Blood

Question 1

Plasma

Answer 1

90% water, 10% solutes

Contains proteins, organic nutrients, electrolytes, respiratory gases,

Question 2

Erythrocytes

Answer 2

RBCs. Bi concave discs, anucleate, no organelles. Hemoglobin

Question 3

Hemaglobin

Answer 3

Composed of protein globin made up of two beta and two alpha chains, each bound to a heme group. Heme bears an atom or iron

Question 4

Platelets

Answer 4

Anucleated cells that are cytoplasmic fragments of extraordinarily large cells. essential for clotting

Question 5

Leukocytes

Answer 5

WBCs. Only complete cells in blood. Less numerous than RBCs. Make up 1% of blood volume

Question 6

Bilirubin

Answer 6

What heme is degraded to after the RBC is separated of heme and globin

Question 7

Anemia

Answer 7

Decreased hemoglobin content

Question 8

Sickle cell anemia

Answer 8

Results from a defective gene coding for abnormal Hemaglobin

Question 9

Hemophilia

Answer 9

Hereditary bleeding disorders caused by lack of clotting factors

Question 10

Leukemia

Answer 10

Cancer involving WBCs.

Question 11

Thrombus

Answer 11

A clot that develops in an unbroken blood vessel

Question 12

Hematopoiesis

Answer 12

Blood cell formation

Question 13

Hematocrit

Answer 13

Percentage of RBC in total blood volume

Question 14

ABO blood groups

Answer 14

Two antigens and two antibodies

Question 15

Coagulation

Answer 15

Clumping of blood cells

Question 16

Rh factor

Answer 16

two different tYpes, negative and positive. Anti-rh antibodies are not spontaneously formed in rh individuals