14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 Quiz Q&a’S

Front 1

Which of the following does the prothrombin time measure

Back 1

Clotting activity of the blood.

Front 2

Which of the following best characterises the effects of hemophilia?

Back 2

Bleeding

Front 3

Identify the following: vascular spasm, platelet plug, coagulation.

Back 3

Hemostasis

Front 4

Which of the following words best describes the fate of iron following the normal degradation of RBC’s.

Back 4

Recycled.

Front 5

What is the most important role of hemoglobin

Back 5

Transports O2.

Front 6

This blood cell secretes both histamine and heparin

Back 6

Basophil

Front 7

Which of the following best describes albumin

Back 7

Water balance, plasma protein

Front 8

Petechiae formation

Back 8

Refers to pinpoint hemorrhages under the skin.

Front 9

What does the hematocrit measure

Back 9

Percentage of RBC’s in the blood

Front 10

What is the normal pH of blood

Back 10

7.35 to 7.45

Front 11

Which of the following is an oxygen-carrying blood cell

Back 11

Erythrocyte

Front 12

Which of the following is related to the WBC

Back 12

Phagocytosis

Front 13

Intrinsic factor,

Back 13

Is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12

Front 14

Plasma

Back 14

Is the fluid part of the blood.

Front 15

Erythropoietin

Back 15

Stimulates the bone marrow to make RBC’s

Front 16

Which of the following is a stimulus for the release of erythropoietin

Back 16

Hypoxemia

Front 17

Which type of blood is the universal donor

Back 17

Type O

Front 18

An infection is most often accompanied by

Back 18

Leukocytes

Front 19

Rapid breakdown of which blood cell causes jaundice

Back 19

RBC

Front 20

At the end of 120 days the red blood cell

Back 20

Is removed from circulation & broken down.

Front 21

Which of the following is most related to biconcave disc, hemoglobin & erythropoietin

Back 21

RBC

Front 22

Which of the following is most likely to be caused by the immobility of bed rest

Back 22

Venous thrombosis

Front 23

Which type of blood is called the universal recipient

Back 23

Type AB

Front 24

HR & stroke volume determine

Back 24

Cardiac output

Front 25

Which term refers to the amount of blood pumped by the ventricle in one beat

Back 25

Stroke volume

Front 26

With which of the is “Lubb-Dubb” associated with

Back 26

Closing of the heart valves

Front 27

Ventricular systole refers to

Back 27

Contraction of the ventricular myocardium

Front 28

Referring to the ECG, the QRS complex represents ventricular

Back 28

Depolarisation

Front 29

The purpose of the right heart is to pump blood

Back 29

To the lungs for oxygenation

Front 30

Which of the following best indicates why the left ventricular myocardium is thicker than the right ventricular myocardium

Back 30

The left ventricle works harder than the right ventricle

Front 31

Canal stimulation on the heart

Back 31

Slows the HR

Front 32

Increases after load (eg. Hypertension):

Back 32

Increases the work of the heart.

Front 33

An ejection fraction of 30% is:

Back 33

Characteristic of a failing heart.

Front 34

The right ventricle pumps blood to the

Back 34

Pulmonary artery.

Front 35

The aorta receives blood from the

Back 35

Left ventricle

Front 36

Which of the following is a descriptive of the vagus nerve

Back 36

Parasympathetic

Front 37

A vessel that carries blood from the pulmonary capillaries to the left atrium is the

Back 37

Pulmonary veins

Front 38

What is the term for the sequence of events that occur during one heartbeat

Back 38

Cardiac cycle

Front 39

Which term refers to the amount of blood pumped by the heart in 1 minute

Back 39

Cardiac output

Front 40

Which layer of the heart allows it to act as a pump

Back 40

Myocardium

Front 41

Where does the cardiac action potential (cardiac impulse) normally originate

Back 41

SA node

Front 42

Which term refers to a HR less less than 60 BPM

Back 42

Bradycardia

Front 43

Most of the symptoms of acute left-sided heart failure are

Back 43

Respiratory in nature. Eg. Dyspnea, or orthopnea.

Front 44

What is the significance of elevated plasma levels of AST, CPK and LDH.

Back 44

Myocardial damage as in myocardial infarction

Front 45

The atrioventricular node (the AV node)

Back 45

Delays the electrical signal coming from the atria into the ventricles

Front 46

Which of the following is a function of a valve

Back 46

Regulates the direction of the flow of blood through the heart

Front 47

What happens during ventricular diastole

Back 47

The ventricles are filling with blood

Front 48

Sympathetic stimulation to the heart

Back 48

Increases HR.

