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Chapter 10 Blood Flashcards

0
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Plasma is the ______ part of blood

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Liquid

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1
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What is blood composed of?

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Plasma and formed elements

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2
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What is the primary component of blood

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Water

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3
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What are some of the substances that the plasma contains or dissolves ?

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Albumins, globulins, and fibrinogen

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4
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Where does the waste that plasma dissolves get sent ?

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Excretory organs

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5
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Plasma is made up of
7% ______
91%______
2%________

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Proteins water and other Solutes

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6
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What are three things the plasma protein contains ?

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Albumins
Globulins
Fibrinogen

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7
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What is the function of albumin

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Thicken blood

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What is the function of globulins ?

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Protects from infection.; contains antitoxin

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9
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What is the functions of fibrinogen ?

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Help with blood clotting

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10
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What is blood serum

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Plasma minus it’s clotting factors such as fibrinogen

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11
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On average what percent of our body weight is blood ?

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7 to 9%

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12
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What factors influence the amount of blood in our body

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Size and f

Gender

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13
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What are the three main types of Formed elements found in blood?

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Erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets and thrombocytes

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14
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What two types of connective tissue make blood cells for the body ?

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Myeloid and lymphatic tissue

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15
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What is myeloid tissue known as?

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Red bone marrow

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16
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Red bone marrow forms all types of blood cells except ….?

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Lymphocytes and monocytes

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17
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What allows transport for two types of substances

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Carbon dioxide and oxygen

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18
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What is the red blood pigment in blood ?

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Hemoglobin

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19
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What is oxyhemoglobin and what does it do ?

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Makes it possible the efficient transport of large quantities of oxygen to body cells

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20
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What is anemia

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A number of different diseases conditions caused by an inability of blood to carry sufficient oxygen to body cells

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21
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What is pernicious anemia

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Lack of vitamin b12

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22
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What is polycythemia

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Excess of RBC

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23
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Iron deficiency anemia causes a shortage of

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Iron

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24
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What is hematocrit

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It tells physicians the volume of RBC in blood sample

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25
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What do WBC do in general

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Defend the body from microorganisms

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26
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What two wbcs are also called phagocytes

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Neutrophils and monocytes

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27
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What is phagocytosis

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Cells ingest microbes take them into their own cell bodies and digest them in the process

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28
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How do lymphocytes act differently than phagocytes

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They make you immune to infectious diseases

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29
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What do b lymphocytes do?

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Produce specific antibodies to fight off microbes

30
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What do T lymphocytes do?

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Directly attack the microbes

31
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What do eosinophils do?

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Protect from parasites and irritants that cause allergies

32
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What do basophils do?

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Also protects against allergy irritants

33
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Eosinophils and basophils produce Herapin. What is Herapin

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It helps prevent clotting of blood while flowing through the blood vessels

34
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What is low WBC count

A

Leukopenia

35
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What is high WBC count

A

Leukopenia

36
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Platelets play an important role in ….

A

Blood clotting

37
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When an injury happens and blood vessel turns from smooth to …

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Rough

38
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Where do injured tissue cells release clotting factors?

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the plasma

39
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What does the thrombin react with to form fibrin?

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fibrogen

40
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How can gauze help the process of clotting?

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the slight roughness causes more platelets to stick togethe

41
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Why do physicians prescribe vitamin K prior to surgery?

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make sure the patients blood woll clot fast enough to prevent hemorrhage

42
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What is it called when a clot occurs in an unbroken blood vessel and stays in that location?

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thrombus

43
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When a clot occurs in an unbroken blood vessel and circulates the blood stream what is it called ?

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an embolus

44
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What is an antigen?

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a substance that can activate the immune system to make certain responses including making antibodies

45
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Self antigens-

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located in plasma membrane of the blood stream

46
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what are non self antigens

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All substances that act as antigens stimulate immune systems

47
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what are formation antibodies?

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a substance made by the body in response to stimulation by an antigen

48
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What are function antigens?

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a substance that reacts with the antigen that stimulated its formation

49
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what is it called when antibodies clump together

A

agglutinate

50
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What does the letter of your blood stand for ?

A

your self antigen

51
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what is another name for a platelet ?

A

thrombocyte

52
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what is a lack of vitamin b12 called?

A

pernicious anemia

53
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the laboratory test called hematocrit tells the physician

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the volume of red cells in a blood sample

54
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An example of a nongranular leukocyte is a

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eosinophil

55
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an abnormally high white blood cell count is known as

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leukocytosis

56
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a critical component in hemoglobin is

A

calcium

57
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Sickle cell anemia is caused by

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the production of an abnormal type of hemoglobin

58
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the practice of using blood transfusions increase oxygen delivery to muscles during athletic events is called

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blood doping

59
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The term used to describe the condition of a circulating blood clot is

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embolism

60
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which one of the following types of cells isnot a granular leukocyte

A

basophil

61
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if a blood cell has no nucleus and is shaped like a biconcave disc, then the cell most likely is a

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red blood cell

62
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red bone marrow forms all kinds of blood cells except

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lymphocytes

63
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myeloid tissueis found in all but which one of the following locations

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Lymph nodes
thymus
spleen

64
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the hematocrit value for red blood cells is

A

75%

65
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AN unusually low white blood cell count would be termed

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leukpenia

66
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most of the oxygentransported in the blood is carried by

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red blood cells

67
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the most numerous of thephagocytes are the

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neutrophils

68
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Which one of the following types of cells is not phagocyte

A

monocytes

69
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wich of the following cell types functions intheimmune process

A

lymphocytes

70
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which of the foloowing vitamins acts to accelerate blood clotting

A

K

71
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WHich one of the following substances is not a part of the plasma

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Hormones
slats
nutrients
wastes

72
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The normal volume of blood in an adult is aobut

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4-6 liters

73
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blood is normally

A

neutral

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