Chapter 19

Question 1

The ability of the body’s organisms to maintain internal stability.

Answer 1

homeostasis

Question 2

A clear extracellular fluid found in the blood.

Answer 2

plasma

Question 3

Smallest, most abundant, proteins found in plasma.

Answer 3

albumin

Question 4

Plasma proteins classified by molecular weight.

Answer 4

globulins

Question 5

A sticky protein that forms the major structure of a blood clot

Answer 5

fibrinogen

Question 6

Red blood cells found in a plasma membrane.

Answer 6

erythrocytes

Question 7

Mobile white cells located in connective tissues that kill bacteria.

Answer 7

Neutrophil

Question 8

The process of a white blood cell destroying a solid particle such as bacteria or cellular debris by attaching itself to the particle, surrounding it, and eventually decomposing it..

Answer 8

Phagocytize

Question 9

White blood cells that secrete vasodilator histamine and heparin to aide in the mobility of leukocytes, or white blood cells.

Answer 9

Basophil

Question 10

White blood cells that release enzymes that weaken or destroy parasites too large to phagocytize.

Answer 10

Eosinophil

Question 11

White blood cells that secrete antibodies that kill cancer, virus-infected, and foreign cells.

Answer 11

Lymphocyte

Question 12

White blood cells that phagocytize pathogens, dead neutrophils, and the debris of dead cells.

Answer 12

Monocyte

Question 13

Which of these is a function of blood?
clot formation
protection against foreign substances
maintenance of body temperature
regulation of pH and osmosis
All of these are correct.

Answer 13

All of these are correct.