Chapter 19 (Cardiovascular)

Question 1

The branch of science that diagnoses and treats the diseases of blood forming tissue.

Answer 1

Hematology

Question 2

Maintaining osmolarity

Answer 2

Albumin

Question 3

Carry gases to & from the lungs

Answer 3

Erythrocytes (red blood cells)

Question 4

True Cell (Body’s Immunity)

Answer 4

Leukocytes (White Blood Cells)

Question 5

What type of formed element releases enzymes for clotting?

Answer 5

Platelets (thrombocytes)

Question 6

The percentage of total blood volume occupied by RBCs.

Answer 6

HTC (hematocrit)

Question 7

Significant drop in HCT (hematocrit).

Answer 7

Anemia

Question 8

Abnormally high RBCs, (hematocrit may be 65% or higher).

Answer 8

Polycythemia

Question 9

What cell forms all RBCs and all WBCs except lymphocytes?

Answer 9

Myeloid Cells

Question 10

What cell forms lymphocytes?

Answer 10

Lymphoid Cells

Question 11

What stimulates the specialization of hemocytoblasts into RBCs? (Produced in kidneys)

Answer 11

Erythropoietin (EPO)

Question 12

What stimulates the production of thrombocytes (platelets)? (produced in the liver)

Answer 12

Thrombopoietin (TPO)

Question 13

What stimulates the development of leukocytes? CSF (colony stimulating factor), and interleukins are types.

Answer 13

Cytokines

Question 14

What carries the pigment hemoglobin, that binds to oxygen, creating the red color of this “cell”?

Answer 14

RBCs

Question 15

specialize into fixed or wondering horseshoe shaped nucleus largest WBC

Answer 15

Monocytes

Question 16

2-5 lobes in nucleus (polymorphonuclear)

Answer 16

Neutrophils

Question 17

2 lobes in nucleus-contract allergic reactions, # increase during parasitic worm infections

Answer 17

Eosinophils

Question 18

Neutrophils and eosinophils are both…

Answer 18

Granular Leukocytes

Question 19

What are the characteristics of a Leukocyte (WBCs)?

Answer 19

These are true cells and are nucleated, have organelles, but do not have hemoglobin.

Question 20

Macrophages detect cells with…

Answer 20

leaky CM and pull them from circulation in the Liver, spleen, and marrow.

Question 21

Respond to allergic reactions creating signs & symptoms

Answer 21

Basophils

Question 22

Extends from the surface of all nucleated cells -determines self vs non-self

Answer 22

Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)

Question 23

What is the process called when WBCs crawl into circulation, to the site of the infection

Answer 23

Emigration (diapedesis)

Question 24

Movement response to a chemical

Answer 24

Chemotaxis

Question 25

They are the first to the site of a bacterial infection

Answer 25

Neutrophils

Question 26

These release histaminase to combat the effects of histamines, and are also effective against parasitic worms.

Answer 26

Eosinophils

Question 27

Release heparin, histamine, and serotonin, intensify inflammation, and allergic reactions.

Answer 27

Basophils

Question 28

spend most of their time in marrow and lymph nodes.

Answer 28

Lymphocytes

Question 29

These arrive in large numbers and phagocytize foreign material.

Answer 29

Monocytes

Question 30

What is a clot in an unbroken vessel called?

Answer 30

Thrombosis

Question 31

Produced by the normal flora of the intestine

Answer 31

Vitamin K

Question 32

Dissolution of a clot

Answer 32

FibrinoLYSIS

Question 33

Produced by mast cells- works by blocking thrombin

Answer 33

Heparin

Question 34

What is the system that consists of blood, the heart and vessels?

Answer 34

Cardiovascular System

Question 35

What is the connective tissue that has a liquid matrix (plasma)?

Answer 35

Blood