Blood Lab

Question 0

Plasma composes what % of blood?

Answer 0

55%

Question 1

Blood is composed of what two main substances?

Answer 1

Plasma
And
Formed elements

Question 2

Formed elements compose what % of blood?

Answer 2

45%

Question 3

What percent of plasma is water?

Answer 3

90%

Question 4

What percent of plasma is plasma proteins?

Answer 4

8%

Question 5

What percent of plasma do other solutes compose?

Answer 5

2%

Question 6

In plasma, what are examples of other solutes?

Answer 6

Electrolytes 
Nutrients 
Hormones /enzymes 
Gases 
Wastes

Question 7

What three blood cells make up the formed elements in blood?

Answer 7

Erythrocytes
Thrombocytes
Leukocytes

Question 8

How many erythrocytes on average are found in the blood?

Answer 8

5million/mm^3

Question 9

What do erythrocytes do?

Answer 9

They carry oxygen on hemoglobin

Question 10

How many hemoglobin per RBC?

Answer 10

250million

Question 11

What shape do erythrocytes have?

Answer 11

A biconcave disk

Question 12

How many thrombocytes on average?

Answer 12

150k-500k /mm^3

Question 13

What do thrombocytes do?

Answer 13

Help blood clot by chemical means.

Question 14

Are thrombocytes cell fragments or whole cells?

Answer 14

Cell fragments

Question 15

How many Leukocytes on average?

Answer 15

5k-9k/mm^3

Question 16

Where do Leukocytes spend their lives?

Answer 16

In the tissues

Question 17

What are the 5 types of Leukocytes(WBC)?

Answer 17

• Neutrophils
• Basophils
• Lymphocyte
• Eosinophils
• Monocytes

Question 18

What percentage of WBC do Neutrophils compose?

Answer 18

65%

Question 19

What percent of WBC do Basophils compose ?

Answer 19

Less than 1%

Question 20

What percent of WBC do Lymphocytes compose?

Answer 20

25%

Question 21

What percent of WBC do Epsinophils compose?

Answer 21

3%

Question 22

What percent of WBC do Monocytes compose?

Answer 22

6%

Question 23

Which WBC has a multilobed nucleus?

Answer 23

Neutrophils

Question 24

What WBC has a large grape-like clustered nucleus?

Answer 24

Basophils

Question 25

What WBC has a large solid round nucleus?

Answer 25

Lymphocytes

Question 26

Which WBC contains a bilobed nucleus(alien sunglasses)?

Answer 26

Eosinophils

Question 27

Which WBC contains a horseshoe shaped nucleus?

Answer 27

Monocytes

Question 28

What color is the cytoplasm of Neutrophils?

Answer 28

Pale

Question 29

What color of cytoplasm do Eosinophils have?

Answer 29

Reddish color

Question 30

What do Neutrophils do?

Answer 30

Primarily fight bacteria

Question 31

Which WBC increases with allergies?

Answer 31

Basophils

Question 32

What are the two lymphocyte types?

Answer 32

T cells
And
B cells

Question 33

What do lymphocytes do?

Answer 33

Play role in immunity that has a memory.

-vaccinations help stimulate this immunity.

Question 34

What do Eosinophils do?

Answer 34

Primarily fight parasites

Question 35

What are monocytes called when located in tissues?

Answer 35

Macrophages

Question 36

What is a macrophage?

Answer 36

WBC that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.

Question 37

What is phagocytosis ?

Answer 37

Ingestion of smaller cell or cell fragments or foreign particles

Question 38

Which WBC is the largest?

Answer 38

Monocytes

Question 39

Where is the Buffy coat located?

Answer 39

Between the plasma and the erythrocytes

Question 40

What does the Buffy coat contain?

Answer 40

Leukocytes and platelets (<1% of whole blood)

Question 41

What are the 7 steps to becoming an erythrocyte?

Answer 41

• hemocytoblast
• proerythroblast
• early erythroblast
• late erythroblast
• normoblast
• reticulocyte
• erythrocyte

Question 42

What are the 5 steps to become a thrombocytes(platelet)?

Answer 42

• Hemocytoblast
• megakaryoblast
• promegakaryocyte
• megakaryocyte
• platelets

Question 43

An few examples of the solutes in the blood?

Answer 43

• albumin

- gamma