Blood

Question 1

what are the formed elements of the blood?

Answer 1

Erythrocytes, leukocytes and blood platelets

Question 2

what is the most dominant cell type of blood?

Answer 2

erythrocytes

Question 3

what are the granular leukocytes?

Answer 3

neutrophils, basophils and eosinophils

Question 4

what are the agranulocytes?

Answer 4

monocytes and lymphocytes

Question 5

what percentage of WBCs are neutrophils?

Answer 5

~60%

Question 6

what percentage of WBCs are eosinophils?

Answer 6

~3%

Question 7

what percentage of WBCs are basophils?

Answer 7

~0.5%

Question 8

what percentage of WBCs are lymphocytes?

Answer 8

~30%

Question 9

what would a large number of neutrophils indicate?

Answer 9

infection

Question 10

what would a large number of eosinophils or basophils indicate?

Answer 10

allergic reaction

Question 11

are granulocytes motile?

Answer 11

yes

Question 12

what do neutrophil granules contain?

Answer 12

lysosomal enzymes

Question 13

what are the first cells to attack invading infections?

Answer 13

neutrophils

Question 14

can neutrophils replenish their granules?

Answer 14

no

Question 15

what are the functions of eosinophils?

Answer 15

mediates inflammation, fights parasitic infections

Question 16

what is the initiator of the inflammatory process?

Answer 16

basophils

Question 17

what is the largest blood cell?

Answer 17

monocyte

Question 18

what activates lymphocytes?

Answer 18

antigens

Question 19

what types of granules do platelets have?

Answer 19

clotting factors, enzymes, mitochondria and glycogen deposits

Question 20

what do monocytes differentiate into in connective tissue?

Answer 20

macrophage

Question 21

what are osteoclasts?

Answer 21

formed from macrophage, dissolve bone

Question 22

what do b lymphocytes differentiate into?

Answer 22

antibody producing plasma cells

Question 23

do platelets have a nucleus?

Answer 23

no