Blood clinical lab

Question 1

time required for venous blood to clot in a test tube

Answer 1

coagulation time

Question 2

percentage of erythrocytes in a volume of blood

Answer 2

hematocrit

Question 3

total amount of hemoglobin in a sample of blood

Answer 3

hemoglobin test

Question 4

test the ability of blood to clot

Answer 4

prothrombin test

Question 5

amount of iron in blood

Answer 5

serum iron level

Question 6

percentages of different types of leukocytes in the blood

Answer 6

white blood cell differential

Question 7

clumping of particles

Answer 7

agglutination

Question 8

destroy antigens

Answer 8

antibody

Question 9

foreign invader

Answer 9

antigen

Question 10

determines how long the blood settle in the plasma

Answer 10

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Question 11

radiation therapy can damage the bone marrow, lowering its ability to make red blood cells

Answer 11

radiation anemia

Question 12

lost hair, nausea

Answer 12

radiation sickness

Question 13

integumentary system’s response to exposure to ionizing radiation

Answer 13

radiodermatitis

Question 14

complication of cancer radiation therapy; death of cells

Answer 14

radionecrosis