blood

Question 1

the average adult has how many pints of blood?

Answer 1

8-10 pints

Question 2

functions of the blood:

Answer 2

transport, regulation, protection

Question 3

blood composition

Answer 3

plasma
rbc’s (red blood cells)
wbc’s(white blood cells)
platelets

Question 4

water is what percent of the total volume of plasma

Answer 4

92%

Question 5

what are the three plasma proteins?

Answer 5

fibrinogen, albumin, globulin

Question 6

what is hematopoiesis?

Answer 6

the formation of all blood cells

Question 7

what is oxyhemoglobin?

Answer 7

oxygenated blood cells

Question 8

what is carboxyhemoglobin?

Answer 8

deoxygenated blood cells

Question 9

what are neutrophils?

Answer 9

phagocytize bacteria

Question 10

what is the normal range of clotting time?

Answer 10

5 to 15 minutes

Question 11

what are the different types of blood?

Answer 11

A, B, AB, O

Question 12

what is anemia

Answer 12

a red blood cell disorder in which you lack enough healthy rbc’s to carry enough oxygen to your body’s tissues

Question 13

what is iron deficiency anemia

Answer 13

not enough iron to the point where your body cant produce enough hemoglobin in the blood to carry out oxygen

Question 14

what is aplastic anemia

Answer 14

when your body stops producing new blood cells. leaves uncontrolled bleeding

Question 15

sickle cell anemia

Answer 15

the red blood cells shape is altered which can slow or block blood flow

Question 16

cooley’s anemia

Answer 16

inherited blood disorder that causes your body to have less hemoglobin (stuff that allows rbc’s to carry out oxygen) than normal

Question 17

pernicious anemia

Answer 17

a lack of healthy red blood cells caused by lower than usual amounts of vitamin b-12 and folate

Question 18

polycythemia

Answer 18

type of blood cancer that causes your bone marrow to make too many rbc’s resulting in thicker flow of blood which may slow down or even stop its flow

Question 19

embolism

Answer 19

blood clot(or clots) that blocks and stops blood flow to an artery in the lung. most cases the blood clot forms in a deep vein in the leg and travels to the lung

Question 20

thrombosis

Answer 20

when a blood clot forms in one more of the blood vessels

Question 21

hematoma

Answer 21

collection of blood in the skull and is usually caused by a blood vessel burst in the brain

Question 22

hemophilia

Answer 22

blood doesnt clot in the typical way due to the lack of clotting factors(proteins)

Question 23

thrombocytopenia

Answer 23

a condition which you have a low blood platelet (colorless blood cells that help blood clot) count

Question 24

leukemia

Answer 24

bone marrow creates too many white blood cells(cells that help fight off infection) causing them to not function properly

Question 25

multiple myeloma

Answer 25

cancer that forms in the wbc’s plasma cells. instead of producing helpful antibodies in the bone marrow the cancer cells produce abnormal proteins that can cause complications

Question 26

septicemia

Answer 26

when an infection enters the bodies bloodstream which can cause drop in blood pressure