Blood

Question 1

What do hemopoiesis, erythropoiesis, leukopoiesis, and thrombopoiesis refer to?

Answer 1

Blood cell formation

Question 2

What does leukocytosis and leukopenia refer to

Answer 2

Amounts of white blood cells

Question 3

The words uremia, hyperglycaemia, hyperbilirubinemia and bacteremia all refer to what

Answer 3

Substances in the blood

Question 4

Hematology, hematuria, hematocrit and hemostasis all refer to what

Answer 4

Blood

Question 5

Plasma minus the clotting protein is

Answer 5

Serum

Question 6

Clots are resolved by a process called fibrinolysis. The substance that resolves the clot is

Answer 6

Plasmin

Question 7

The letters A and B refer to the … on the surface of red blood cells

Answer 7

Antigens

Question 8

What is the primary long-term concern regarding kernicterus

Answer 8

Brain damage

Question 9

Blood viscosity refers to

Answer 9

The thickness and stickiness of blood

Question 10

Most likely to cause cyanosis

Answer 10

Hypoxemia

Question 11

The numbers 7.35 to 7.45 are

Answer 11

The normal blood pH

Question 12

Immature red blood cells

Answer 12

Are called reticulocytes

Question 13

What is an agranulocyte

Answer 13

Monocytes

Question 14

The blood test that provides an overall view about the composition of the blood is a

Answer 14

Cbc

Question 15

Fibrinogen is necessary for

Answer 15

Blood clotting

Question 16

A blood clot that travels throughout the body

Answer 16

Embolus

Question 17

Thrombocytopenia causes

Answer 17

Petechiae and bleeding