Exam #1: Blood

Question 0

What function would kick in if a patient’s WBC has been elevated?

Answer 0

To prevent infection

Question 1

True or False: Standard precautions should be utilized during surgical interventions involving patients with known blood-borne pathogens?

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

What is blood minus formed elements (40%)?

Answer 2

Plasma (60%)

Question 3

What is responsible for blood clotting and is a normal plasma protein found circulating in the blood?

Answer 3

Fibrinogen

Question 4

What is a plasma protein that includes antibodies?

Answer 4

Globulins

Question 5

What makes 40% of blood?

Answer 5

Formed Elements

Question 6

What makes up 60% of blood?

Answer 6

Plasma

Question 7

What is another name for platelets?

Answer 7

Thrombocytes

Question 8

What protein that contains iron?

Answer 8

Hemoglobin

Question 9

What is it called when hemoglobin combines with oxygen molecules?

Answer 9

Oxyhemoglobin

Question 10

What is blood test that provides a great deal of information about the patient’a blood including the count of circulating erythrocytes?

Answer 10

Hematocrit

Question 11

True or false: erythrocytes are anucleate?

Answer 11

TRUE

Question 12

What is formation of new blood cells?

Answer 12

Hematopoiesis

Question 13

True or false: men have more RBC than women?

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

True or False: men have anywhere from 4.3 to 5.9 million cells mm(2)?

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

True or false: women have anywhere from 3.5 to 5 million cells/mm(3)?

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

What has low oxygen in blood??

Answer 16

Anemia

Question 17

What can be identified in part, because of elevated blood viscosity?

Answer 17

Polycythemia

Question 18

What has B12 deficiency?

Answer 18

Pernicious Anemia

Question 19

What is caused by trauma or heavy bleeding?

Answer 19

Hemorrhage Anemia

Question 20

What is a transfusion of packed cells and helps to prevent RBC loss during surgical intervention?

Answer 20

Hemodilution

Question 21

True or false: blood loss can be minimized inter-operatively by using last dissection, rather than a scalpel?

Answer 21

TRUE

Question 22

What is another name for agranular leukocytes?

Answer 22

Agranulocytes

Question 23

What are two typed of Agranulocytes?

Answer 23

1. Monocytes

2. Lymphocytes

Question 24

What uses phagocytosis to engulf and destroy foreign microorganisms?

Answer 24

Neutrophils

Question 25

What are abnormally low WBC-normally drug induced?

Answer 25

Leukopenia

Question 26

What is the stoppage of bleeding?

Answer 26

Hemostasis

Question 27

How can hemostasis be achieved inter operatively?

Answer 27

1. Clamps 2. Ties 3. Ligatures 4. Electro Surgery (ESU) 5. Cautery 6. Staples 7. Clips 8. Pharmacologic Agents 9. Direct Preasure

Question 28

What is a stationary blood clot?

Answer 28

Thrombus

Question 29

What is a freely floating blood clot?

Answer 29

Embolus

Question 30

What is it when many antibodies react with their antigens tend to clump?

Answer 30

Agglutination

Question 31

What was first discovered in the Rhesus monkey?

Answer 31

Rh factor

Question 32

What is the universal RECIPIENT?

Answer 32

AB+

Question 33

What is the universal DONOR?

Answer 33

O-

Question 34

Which blood type does NOT produce either antibodies?

Answer 34

AB

Question 35

Why use an auto transfusion?

Answer 35

The cell saver is utilized in surgeries where a large bold loss is expected. (Aneurism, total joint replacement, and spinal surgery)

Question 36

What is a process where in a person receives their own blood for a transfusion instead of banked donor blood?

Answer 36

Auto Transfusion

Question 37

How can blood be donated before a surgery or can be collected during and after the surgery using a device commonly known as a?

Answer 37

Cell Saver

Question 38

What are actual RBCs?

Answer 38

Erythrocytes