Blood Part 1 & 2

Question 1

Plasma

Answer 1

matrix of nonliving fluid

Question 2

Formed elements-Living Blood Cells

Answer 2

Erythrocytes (RBCs)
Leukocytes (WBCs)
Platelets

Question 3

Hematocrit

Answer 3

% of blood volume that is RBCs

Question 4

Erythrocytes

Answer 4

Transport oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide ( CO2)

Question 5

Granulocytes (Neutrophil)

Answer 5

Phagocytize pathogens or debris

Question 6

Eosinophil

Answer 6

Kill parasitic worms: slightly phagocytic: complex role in allergy and asthma

Question 7

Basophil

Answer 7

Release histamine and other mediators of inflammation

Question 8

Agranulocyte (Lymphocyte)

Answer 8

Mount immune response to direct cell attack or via antibody production

Question 9

Monocyte

Answer 9

develop into macrophages in tissues and phagocytize pathogens and debris

Question 10

Platelets

Answer 10

seal small tears in blood vessels: instrumental in blood clotting

Question 11

What is a Granulocyte?

Answer 11

it contains visible cytoplasmic granules (neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils)

Question 12

What is a Agranulocyte?

Answer 12

does NOT contain visible cytoplasmic granules (lymphocytes, monocytes)

Question 13

Ranking of order of differential count

Answer 13

N-eutrophils
L-ymphocytes
M-onocytes
E-osinophils
B-asophils

Question 14

T lymphocytes (T cells)

Answer 14

act against virus-infected cells and tumor cells

Question 15

B lymphocytes (B cells)

Answer 15

give rise to plasma cells, which produce anti bodies

Question 16

Colony-stimulating Factors (CSFs)

Answer 16

named for WBC type they stimulate