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WorksheetsBlood and Blood Components
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the function of capillaries?
a)
Transports deoxygenated blood
b)
Transport oxygenated blood
c)
Site for exchange of materials
2.
What is the function of veins?
a)
Transport deoxygenated blood
b)
Transport oxygenated blood
c)
Site for exchange of materials
3.
What are present in veins but absent in arteries?
a)
smooth elastic tissues
b)
muscular tissues
c)
valves
4.
How are capillaries adapted for their function?
a)
Have partially permeable walls
b)
One-cell thick endothelium
c)
Presence of valves
d)
Large lumen
5.
I have a large lumen, I have thin muscular walls, I pump blood towards the heart
a)
Artery
b)
Vein
c)
Capillary
d)
Arteriole
6.
I have muscular walls, and a small lumen. Pump blood away from the heart
a)
Artery
b)
Vein
c)
Capillary
d)
Arteriole
7.
A system of the body which pumps blood too and from the lungs to become oxygenated.
a)
Systemic
b)
Pulmonary
8.
Which is the largest artery in the body?
a)
Aorta
b)
Superior Vena Cava
9.
Which of these blood vessels have small lumens? (Two answers)
a)
Artery
b)
Vein
c)
Capillary
10.
What percentage of plasma is made up of water?
a)
100%
b)
90%
c)
45%
d)
55%
11.
Which component of blood is responsible for helping to stop bleeding?
a)
platelets
b)
red blood cells
c)
white blood cells
d)
plasma
12.
Which component of blood is responsible for carrying oxygen?
a)
red blood cell
b)
white blood cell
c)
platelets
d)
plasma
13.
The fluid portion of blood that carries blood cells, glucose, proteins, fats, and wastes throughout the body.
a)
red blood cells
b)
white blood cells
c)
plasma
d)
platelets
14.
Who am I?
I am the largest (in size) blood component and have a nucleus.
I am the largest (in size) blood component and have a nucleus.
a)
white blood cell
b)
red blood cell
c)
platelet
d)
hemoglobin
15.
These blood cells are the protectors and help fight off disease.
a)
Red blood cells
b)
White blood cells
c)
Plasma
d)
Platelets
16.
What does blood transport?
a)
Nutrients
b)
Oxygen
c)
Carbon Dioxide
d)
All of the above
17.
Another name for white blood cells is
a)
erythrocytes
b)
plasmocytes
c)
leukocytes
d)
thrombocytes
18.
Red blood cells are
a)
thrombocytes
b)
neutrophils
c)
monocytes
d)
erthryocytes
19.
If red blood cells are like mail men, white blood cells are like __________.
a)
police officers
b)
teachers
c)
politicians
d)
unemployed workers
20.
Which TWO blood components do not have a nucleus?
a)
both red and white blood cells
b)
white blood cells and platelets
c)
all blood cells have a nucleus
d)
red blood cells and platelets
21.
When a patient gets a blood test and has a high WBC count, this indicates that the patient likely has
a)
cancer
b)
dehydration
c)
infection
d)
nothing
22.
When a patient gets a blood test and has a low platelet count, this indicates that the patient likely has
a)
cancer
b)
a clotting disorder
c)
infection
d)
nothing
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