Test 3

Question 1

Mature _____ are the most abundant of the formed elements of blood

Answer 1

erythrocytes

Question 2

A decrease in blood oxygen increases the release of ________ from kidneys and liver, and it stimulates the production of ________ by red bone marrow.

Answer 2

erythropoietin; erythrocytes

Question 3

The hemoglobin within erythrocytes plays a major role in the transport of ________ by the blood.

Answer 3

oxygen

Question 4

Males generally have higher RBC counts than females because_______

Answer 4

males have greater amount of muscle tissue and need extra O2 carrying ability

Question 5

The protein responsible for helping break down clots after they are no longer needed is ______

Answer 5

tissue plasminogen activator

Question 6

When incompatible blood types are mixed, the clumping that occurs is termed _____

Answer 6

agglutlination

Question 7

A person with B blood is likely to have which antibodies in their blood plasma?

Answer 7

Anti-A only

Question 8

The preferred blood type for transfusing to a person with blood type A is ____, but when it is unavailable, blood type(s) ______ may be used.

Answer 8

A; O

Question 9

In a blood transfusion, one must consider the ____ of the donor and the _____ of the recipient

Answer 9

antigens; antibodies

order is really important

Question 10

A person with blood type AB possesses _____ on the plasma membrane of his or her erythrocytes

Answer 10

antigens A and B

Question 11

____ are leukocytes that migrate into tissues and become macrophages

Answer 11

monocytes

Question 12

_____ are the blood cells that help provide a defense against disease organisms

Answer 12

leukocytes

Question 13

The pulmonary veins are unusual as veins because they are transporting ________.

Answer 13

oxygenated blood

Question 14

. _________________is the condition whereby a person is not getting enough oxygen to the body tissues due to low iron, low hemoglobin, or few red blood cells:

Answer 14

anemia

Question 15

The ________ act to receive blood from veins, while the _________ pump blood away from the heart.

Answer 15

atria; ventricles

Question 16

An abnormal heartbeat that has a rate exceeding 100 beats per minute is ______________.

Answer 16

tachycardia

Question 17

Blood returning to the heart from the lungs enters the ________, and blood is pumped from the heart to the lungs by the ________.

Answer 17

left atrium; right ventricle

Question 18

The _________ atrioventricular valve is located on the right side of the heart, while the __________ valve is on the left.

Answer 18

tricuspid; bicuspid

Question 19

Heart attacks are most likely to be caused by blockage of which vessel?

Answer 19

the coronary arteries

Question 20

The ________ pumps blood into the aorta, and the _________ receives blood from the vena cavae.

Answer 20

left ventricle;right atruim

Question 21

When swallowing, food is prevented from entering the trachea by the _____

Answer 21

epiglottis

Question 22

In humans, the right lung consists of ____ lobes while the left has ____ lobes

Answer 22

3;2

Question 23

from the nasal cavity, air passes, in sequence, through the ______ on the way to the lungs

Answer 23

pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi

order matters

Question 24

Gas exchange in the lungs occurs between air in the alveoli and blood in ______

Answer 24

surrounding capillaries

Question 25

the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between air in alveoli and blood in capillaries occurs by

Answer 25

diffusion

Question 26

______ carry/carries gasses, nutrients, and some proteins as well as water through the blood

Answer 26

plasma

Question 27

What is the disease called when a person is born with a defect in clotting factors?

Answer 27

hemophilia

Question 28

_____ this is the largest blood vessel in the human body

Answer 28

aorta

Question 29

______ receives oxygen rich blood from the pulmonary veins

Answer 29

left atrium

Question 30

True or False: Oxygen is taken up body tissue capillaries and travels in the blood back to the heart and lungs

Answer 30

false

Question 31

True or False: Capillaries are the only blood vessels capable of gas exchange

Answer 31

true

Question 32

The two components of on heartbeat, S1 and S2, are due to ____

Answer 32

closing of the heart valves

Question 33

What is the name of the artery on your upper arm where they usually place the device for measuring blood pressure

Answer 33

brachial artery

Question 34

_____ is a lung disorder characterized by abnormal smooth muscle constriction of the smaller airways, making it harder to breathe

Answer 34

asthma

Question 35

True or False: many cancers metastasize to the lungs; therefore, a few of the so-called 'lung cancers' may include those that began elsewhere in the body

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Which blood cells are the most abundant?

Answer 36

erythrocytes

Question 37

Where are the formed elements of the blood born?

Answer 37

red bone marrow

Question 38

The circuit of blood flow to the myocardium (heart tissue) and back from that same tissue is called ____

Answer 38

coronary circuit

Question 39

_____ means to bleed out, sometimes profusely

Answer 39

hemorrage

Question 40

this disorder causes pain crisis and sometimes tissue death since the erythrocytes are shaped abnormally; the person often must be hospitalized

Answer 40

sickle-cell anemia

Question 41

The _____ has 3 lobes

Answer 41

right

Question 42

_____ means to take in air, thus filling the lungs up

Answer 42

inspiration

Question 43

The trachea part that you feel in your neck belongs to the ______

Answer 43

upper respiratory system

Question 44

True or False: Pneumonia is probably the most common immediate cause of death for most people

Answer 44

True

Question 45

Which is the largest and strongest chamber of the heart?

Answer 45

left ventricle

Question 46

______ cause the common cold and influenza (the flu)

Answer 46

viruses

Question 47

An atom of iron (Fe) inside hemoglobin will attach to _____ when needed

Answer 47

oxygen

Question 48

__________________can cause sudden death as a result of deep venous thrombosis, or blood clots in the legs that suddenly get moved to the lungs and block that area, resulting in cardiac arrest

Answer 48

pulmonary embolism

Question 49

At the alveolus, carbon dioxide gas will be removed from the _________________and taken up into the ________________

Answer 49

alveolar capillaries; airspace

Question 50

Blood pressure is highest in the ____________, which is why these vessels have thicker walls with more smooth muscle:

Answer 50

arteries