Blood

Question 1

What is blood made up of?

Answer 1

• formed elements

- plasma

Question 2

What makes up formed elements?

Answer 2

• erythrocytes (RBC)
• Leukocytes (WBC)
• Thrombocytes (platelets)

Question 3

What percent of formed elements is blood?

Answer 3

45%

Question 4

What makes up plasma

Answer 4

• water

- some solutes (plasma protein, nutrients, gases, hormones)

Question 5

What percent of blood is plasma?

Answer 5

55%

Question 6

What is the difference between serum and plasma?

Answer 6

Serum = plasma minus clotting proteins

Question 7

How much blood is in the average adult human?

Answer 7

5 L

Question 8

Characteristics of erythrocytes (RBCs)

Answer 8

• no nucleus
• has hemoglobin
• no mitochondria
• millions of RBC per microliter

Question 9

Function of thrombocytes (platelets)

Answer 9

aid in clotting and stop bleeding when vessels rupture

Question 10

Characteristics of thrombocytes

Answer 10

• no nucleus

- fragments from megakaryocytes

Question 11

where are megakaryocytes found?

Answer 11

bone marrow

Question 12

Function of leukocytes

Answer 12

attack pathogens and foreign substances in body

Question 13

What are the two types of leukocytes?

Answer 13

Granular and agranular leukocytes

Question 14

What are the different types of granular leukocytes?

Answer 14

• neutrophils
• eosinophils
• basophils

Question 15

What are the different types of agranular leukocytes?

Answer 15

• lymphocytes

- monocytes

Question 16

what does -phils mean?

Answer 16

granules

Question 17

what does - cytes mean?

Answer 17

agranules

Question 18

What is the most populous type of white blood cell?

Answer 18

neutrophils

Question 19

What is the least populous type of white blood cell?

Answer 19

basophils

Question 20

Name the characteristics of neutrophils

Answer 20

3-5 nucleus

Question 21

characteristics of lymphocytes

Answer 21

• large nucleus

- small cytoplasm

Question 22

characteristics of monocytes

Answer 22

• kidney shaped

- big

Question 23

characteristics of eosinophils

Answer 23

• 2 lobes

- pink/red

Question 24

characteristics of basophils

Answer 24

• small
• bumps on edges
• no visible nucleus

Question 25

Function of neutrophils

Answer 25

• first responder

- bacterial infections

Question 26

function of lymphocytes

Answer 26

viral infections

Question 27

Functions of monocytes

Answer 27

fungal infections

Question 28

functions of eosinphils

Answer 28

• parasitic infections

- allergies

Question 29

functions of basophils

Answer 29

• allergies

- hypothyroidism