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Blood, Lymph and Immune System

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Cells that ingest pathogens are
a)
plasma cells
b)
phagocytic cells
c)
helper T cells
d)
antibodies
2.
Anything that triggers an immune response is a/n
a)
lymph cell
b)
antigen
c)
antibody
d)
neutrop
3.
What do scientists call bacteria and viruses that can make people sick?  
a)
diseases
b)
vaccines
c)
antibodies
d)
pathogens
4.
What are Lymphocytes?
a)
A type of red blood cell
b)
A nucleus 
c)
A type of white blood cell
d)
Bone Marrow
5.
What is the Immune system?
a)
 The body's defense system
b)
A system that gives support and structure 
c)
A system that helps you breathe
d)
None of the above
6.
The tiny oval shaped lymph structure located throughout the body are known as?
a)
Lymph nodes
b)
Spleen
c)
Lymph fluid
7.
Red blood cells carry oxygen
a)
True
b)
False
8.
There are more white blood cells than red blood cells
a)
True
b)
False
9.
White Blood Cells fight off infection and germs
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The main purpose of Red Blood Cells is to 
a)
carry gases, wastes, and nutrients
b)
attack and destroy pathogens
c)
clot the blood
d)
digest food
11.
What part of blood carries hemoglobin?
a)
Red blood cells
b)
Plasma
c)
Platlets
d)
White blood cells
12.
Another name for white blood cells is
a)
erythrocytes
b)
plasmocytes
c)
leukocytes
d)
thrombocytes
13.
Red blood cells are
a)
thrombocytes
b)
neutrophils
c)
monocytes
d)
erthryocytes
14.
The liquid portion of the blood is
a)
leukocytes
b)
erthryocytes
c)
plasma
d)
thrombin
15.

Which leukocytes are granulocytes?

a)

neutrophils, eosinophils, & lymphocytes

b)

neutrophils, eosinophils & basophils

c)

eosinophils, basophils & monocytes

16.

There are 5 different types of leukocytes.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

Normal erythrocyte level is

a)

4-6 million

b)

10-12 million

c)

1-3 million

d)

4500-11000

18.

Normal leukocyte level is

a)

4-6 million

b)

150,000-400,000

c)

4500-11000

19.

The function of a thrombocyte is to:

a)

fight infection

b)

carry oxygen

c)

clot blood

20.

What happens to the thymus after puberty?

a)

continues to make Tcells

b)

atrophy

c)

drains lymph

21.

Exsanguination means:

a)

breaking down of erythrocytes

b)

bleeding to death

c)

drainage of lymph

22.

Which leukocyte makes histamine and heparin

a)

neutrophils

b)

eosinophils

c)

basophils

d)

monocytes

23.

What is the name for the small masses of lymphatic tissue in the pharynx and nasal cavity

a)

lymph nodes

b)

tonsils

c)

spleen

24.
What do B cells produce?
a)
antigens
b)
macrophages
c)
T cells
d)
antibodies
25.

Which of the following statements are TRUE about vaccinations?

a)

Allow B cells to make antibodies for any type of antigen the body comes in contact with.

b)

Triggers the body to make memory cells for specific pathogens.

c)

They are substances prepared from killed or weakened pathogens.

d)

Always allows the body to resist an infectious disease any time it comes into contact with it.

26.

All of the following are examples of white blood cells EXCEPT

a)

Killer T cells

b)

Supporter T cells

c)

Macrophage

d)

Vaccine

e)

B Cell

27.

What happens after the second time you are exposed to a pathogen?

a)

The body will not be able to fight off the pathogen quickly, because it knows how to get into the body easier.

b)

The body's immune system will react the same was as it did during the first exposure.

c)

The body can only be exposed to a pathogen a second time if you do not have a vaccine.

d)

The body will know how to fight off the pathogen quickly, because memory cells have been created after the first encounter.

28.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about someone's immune system that has allergies?

a)

Body cells are dividing at an uncontrolled rate.

b)

The body is reacting to foreign antigens that are not dangerous to most people.

c)

T cells and B cells in the body cannot be activated.

d)

The body is mistaking its own cells for foreign antigens.

29.

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

a)

-crit

b)

-ectomy

c)

-lytic

d)

-plasty

30.

developing cell

a)

-pheresis

b)

-blast

c)

-crit

d)

-fusion

31.

enlargement

a)

-ation

b)

-megaly

c)

-blast

d)

-phage

32.

removal

a)

-pheresis

b)

-phoresis

c)

-plasty

d)

-rrhage

33.

surgical repair

a)

-ectomy

b)

-blast

c)

-lytic

d)

-plasty

34.

eat; swallow

a)

-lytic

b)

-phage

c)

-phoresis

d)

-pheresis

35.

transmission; carrying

a)

-pheresis

b)

-phoresis

c)

-phage

d)

-ation