Blood Physiology Flashcards
- A 60 y/o male Caucasian is diagnosed with Pernicious Anemia. All can be a manifestation in this patient, EXCEPT:
a. Easy fatiguability
b. Deficiency in vit. B12
c. Sluggish blood flow
d. Tachycardia
c. Sluggish blood flow
- Mother is blood type AB+ while the father is B+. Which blood type is NOT possible for the child?
a. AB+
b. A+
c. B+
d. O+
d. O+
- Phagocytosis is a process where some leukocytes (such as neutrophils) can _______.
a. Engulf and kill bacteria
b. Enter and exit the blood stream in order to go to the infected site
c. Kill bacteria by releasing a host of chemicals that act as toxins to the bacteria
d. All of these
a. Engulf and kill bacteria
- A 55 y/o woman is diagnosed with aplastic anemia (bone marrow failure). RBC production in this case is probably occurring in what structure?
a. Liver
b. Sternum
c. Pelvic bone
d. Humerus
a. Liver
- Leukocyte involved in parasitic infections?
a. Basophils
b. Eosinophils
c. Monocytes
d. B cell
e. T cell
b. Eosinophils
- Monocytes
a. Are the smallest white blood cells
b. Increase in number during chronic infections
c. Give rise to neutrophils
d. Produce antibodies
e. None of these
b. Increase in number during chronic infections
- Smallest cellular component of blood
a. Platelet
b. Neutrophil
c. Lymphocytes
d. RBC
e. NOTA
a. Platelet
- Responsible for cellular mediated immunity:
a. Neutrophils
b. T cells
c. B cells
d. Monocyte
e. Lymphoblast
b. T cells
- Which of the following describes an artificial active type of immunity?
a. Transfer of antibodies from donor to recipient
b. Exposure to measles from a patient during hospital stay
c. Acquired chicken pox from a family member
d. Rhogam injection for Rh-negative mothers
e. Hepatitis A booster shots taken two months after medical check-up
e. Hepatitis A booster shots taken two months after medical check-up
- This immunoglobulin is responsible for type 1 hypersensitivity reaction
a. IgM
b. IgE
c. IgG
d. IgD
e. IgA
b. IgE
- These events can be observed in the presence of inflammation, except?
a. Release of chemotactic substance by damaged tissues
b. Movement of neutrophils by squeezing into the capillaries also known as margination
c. Increase in leukocyte production in the bone marrow in approximately 3-4 days
d. All are true
e. Macrophages engulf large roughened bacteria or dead cells
b. Movement of neutrophils by squeezing into the capillaries also known as margination
- The main cellular target of the HIV virus that causes AIDS is:
a. Cytotoxic T cells
b. Suppressor T cells
c. Macrophages
d. Helper T cells
e. B cells
d. Helper T cells
Code: H-H-Helper H-H-HIV
- The most numerous type of white blood cell, whose primary function is phagocytosis, is
a. Eosinophils
b. Basophils
c. Neutrophils
d. Monocytes
e. Lymphocytes
c. Neutrophils
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is an autoimmune disease of unknown cause is what type of hypersensitivity reaction?
a. Delayed hypersensitivity
b. Anaphylactic
c. Cytotoxic
d. Immune
e. Viral
d. Immune
- There are five major leukocytes. Which of the following is the rarest of the five when a person is not sick?
a. Basophils
b. Eosinophils
c. Monocytes
d. Neutrophils
e. None of these
a. Basophils
- You were observing a blood typing procedure in which a blood sample was taken from a volunteer who wishes to donate blood in a local medical facility. The blood was tested positive for an “anti-B” antibody. This could mean that:
a. The volunteer is a universal donor
b. The volunteer is a universal recipient
c. Impossible to determine
d. The volunteer has blood type A
e. The volunteer has blood type B
d. The volunteer has blood type A
- Which of the following leukocytes have the ability to produce antibodies?
a. Monocytes
b. Neutrophils
c. B lymphocytes
d. T lymphocytes
e. None of these
c. B lymphocytes
- During the process of erythropoiesis, all of the following are ejected from the developing erythrocyte, EXCEPT:
a. Nucleus
b. None of these
c. Hemoglobin
d. Organelles
e. All of these
c. Hemoglobin
- During hematopoiesis a specific stem cell will differentiate into other stem cells resulting in all the different cellular components of blood. Which of the following is the name of this original stem cell?
a. Erythroblast
b. Normoblast
c. Hemocytoblast
d. Leukocytoblast
e. Megakaryotes
c. Hemocytoblast
- The major element of whole blood is __________.
a. Plasma
b. Platelets
c. Leukocytes
d. RBC
e. Formed elements
a. Plasma
- The following are functions of the blood. Which is not included?
a. Balances blood pH
b. Levels osmotic pressure
c. Delivery of nutrients
d. Formed elements particularly the WBC helps in the immunity
e. All of the following are correct
e. All of the following are correct
- Coagulopathies interfere with the normal mechanism of the blood and affect the normal blood clotting factor that can result in the following, EXCEPT:
i. Excesses do not contribute to tissue infarction
ii. Deficits can contribute to bleeding abnormalities and clot formation
iii. Excesses can contribute to thromboemboli
iv. Excesses do not contribute to obstruction of blood flow to vital organs
v. Deficits and excesses are pathologic and interfere with oxygen transport
a. I, II and III
b. II and IV
c. I, III, V
d. Only I
e. I, II and IV
e. I, II and IV
- Oxygen binds to the _______ portion of hemoglobin.
a. Iron
b. Protein
c. Globin
d. None of these
a. Iron
- The nutritional component/s necessary for proper erythrocyte formation and malnutrition is/are:
a. All of these
b. Cyanocobalamin (Vit B12)
c. Iron
d. Pteroylglutamic acid
e. None of these
a. All of these
- During the process of erythropoiesis, the developing erythrocytes go through a variery of stages. During one stage, the cells are called yound or immature RBCs, otherwise known as ______.
a. Reticulocytes
b. Erythrocytes
c. Proerythroblast
d. Basophil erythroblast
e. None of these
a. Reticulocytes
- Formation of blood is termed
a. hematology
b. erythropoietin
c. erythropoiesis
d. leukocytosis
e. hematopoiesis
e. hematopoiesis