Final Flashcards
Which statement is true about blood?/
Venous blood carries more carbonic acid as waste.
Which granulocyte is the most mobile and phagocytic?
Neturophils
What is the glycoproteins hormone that is secreted naturally or can be received synthetically to increase red blood cell production?
Erythropoietin
A decrease in the normal amount of white blood cells is called?
Leukopenia
Which term describes on overall increase in the number of white blood cells?
Leukocytes
What are the contents of the transfusion blood when a patient is receiving group B negative blood?
- B antigens
- Anti-A bodies
- Anti-Rh bodies
What is the function of albumin?
To maintain osmotic balance of the blood
Which blood types are the universal donor and recipient?
Donor - O
Recipient - AB+
During pregnancy oxygenated blood returns from the placenta via the umbilical vein and then flows into which structure?
Inferior vena cava
Venous return to the heart depends on which mechanism?
- Valves In the veins
- a strong beating heart
- An adequate arterial BP
- Pumping action of the skeletal muscles as they contract
- changing pressures in the chest cavity caused by breathing
Which face tissues are supplies by the external carotid artery?
Face
Eyes
Larynx
Which term refers to the state when the heart is resting?
Diastole
Which substances are part of the formed elements in blood?
Platelets
Red Blood cells
White Blood cells
What two kinds of connective tissue make blood cells for the body?
Myeloid and Lymphoid
The blood cell that is responsible for the defense against parasite?
Eosinophils
The molecule in the red blood cells that is responsible for the red pigment is:
Hemoglobin
The inability of the blood to carry sufficient oxygen of white blood cells:
Leukopenia
Platelets play an important role in:
Clotting blood
A clot that is circulating in the blood stream:
Thromboembolism
The term blood type refers to:
Antigen on a red blood cell
A disease that develops as a result of a Rh- mothers antibodies reacting with the Rh+ babies red blood cells is:
Erythoclastosis Fetalis
When us the RhoGAM injections administered to a pregnant woman during her first pregnancy?
Mother Rh-, baby Rh+
Which treatment strategy is appropriate for a patient diagnosed with pernicious anemia?
Intramuscular B12 injections
Identify the cells that transport gases in the body?
Red blood cells