Functions and Structures of Blood Chap 15

Question 1

Blood

Answer 1

supplies body tissues with oxygen, nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, glucose and amino acids, and various chemicals such as hormones.

Question 2

hem/o, hemat/o (combining form)

Answer 2

Blood

Question 3

hemotology

Answer 3

the study of blood

Question 4

hematopoiesis

Answer 4

The formation of blood

Question 5

-poiesis

Answer 5

formation

Question 6

anticoagulant

Answer 6

prevents clotting of the blood

Question 7

EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacatic) and Heparin

Answer 7

types of anticoagulants used in blood tubes

Question 8

Coagulation

Answer 8

The process of clotting

Question 9

buffy coat

Answer 9

the layer that appears at the interface of the erythrocytes and plasma

Question 10

Serum

Answer 10

the liquid portion of blood with clotting proteins removed

Question 11

plasma (type of colloid)

Answer 11

the straw colored fluid portion of blood that transports nutrients, hormones and waste products.

Question 12

colloid

Answer 12

a liquid that contains suspended particles (in the case of plasma, most of the suspended particles are clotting proteins)

Question 13

fibrinogen and prothrombin

Answer 13

clotting proteins found in plasma

Question 14

fibrin/o (combining form)

Answer 14

fibrin or threads of a clot

Question 15

pro

Answer 15

before

Question 16

Thromb/o (combining form)

Answer 16

clot

Question 17

albumin

Answer 17

Plasma protein

Question 18

cholesterol and triglyceride

Answer 18

types of lipids (fats) that circulate in the blood