Blood/hemostasis Flashcards
A deep cut to the skin damages blood vessels. What is the first step in preventing excessive blood loss through the wound?
Clot formation
Vasoconstriction
Stimulation of the coagulation cascade
Platelet plug formation
Vasoconstriction
Hemophilia is a blood disorder resulting from defects in ________.which of the following?
plasmin synthesis
vasoconstriction of damaged vessels
production of blood cells in the bone marrow
coagulation factors
coagulation factors
What is a hematocrit and why would testing this value provide a means for determining blood doping?
It is the percentage of red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood. Because blood doping is an artificial way of decreasing red blood cell count. It is the total amount of oxygen dissolved in plasma and bound to hemoglobin. Because blood doping is an artificial way of decreasing red blood cell count. It is the percentage of red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood. Because blood doping is an artificial way of increasing red blood cell count. It is the total red blood cell count in a centrifuged sample of blood. Because blood doping is an artificial way of increasing red blood cell count.
It is the percentage of red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood. Because blood doping is an artificial way of increasing red blood cell count.
How does blood doping enhance athletic performance?
It provides more oxygen for metabolism. It enhances the release of oxygen at the peripheral tissues. It increases the amount of oxygen bound onto hemoglobin. None of the listed responses is correct.
It provides more oxygen for metabolism.
Both blood transfusions and drugs that mimic the effects of erythropoietin (EPO) are used to increase hematocrit. Which of the following statements is true?
Both increase red blood cell count by stimulating red blood cell synthesis. Both forms add red blood cells from an exogenous source. EPO increases red blood cell count by stimulating red blood cell synthesis, while blood transfusions add red blood cells from an exogenous source. Transfusions increase red blood cell count by stimulating red blood cell synthesis, while EPO adds red blood cells from an exogenous source.
EPO increases red blood cell count by stimulating red blood cell synthesis, while blood transfusions add red blood cells from an exogenous source.
Which blood component is NOT classified as a mature white blood cell?
Platelets
Eosinophils
Neutrophils
Lymphocytes
Platelets
A patient takes a drug that decreases liver production of albumin. Which would you expect?
Decreased osmotic pressure and increased water in interstitial fluid
Decreased osmotic pressure and increased water in plasma
Increased osmotic pressure and increased water in interstitial fluid
Increased osmotic pressure and increased water in plasma
Decreased osmotic pressure and increased water in interstitial fluid
Which of the following is the fluid matrix of blood?
Albumins
Hematopoiesis
Platelets
Plasma
Plasma
Which of these plasma proteins is important for transporting iron?
Fibrinogen
Albumins
Immunoglobulins
Transferrin
Transferrin
What makes erythrocytes unique from other cellular components of the blood?
They have no nucleus.
They are phagocytes.
They are the only fully functional cells in the blood.
They contain hemoglobin.
They contain hemoglobin.
Which of these cells is a phagocyte?
Basophil
Neutrophil
Lymphocyte
Erythrocyte
Neutrophil
What is the stimulus for synthesis and release of erythropoietin?
Low oxygen in tissues
High oxygen in tissues
High carbon dioxide in tissues
Low carbon dioxide in tissues
Low oxygen in tissues
In which of the following locations would hematopoiesis occur in adults?
Liver
Spleen
Ribs
Scapula
Ribs
Which signaling molecule is important for red blood cell synthesis?
Thrombopoietin
Leukopoietin
Hemoglobin
Erythropoietin
Erythropoietin
Which value is in the normal range for an adult male?
Red cell count = 8000 cells/μl
Hematocrit = 37%
Hemoglobin = 17 g/dl
Total white count = 3200 cells/μl
Hemoglobin = 17 g/dl