blood & lymph

Question 1

Your body weight is approximately _____ % water by weight

Answer 1

70

Question 2

The sealing of injuries to blood vessels

Answer 2

Clotting

Question 3

A creamy, yellow/white substance that contains dead neutrophils, bacteria, and other WBC

Answer 3

Pus

Question 4

WBC that release histamines when stimulated

Answer 4

Basophils

Question 5

WBC which mature into macrophages

Answer 5

Monocytes

Question 6

If a person possesses antibodies for a particular antigen (or disease causing agent), that person is said to be ______

Answer 6

Immune

Question 7

The “solid” part of the blood

Answer 7

Formed elements

Question 8

An example of a substance which is not soluble in blood plasma and must be transported by a blood plasma protein

Answer 8

Cholesterol

Question 9

The shape of a red blood cell

Answer 9

Biconcave

Question 10

The liquid portion of the blood

Answer 10

Plasma

Question 11

WBC which release antibodies

Answer 11

Lymphocytes

Question 12

Red blood cells do not contain this prominent cell organelle

Answer 12

Nucleus

Question 13

Some CO2 is transported by hemoglobin, but most is transported in the form of the ______ ion

Answer 13

Bicarbonate

Question 14

Lymph ______ are found throughout the body and are a main location of lymphocyte production

Answer 14

Nodes

Question 15

WBC that have granules in their cytoplasm

Answer 15

Granulocytes

Question 16

Appears bright red in the blood

Answer 16

Oxyhemoglobin

Question 17

WBC that do not have granules in their cytoplasm

Answer 17

Agranulocytes

Question 18

A person that has both A antigen and the Rh factor has the blood type ______

Answer 18

A positive

Question 19

A specific antibody fits like lock and key with a specific ______

Answer 19

Antigen

Question 20

White blood cells

Answer 20

Leukocytes

Question 21

Red blood cells that do not have A or B antigens on their surface

Answer 21

Type O

Question 22

WBC are _____ in size than RBC

Answer 22

Larger

Question 23

Blood plasma ______ are molecules which help transport substances which are not soluble in the blood plasma

Answer 23

Proteins

Question 24

WBC which phagocytize groups of antibodies which have bound to multiple antigens

Answer 24

Eosinophils

Question 25

Appears dark purple in the blood

Answer 25

Reduced hemoglobin

Question 26

Clumping that occurs if antibodies begin to attack red blood cells

Answer 26

Agglutination

Question 27

_______ fluid is a liquid that surrounds cells

Answer 27

Tissue

Question 28

Red blood cells

Answer 28

Erythrocytes

Question 29

Substance, found in red blood cells, which binds with oxygen

Answer 29

Hemoglobin

Question 30

Platelets

Answer 30

Thrombocytes

Question 31

A fluid in the body that consists of bits of blood and other tissue fluid

Answer 31

Lymph

Question 32

The average person can have up to ____ litres of blood in his or her body

Answer 32

6

Question 33

Red blood cells are made by stem cells found in the red bone ______

Answer 33

Marrow

Question 34

A large cell which can phagocytize one hundred or more foreign invaders

Answer 34

Macrophage

Question 35

WBC that phagocytize bacteria

Answer 35

Neutrophils

Question 36

One of the gases transported by the red blood cells

Answer 36

Oxygen

Question 37

Red blood cells have a lifespan of 120 ____

Answer 37

days

Question 38

The lymph carries ____ which is absorbed by the lacteals in the villi of the small intestine

Answer 38

Fat