Blood

Question 1

How much of the blood is plasma?

Answer 1

90%

Question 2

What is Albumin?

Answer 2

A plasma protein that prevents leakage in blood vessels

Question 3

What is Fibrinogen?

Answer 3

Plasma protein that allows blood protein

Question 4

Polycythemia occurs when

Answer 4

Hematocrit is high

Question 5

Anemia occurs when

Answer 5

Hematocrit is low

Question 6

Oxygen moves from the alveoli to

Answer 6

Red blood cells

Question 7

What make up blood vessel walls?

Answer 7

Endothelial cells

Question 8

What block the damage within blood vessels?

Answer 8

Platelets

Question 9

What is found on the outside of blood vessels?

Answer 9

Collagen

Question 10

What is the function of collagen?

Answer 10

It interacts with platelets, causing for them to stick together

Question 11

What strengthens the platelet plug?

Answer 11

Fibrin

Question 12

Fibrinogen becomes Fibrin when it interacts with

Answer 12

Tissue factor proteins of the endothelium

Question 13

Thrombin also converts

Answer 13

Fibrin into Fibrinogen

Question 14

Thrombin is activated from

Answer 14

Prothrombin

Question 15

How long do RBCs last?

Answer 15

120 days

Question 16

Erythropoiesis starts from a precursor cells that divides via

Answer 16

Mitosis several times, with the nucleus being lost over time

Question 17

Platelets are fragments of cells that come from

Answer 17

Megakaryocytes

Question 18

What are Megakaryocytes?

Answer 18

Big cells with cytoplasm

Question 19

What is the function of the Spleen?

Answer 19

They recognize old blood cells and break them via monocytes

Question 20

The Spleen reuses

Answer 20

Parts of the RBC

Question 21

Some of the breakdown of platelets and RBC also happens in the

Answer 21

Liver

Question 22

When there is low Oxygen, the body produces

Answer 22

Erythropoietin

Question 23

Erythropoietin tells the bone marrow to

Answer 23

Produce blood cells

Question 24

Erythropoietin is released by the

Answer 24

Kidney

Question 25

Which cell is the precursor to all blood cells in the body?

Answer 25

The Pluripotent cell

Question 26

The Pluripotent cell gives rise to

Answer 26

2 different lineages

Question 27

What are the two different lineages of blood cells?

Answer 27

Myeloid + Lymphoid

Question 28

The Myeloid lineage gives rise to

Answer 28

• RBCs
• Megakaryocyte
• Immune Cells
• Macrophages
• Mast Cells

Question 29

The Lymphoid lineage gives rise to

Answer 29

• T Cells

- B Cells

Question 30

Mast cells function to

Answer 30

Release histamine