BiSci #1 (Exam 2)

Question 1

blood

Answer 1

a fluid connective tissue made up of 55% plasma and 45% cellular components

Question 2

blood functions

Answer 2

1. primary transport medium
2. defends the body against invasion by pathogens
3. regularly functions: body temp, water-salt balance, and body pH

Question 3

water

Answer 3

main thing in plasma

Question 4

plasma

Answer 4

liquid portion of blood made up of 92% water and 8% dissolved substances

Question 5

homeostasis

Answer 5

plasma proteins help maintain

Question 6

3 things in plasma

Answer 6

1. water
2. ion
3. hormones

Question 7

oxygen

Answer 7

hemoglobin carries what

Question 8

3 things in formed elements

Answer 8

1. erythrocyte (RBC)
2. thrombocyte (platelet)
3. leukocyte (WBC)

Question 9

blood cell

Answer 9

stem cells can morph into what

Question 10

liver and spleen

Answer 10

break down worn out RBC

Question 11

WBC

Answer 11

fight infection and clean up debris (everywhere in your body)

Question 12

neutrophils (WBC)

Answer 12

most abundant and the first to respond to an infection (phagocytes)

Question 13

eosinophils (WBC)

Answer 13

increased in number during an allergic reaction or a parasitic worm infection

Question 14

basophils (WBC)

Answer 14

release histamines associated with allergic reactions (dilates blood vessels and constricts air ways)

Question 15

monocytes (WBC)

Answer 15

become larger macrophages that phagocytize pathogens, old cells, and cellular debris

Question 16

lymphocytes (WBC)

Answer 16

B cells protect us by producing antibodies and T cells destroy any cell that has foreign antibodies

Question 17

1. SCID
2. leukemia
3. mono

Answer 17

3 disorders involving the WBC

Question 18

platelets (thombocytes)

Answer 18

cell fragments necessary for clotting of the blood

Question 19

hemophilia

Answer 19

inherited clotting disorder due to a deficiency in a clotting factor (no cure)

Question 20

1. thrombocytopenia
2. thromboembolism
3. hemophilia

Answer 20

3 disorders involving platelets

Question 21

hemolytic disease

Answer 21

due to a pregnancy in which the fetus is both
-Rh positive
-Rh negative
the mother can begin to produce antibodies against Rh-positive RBC

Question 22

Rh-positive blood

Answer 22

protein antigen found in the surface of the RBC

Question 23

Rh-negative blood

Answer 23

absence of this protein antigen on the surface of the RBC

Question 24

antigens

Answer 24

“self markers” (A)

Question 25

antibodies

Answer 25

markers for the non self (B)

Question 26

arterial end

Answer 26

blood pressure is higher than osmotic pressure

Question 27

venous end

Answer 27

osmotic pressure is higher than blood pressure

Question 28

lymphatic capillaries

Answer 28

absorb excess tissue fluid at the blood capillaries

Question 29

EDMA

Answer 29

swelling that occurs when tissue fluid is not collected by the lymphatic capillaries

Question 30

homeostasis is possible if

Answer 30

1. the cardiovascular system delivers oxygen and nutrients to, and takes away metabolic wastes from, the tissue fluid that surrounds cells
2. the lymphatic system returns tissue fluid to the bloodstream

Question 31

phenotype

Answer 31

physical characteristic

Question 32

genotype

Answer 32

genes

Question 33

universal donor with no markers

Answer 33

O-

Question 34

no markers and recipe. donor

Answer 34

AB+