Chapter 18 Practice Quiz

Question 1

All of the following are TRUE of red blood cells

Answer 1

They do not contain a nucleus.

They are shaped like a biconcave disk.

They contain hemoglobin

Question 2

Which of the following contains granules filled with histamine and heparin

Answer 2

Basophil

Question 3

Globulins produced by plasma cells function as __________, while albumin is important for __________.

Answer 3

Antibodies; osmotic pressure

Question 4

In response to a decrease in blood oxygen content, plasma level of erythropoietin would______________________________________________________________________

Answer 4

increase

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a site of erythropoiesis in the adult male?

Answer 5

Liver

Question 6

Which of the following is True about red blood cells?

Answer 6

Function in oxygen and carbon dioxide transport

Question 7

During hemoglobin recycling, iron is transported to the liver by ___________ and stored there as

Answer 7

Transferrin – ferritin

Question 8

The majority of red blood cell destruction occurs in the:

Answer 8

spleen

Question 9

Which of the following is True about Hemoglobin?

Answer 9

Can bind both oxygen and carbon monoxide

Question 10

All of the following are plasma proteins EXCEPT:

Answer 10

Bilirubin

Question 11

Which of the following is correctly matched with its function?

Answer 11

Albumin – maintains plasma osmotic pressure

Globulins– transport proteins

Hemoglobin – transports oxygen

fibrinogen- blood coagulation

Question 12

Which of the following is TRUE ?

Answer 12

Platelets are fragments of cells known as megakaryocytes and they persist in the circulation for 10-12 days.

Question 13

Put the following steps of coagulation in the correct order.

1. Fibrinolysis
2. Prothrombin activator is formed
3. Subendothelial collagen is exposed
4. Thrombin is formed from prothrombin
5. Fibrinogen is converted to fibrin

Answer 13

3 2 4 5 1

Question 14

As the rate of red blood cell destruction increases , plasma bilirubin will_________________

Answer 14

increase

Question 15

Which of the following organs produces most of the plasma proteins?

Answer 15

liver

Question 16

A single molecule of hemoglobin can transport up to ___ molecules of oxygen.

Answer 16

4

Question 17

A single molecule of hemoglobin can transport up to ___ molecules of oxygen.

Answer 17

Could eventually be engulfed by a macrophage in the spleen

Question 18

Could eventually be engulfed by a macrophage in the spleen

Answer 18

Blood consists of formed elements and plasma.

Question 19

Which of the following is most necessary for coagulation?

Answer 19

Vitamin K

Question 20

An increase in plasma levels of EPO would cause RBC count to:

Answer 20

increase

Question 21

Which of the following is TRUE?

Answer 21

The binding of hemoglobin to oxygen is reversible

Question 22

As erythropoiesis continues, the number of organelles in a developing RBC will:

Answer 22

decrease

Question 23

Which of the following is true about typical red blood cell?

Answer 23

Could eventually be engulfed by a macrophage in the spleen

Question 24

Which of the following is TRUE of blood?

Answer 24

Blood consists of formed elements and plasma.