Unit 6 Questions Flashcards
a _______ measure the amount of hemoglobin present in a given volume of blood.
a. hemoglobin test
b. hematocrit test
c. prothrombin time
d. platelet count
a. hemoglobin test
the hereditary blood disease in which there is a prolonged blood-clotting time is ____.
a. anemia
b. hemophilia
c. purpura
d. Hodgkin’s disease
b. hemophilia
what medication is used to stop the flow of blood?
a. hematinic
b. fibrinolytic
c. anticoagulant
d. hemostatic agent
d. hemostatic agent
what blood type is known as the universal donor?
type o
which of the following is NOT an example of a formed element?
a.plasma
b. erythrocyte
c. platelet
d. leukocyte
a. plasma
_____ is the production of too many red blood cells.
a. pernicious anemia
b. polycythemia vera
c. septicemia
d. erythropenia
b. polycythemia vera
a large group of conditions characterized by a reduction in the number of red blood cells or the amount of hemoglobin is _____.
a. hematoma
b. leukemia
c. anemia
d. hyperlipidemia
c. anemia
which blood test is an indicator of the presence of an inflammatory disease?
a. erythrocyte sedimentation rate
b. hematocrit
c. prothrombin time
d. complete blood cell count
a. erythrocyte sedimentation rate
__________ is a general term indicating the presence of a disease affecting blood.
a. coagulation
b. dyscrasia
c. hematoma
d. hemorrhage
b. dyscrasia
thrombin converts fibrinogen to fibrin, which eventually becomes the meshlike _____.
a. blood cell
b. erythrocyte
c. blood clot
d. thromplastin
c. blood clot
the formed elements known as _____ are enucleated.
a. red blood cells
b. white blood cells
c. platelets
d. plasma
a. red blood cells
the spleen is responsible for filtering out and destroying _____.
a. old white blood cells
b. new white blood cells
c. plasma
d. old red blood cells
d. old red blood cells
__________ is a waste product formed during the removal of worn-out red blood cells.
a. bilirubin
b. fibrinogen
c. heparin
d. albumin
a. bilirubin
which term translates as “blood destruction?”
hemolytic
a transfusion substance in which most of the plasma, leukocytes, and platelets have been removed, leaving primarily erythrocytes, is called _____.
a. serum
b. packed red cells
c. whole blood
d. prothrombin
b. packed red cells
