the blood

Question 0

hemolysis

Answer 0

the rupture (breaking apart) of red blood cells

Question 1

hemostasis

Answer 1

the three step process for stopping blood loss

Question 2

calcium

Answer 2

ion necessary for clotting blood

Question 3

glucose

Answer 3

the main nutrient carried in plasma

Question 4

fibrinogen

Answer 4

a clotting factor found as a protein in the plasma that is converted to fibrin

Question 5

prothrombin

Answer 5

clotting factor that is converted to thrombin by prothombinase

Question 6

leukopenia

Answer 6

low white blood cell count

Question 7

liquid connective

Answer 7

the blood is this kind of tissue

Question 8

lysosomes

Answer 8

organelles that make up granules in granulocytes

Question 9

hemophilia

Answer 9

inherited disease involving the lack of clotting factor viii

Question 10

agglutination

Answer 10

clumping of red blood cells

Question 11

myelogenous leukemia

Answer 11

a type of cancer resulting from mutations in the myeloid cells in the red bone marrow

Question 12

macrophages

Answer 12

when they mature, monocytes become _____ and go out into the cells to scavenge for foreign invaders

Question 13

autologous

Answer 13

your own blood given and set aside for your own needs

Question 14

RhoGam

Answer 14

blood given to Rh negative mothers

Question 15

hematocrit

Answer 15

procedure that measures the % of packed red blood cells in whole blood

Question 16

fibrin

Answer 16

the tiny fibers that are formed at the end of the clotting process that finally seal a wound

Question 17

5

Answer 17

number of liters of blood in an average adult male

Question 18

agranulocytes

Answer 18

leukocytes with no obvious granules in the cytoplasm

Question 19

4

Answer 19

number of iron groups in a hemoglobin molecule

Question 20

hematopoietic stem cell

Answer 20

cell found in red bone marrow that produces all other types bod blood cells

Question 21

anticoagulent

Answer 21

drug that prevents clotting

Question 22

gamma globulin

Answer 22

antibodies in blood that are found in this part of the plasma

Question 23

cryoprecipitate

Answer 23

freezing blood to accumulate clotting factors

Question 24

disseminated intravascular coagulation

Answer 24

a condition in which clotting factors and platelets are used up faster than can be produced

Question 25

band cells

Answer 25

immature neutrophils with long, narrow nuclei

Question 26

procoagulant

Answer 26

substance that promotes clotting

Question 27

neutrophils

Answer 27

most common leukocyte

Question 28

prenicious

Answer 28

type of anemia in which there is a deficiency of vitamin B12 or intrinsic factor