Blood

Question 1

1. What are the three functions of Blood?

Answer 1

1. Transportation
2. Regulation
3. Defense System

Question 2

2. What is the liquid part of blood called?

Answer 2

Plasma

Question 3

3. What does the cellular portion of blood consists of?

Answer 3

a. Red Blood Cells (Erythrocytes)
b. White Blood Cells (Leukocytes)
c. Platelets (Thrombocytes)

Question 4

4. What do erythrocytes carry?

Answer 4

Oxygen

Question 5

5. Thrombocytes help prevent ____from damaged blood vessels.

Answer 5

Leaks

Question 6

6. Hematopoiesis is the production of all blood cells and occurs primarily in _____.

Answer 6

Red bone marrow.

Question 7

7. _____ is the production of red blood cells in response to hypoxia.

Answer 7

Erythropoiesis

Question 8

8. Every heme group can carry one molecule of ____.

Answer 8

Oxygen

Question 9

9. What is Senescence?

Answer 9

The process of aging.

Question 10

10. Name two instances that cause anemia.

Answer 10

• Low number of circulating mature red blood cells (blood loss, increased RBC destruction, decreased RBC production)
• Insufficient hemoglobin productions (e.g., iron deficiency)

Question 11

11. Leukopoiesis occurs in the _____

Answer 11

Red bone marrow.

Question 12

12. What is main function of a neutrophil?

Answer 12

Phagocytosis

Question 13

13. Why are they commonly called segs?

Answer 13

Polymorphonuclear cells

Question 14

14. ______ is process used by neutrophils to go from circulation into tissue spaces

Answer 14

Diapedesis

Question 15

15. ______ is the process that attracts neutrophils to inflammatory chemicals at a site of infection.

Answer 15

Chemotaxis

Question 16

16. Neutrophil Count is controlled by:

Answer 16

• Release of mature neutrophils from the storage pool in bone marrow into the peripheral blood
• Rate of escape from peripheral blood into tissue
• Entrance of increased numbers of pluripotent stem cells into the neutrophil production line

Question 17

17. _____ pool is within lumen of blood vessels

Answer 17

Circulating

Question 18

18. ______ pool is a line the walls of small blood vessels mainly in the spleen, lungs, and abdominal organs

Answer 18

Marginal

Question 19

19. Three main Eosinophil functions:

Answer 19

• Anti-inflammatory
• Immunity
• Phagocytosis

Question 20

20. _____ cells are normally found in tissue and don’t migrate there from blood.

Answer 20

Mast

Question 21

21. The most important monocyte function is _______.

Answer 21

Ingestion of foreign substances

Question 22

22. What is chemotaxis?

Answer 22

Chemotaxis is the movement of white blood cells into an area of inflammation in response to chemical mediators released at the site by injured tissue or other white blood cells.

Question 23

23. ______ is the name of a monocyte in the tissue.

Answer 23

Macropage

Question 24

24. Lymphocytes have no ______ capabilities

Answer 24

Phagocytic

Question 25

25. What are the three type of Lymphocytes:

Answer 25

– T-lymphocytes (T cells)
– B-lymphocytes (B cells)
– Natural Killer cells (NK cells)

Question 26

26. B-Lymphocytes are responsible for _____ production.

Answer 26

Antibody

Question 27

27. Both T cells and B cells can become ____ cells.

Answer 27

Memory

Question 28

28. What is the total blood volume of a 675 pound (lean body weight) horse?

Answer 28

47.25.

Take the weight times 7%