Ch.6 - Blood

Question 0

Platelets

Answer 0

Component of blood necessary to blood clotting

Question 1

Plasma

Answer 1

Liquid portion of blood

- contains nutrients, wastes, salts, and proteins

Question 2

Red blood cell (rbc)

Answer 2

Formed element that contains hemoglobin and carries oxygen from
The lungs to the tissues; also called erythrocytes.

Question 3

Lymphocytes

Answer 3

Specialized white blood cell that functions in specific defense; t-cells and b-cells

Question 4

Hemoglobin

Answer 4

Iron-containing pigment in red blood cells that combines with and transports oxygen

Question 5

Anemia

Answer 5

Inefficiency in the oxygen carrying ability of blood due to a shortage of hemoglobin

Question 6

ABO blood type

Answer 6

Blood type is based on the presence or absence of two possible antigens, called type a and antigen type b

Question 7

Rh blood type

Answer 7

Rh- individual do not have antibodies to the Rh factor

Question 8

Hemolytic disease of the newborn

Answer 8

Due to a pregnancy in which the child is Rh+, an Rh- mother can begin to produce antibodies against Rh+ red bliss cells. Antibodies can cross the placenta and cause hemolysis of an Rh+ child’s red blood cell

Question 9

Prothrombin

Answer 9

Plasma protein converted to thrombin during the steps of blood clotting

Question 10

Thrombin

Answer 10

Enzyme that converts fibrinogen to fibrin threads during blood clotting

Question 11

Fibrinogen

Answer 11

Plasma protein that is converted into fibrin threads during blood clotting

Question 12

Fibrin

Answer 12

Insoluble protein threads during blood clotting