of pathogens. They can be produced quickly when the pathogen enters the body a second time.

• antitoxins

• antibiotics

• antibodies

• anticlockwise

Which is the blood cell that engulfs pathogens?

• platelet

• red blood cell

• phagocyte

• lymphocyte

What do phagocytes do once the have engulfed a pathogen?

• destroy them

• eat them

• use them

• party

What helps red blood cells squeeze into capillaries?

• Their size

• Their disk shape

• Their color

• Their nucleus

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What do white blood cells help fight against?

• Nutrients

• Pathogens

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

What do some white blood cells do when they find a pathogen?

• Transport oxygen

• Destroy it

• Squeeze out of blood vessels

• Form antibodies

What is the function of hemoglobin?

• To destroy pathogens

• To transport nutrients

• To carry oxygen

• To form antibodies

What do red blood cells transport to every cell in the body?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Antibodies

• Oxygen

• Nutrients

What is the primary function of red blood cells?

• To fight infections

• To transport oxygen

• To produce antibodies

• To clot blood