Ch 6 Practice Questions Flashcards
List three ways carbon dioxide is carried in the blood.
- Dissolved in the blood
- As bicarbonate ion
- Combined with hemoglobin as carbaminohemoglobin
Which of the following are also known as erythrocytes?
• White blood cells
• Platelets
• Red blood cells
• Red blood cells
The two major components of blood are: • formed elements • lymph • interstitial fluid • plasma
- formed elements
* plasma
When oxygen binds to heme, hemoglobin assumes a slightly different shape and is called _____.
oxyhemoglobin
Plasma consists mainly of: • antibodies • vitamins • proteins • water
• water
Three categories of blood function are transport, _____, and _______.
Defense and regulation
A patient who has type B antigens on the surface of their erythrocytes and produces anti-A antibodies has type ____ blood.
B
An insufficient number of red blood cells or when the red blood cells do not have enough hemoglobin, a condition called ____ results.
Anemia
Identify all of the following substances transported by the blood: • carbon dioxide • nutrients • lymph • oxygen • hormones
- carbon dioxide
- nutrients
- oxygen
- hormones
The formed elements of the blood that are even smaller than the red blood cells are the _______.
Platelets
Platelets can play an important role in:
• blood clotting
• production of antibodies
• engulfing foreign particles
• blood clotting
Red blood cells are produced by stem cells in the • heart • kidneys • bone marrow • large intestine
• bone marrow
Regulatory functions of the blood include maintenance of pH, osmotic pressure, and
• body temperature
• antibody levels
• hormone levels
• body temperature
Problems associated with the Rh factor are most likely to arise under what conditions? • a father that is Rh negative • during a second pregnancy • a pregnant mother that is Rh negative • during a first pregnancy
- during a second pregnancy
* a mother that is Rh negative
The term that refers to the rupturing and destruction of red blood cells is ________.
Hemolysis
