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Blood: 12.1 Questions - Group 1 Flashcards

1
Q

What type of tissue is blood?

A

Connective tissue

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2
Q

Where is blood normally located?

A

Inside blood vessels

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3
Q

Blood vessels that travel away from the heart are called:

A

Arteries

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4
Q

Blood vessels the travel towards the heart are called:

A

Veins

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5
Q

What blood vessel allows for materials to be exchanged between the tissues and blood?

A

Capillaries

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6
Q

Capillaries are built for exchange of _____________ and wastes.

A

nutrients

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7
Q

Capillaries are built for exchange of ________________ and carbon dioxide.

A

oxygen

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8
Q

What blood vessels carry carbon dioxide produced by the tissues?

A

Veins

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9
Q

What blood vessels carry wastes produced by the tissues?

A

Veins

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10
Q

What blood vessels carry nutrients and oxygen to the tissues?

A

Arteries

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11
Q

What are some of the chemicals that are transported by the circulatory system?

A

• Blood gases
• Nutrients
• Metabolic wastes
• Hormones
• Medicine, toxins

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12
Q

Name some of the ways the blood protects the body.

A

• White blood cells phagocytizing bacteria
• Producing antibodies
• Inflammation
• Blood clotting (sealing cuts and wounds)

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13
Q

What is regulated by the circulatory system?

A

• Fluid/Water balance by osmosis &
hormones
• Blood pH (acid/base balance)
• Temperature of internal organs

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14
Q

Where are all of the plasma proteins, albumin and fibrinogen, produced?

A

In the liver

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15
Q

The site for rbc, wbc, and platelet formation is the ______________.

A

Red bone marrow

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16
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When a tube of blood is spun in the centrifuge what happens?

A

When a tube of blood is spun in centrifuge what happens? The blood is separated into layers – the plasma and formed elements.

17
Q

When a tube of blood is spun in centrifuge what is found in the upper clear layer?

A

Plasma

18
Q

Blood that has been centrifuged, the bottom portion is called:

A

Formed elements

19
Q

The majority of the formed elements are produced in the:

A

Red bone marrow

20
Q

When a tube of blood is spun in centrifuge what is the percentage of plasma?

A

55%

21
Q

Name the three major plasma proteins.

A

• Albumin
• Globulin
• Fibrinogen

22
Q

Which plasma protein regulates water of the blood vessels by osmosis?

A

Albumin

23
Q

Which plasma protein forms antibodies?

A

Globulin

24
Q

Which plasma protein is associated with blood clotting?

A

Fibrinogen

25
Q

Where would one find hemopoietic stem cells?

A

Red bone marrow

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