Functions and characteristics of blood’s form elements (Erythrocytes, Leukocytes (granulocytes and agranulocytes), and platelets).

Question 1

Have no organelles or nuclei

Answer 1

Erythrocytes or red blood cells

Question 2

All _____ have a nucleus and no hemoglobin

Answer 2

White blood cells

Question 3

circulating leukocytes leave the capillaries

Answer 3

Diapedisis

Question 4

2 types leukocytes

Answer 4

Granulocytes, Agranulocytes

Question 5

A cellular or cytoplasmic particle (vesicles), especially one that stains readily. These granules are membrane-bound enzymes that primarily act in the digestion of endocytosed particles.

Answer 5

Granule

Question 6

Attack foreign cells directly

Answer 6

T cells

Question 7

Multiply to become plasma cells and secrete antibodies

Answer 7

B cells

Question 8

Some lymphocytes go to the thymus where they develop into subsets of ______ cells

Answer 8

T

Question 9

attack viruses, fungi, transplanted organs, cancer cells & some bacteria

Answer 9

T cells

Question 10

are responsible for the rejection of
transplanted organs, such as the heart.

Answer 10

T cells

Question 11

destroy bacteria and their toxins.

Answer 11

B cells

Question 12

turn into plasma cells that produce antibodies

Answer 12

B cells

Question 13

Function in clotting of blood

Answer 13

Platelets

Question 14

An insoluble protein formed from fibrinogen during the clotting of blood. It forms a fibrous mesh that
impedes the flow of blood.

Answer 14

Fibrin