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Question 1

Blood

Answer 1

Plasma with suspended RBC, WBC, and platelets

Question 2

Plasma

Answer 2

contains everything

Question 3

Red blood cells (RBC)

Answer 3

most numerous, loses nucleus when mature

contains pigment called hemoglobin (Fe) is produced in bone marrow

Question 4

White blood cells

Answer 4

larger than RBC, has 1 or more nuclei and is also produced in the bone marrow and lymph nodes

Question 5

A type of white blood cells

Answer 5

phagocytes and lymphocytes

Question 6

Phagocytes

Answer 6

soldiers that engulf bacteria and leave capillaries with ameboid motion

Question 7

Lymphocytes

Answer 7

antibodies that inactivate antigens

Question 8

Antigen

Answer 8

Antibody reaction = immune response

Question 9

Platelets

Answer 9

Cell fragments consisting of cytoplasm, surrounded by a cell membrane and has no nucleus

Question 10

Blood clotting

Answer 10

break in a blood vessel = causes platelet to rupture and release an enzyme that starts the clotting reactions

Question 11

Platelet enzymes

Answer 11

converts fibrinogen into fibrin which forms a mesh work “web” of fibers across the wound
mesh work “web” traps blood cells in turn, forming a clot that stops bleeding