Front 49

Which of the following is not part of the coronary circulation

Back 49

Pulmonary veins

Front 50

Which of the following refers to a positive intropic effect

Back 50

An increased myocardial contractile force.

Front 51

Vagal stimulation on the heart

Back 51

Slows down the HR

Front 52

Which of the following supplies oxygenated blood to the heart muscle

Back 52

Coronary arteries

Front 53

Which cavity first receives un oxygenated blood from the vena cava

Back 53

Right atrium

Front 54

Decreased blood flow through the coronary arteries is most likely to cause

Back 54

Angina pectoris

Front 55

Ventricular systole refers to

Back 55

Contraction of the ventricular myocardium

Front 56

The purpose of the right heart is to pump blood

Back 56

To the lungs for oxygenation

Front 57

Where does lymph originally come from

Back 57

interstitial spaces.

Front 58

The spleen...

Back 58

Removes worn out blood cells from circulation.

Front 59

What happens if the lymphatic vessels and nodes are removed from the right axillary region

Back 59

The right arm may become oedematous

Front 60

What is the term that refers to the removal of the palatine tonsils

Back 60

Tonsillectomy

Front 61

What structure is concerned with the processing and maturation of T lymphocytes.

Back 61

Thymus gland.

Front 62

A lacteal is located within the...

Back 62

intestinal villus

Front 63

An overly active spleen may prematurely remove platelets from the circulation, thereby predisposing a person to

Back 63

thrombocytopenia and bleeding.

Front 64

With which of the following are lymph nodes populated

Back 64

lymphocytes and macrophages

Front 65

Lymphatic cappilaries...

Back 65

Absorb tissue fluid and transport it toward the heart.

Front 66

what is the name of a severe hypersensitivity reaction

Back 66

Anaphylaxis

Front 67

which cells secrete the lymphokine that stimulates both T and B cells.

Back 67

Helper T cells.

Front 68

If you had measles as a child, which if the following best describes your immunity to measles.

Back 68

Naturally acquired active immunity.

Front 69

This is a group of proteins secreted by virally infected cells. The proteins prevent viral replication.

Back 69

Interferons.

Front 70

which of the following conditions id most common in people with AIDS

Back 70

Infections.

Front 71

Which of the following T cells do not participate in the destruction of the pathogen but allow for a more rapid response if the antigen is presented at a later time

Back 71

memory T cells.

Front 72

Binding of the bee venom allergen allergen to antibodies on the mast cells cause a massive release of which substance

Back 72

histamine

Front 73

What is the term that refers to the use of dead or attenuated pathogens to stimulate antibody production

Back 73

immunisation

Front 74

A breast fed infant is initially immune to the same diseases as her mother. which of the following describes the infants immunity.

Back 74

Naturally acquired passive immunity.

Front 75

which of the following best describes an abscess

Back 75

walled off area of dead cells and their secretions.

Front 76

Plasma cells

Back 76

are B cell clones.

Front 77

An antipyretic drug

Back 77

Lowers a fever.

Front 78

which of the following is true about nonspecific immunity

Back 78

It includes processes such as inflammation, phagocytosis and fever.

Front 79

an allergen is a

Back 79

antigen

Front 80

Redness, heat, swelling and pain are indicators of

Back 80

Inflammation.

Front 81

which of the following stimulates memory cells to produce antibody secreting plasma cells

Back 81

A booster shot

Front 82

which of the following protective proteins swarm the surface of a pathogen, punching holes in the membrane and enhancing phagocytosis.

Back 82

complement

Front 83

Which of the following cells engulf the pathogen to achieve "antigen presentation"

Back 83

Macrophages

Front 84

B and T cells are...

Back 84

lymphocytes

Front 85

which of the following T cells destroy pathogens by punching holes in their cell membrane and secreting lymphokines

Back 85

Killer

Front 86

which of the following represents specific immunity

Back 86

B and T cells

Front 87

what are three differences between veins and arteries

Back 87

The lumen of the vein is bigger, veins have valves and veins carry un-oxygenated blood from the body to the heart where a arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body.

Front 88

The differences between the left and the right side if the heart.

Back 88

The left side contains oxygenated blood and pumps to the body.

The right side contains de-oxygenated blood and pumps to the lungs.

Front 89

The flow of blood through the heart

Back 89

in through superior and inferior vena cava then right atrium, tricuspid valve, right ventricle, pulmonic valve, pulmonary artery to the lungs. pulmonary veins, left atrium, left ventricle, aortic valve, aorta.