Blood

Question 1

Where are blood cells produced?

Answer 1

Bone marrow

Question 2

Where are red blood cells produced?

Answer 2

Red bone marrow

Question 3

production of blood cells

Answer 3

hemopoiesis

Question 4

production of red blood cells

Answer 4

erythropoiesis

Question 5

what are the formed elemets

Answer 5

cells and cell fragments that are produced in hemopoiesis

Question 6

lymph node

Answer 6

organ that filters microorganisms and other pathogens from lymph fluid within the body and serves as a site for specific white blood cell production

Question 7

hemoctoblasts

Answer 7

stem cells from which all blood cells and cell fragments are made

Question 8

sinusoid

Answer 8

small vessels through which blood cell enter the blood stream

Question 9

adipocytes

Answer 9

fat storage cells

Question 10

megakaryocytes

Answer 10

large cell with extensions that stick into the sinusoids

Question 11

how are platelets formed

Answer 11

blood flows through a sinusoid and breaks off bits of he megakaryocyte extensions

Question 12

another name for red blood cells

Answer 12

erythrocytes

Question 13

The most plentiful formed element

Answer 13

red blood cells

Question 14

function of red blood cells

Answer 14

to transport oxygen and CO2 throughout the body

Question 15

Another name for platelets

Answer 15

thrombocytes

Question 16

function of platelets

Answer 16

clotting

Question 17

Another name for white blood cells

Answer 17

leukocytes

Question 18

What is a granulocyte

Answer 18

leukocytes that have granules in their cytoplasm

Question 19

Which leukocytes are granulocytes

Answer 19

neutrophil
eosinophil
basophil

Question 20

Characteristics of a neutrophil

Answer 20

multi-lobed dark purple nucleus, light purple granules in cytoplasm

Question 21

characteristics of a eosinophil

Answer 21

bi-lobed dark purple nucleus with red-orange granules

Question 22

characteristics of a basophil

Answer 22

bi-lobed dark purple nucleus with dark purple granules

Question 23

What is an agranulocyte

Answer 23

granules are not present in cytoplasm

Question 24

Which leukocytes are agranulocytes?

Answer 24

lymphocytes and monocytes

Question 25

characteristics of a lymphocyte

Answer 25

round dark purple nucleus takes up most of cell

Question 26

Characteristics of a monocyte

Answer 26

the largest WBC

kidney bean shaped nucleus with washed out appearance