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If a person has type AB blood, then that person can receive blood from which type donors?

people with types AB, A, B, or O

Any substance the body deems as foreign is an _______

Antigen

the response molecules that react are called _______.

Antibodies

The meshwork structure of a proper clot is due largely to the _______ threads that trap the red blood cells.

Fibrin

Hemostasis, involving three major phases including vascular spasms, platelet plug formation, and blood clotting, is called _______.

Coagulation

All formed elements arise from a single type of stem cell named a _______.

Hemocytoblasts

Accounting for about 1 percent of total blood volume, _______ form a protective, movable army to defend the body against bacteria, viruses, parasites, and tumor cells.

Leukocytes

The molecule most responsible for carrying oxygen in blood is known as _______.

Hemoglobin

Composed of approximately 90 percent water, over 100 different substances are dissolved in this straw-colored fluid called _______.

Plasma

Blood is a complex _______ tissue

Connective

Blood is the only _______ tissue in the body.

Fluid

The living cells and cell fragments in blood are called the _______ elements and include erythrocytes, leukocytes, and _______.

Formed, platelets

A protein in the plasma that contributes to the osmotic pressure of blood is _______.

Albumin

A woman with blood type O has a baby with type O. The father ______

could be A, B or O, but could not be AB

Although it carries much oxygen, _______ is more attracted to pesticides and carbon monoxide.

Hemoglobin

The normal pH of blood is in the range of _______; therefore, a pH of 7.10 would be a condition called _______.

7.35-7.45; acidosis

While blood typing, the sample is mixed with anti-A serum and anti-B serum. There is no agglutination. You could conclude that _______.

Sample type is O

The largest of all the white blood cells (WBCs) is the _______.

Monocytes

Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils are alike in that they _______.

Are granulocytes

Fragments of megakaryocytes that rupture into pieces and are responsible for clotting are called _______.

Platelets

The percentage of blood volume occupied by erythrocytes is called the __________.

hematocrit

Which of the following is NOT a role of albumin?

It serves an immune system function.


See

Which of the following is a characteristic of a mature erythrocyte?

It has a biconcave disc shape

One molecule of hemoglobin can bind a maximum of __________ oxygen molecules.

four

Erythropoiesis is best defined as __________.

red blood cell production

Erythropoietin is made primarily by the __________

kidneys

Aging red blood cells are fragmented and trapped in the __________.

spleen

The rapid sequence of vascular spasms, platelet plug formation, and coagulation is known as _______.

Homeostasis

A patient who lacks intrinsic factor would likely develop __________.

pernicious anemia

The migration of white blood cells out of the capillary blood vessels is called __________.

diapedesis

neutrophil

the most numerous type of white blood cell

highly phagocytic cell with a U or kidney shaped nucleus

Macrophage

bilobed nucleus and dark-staining cytoplasmic granules

Basophils

small agranulocyte with a lifespan that varies from a few hours to decades

Lymphocytes

has a role in killing parasitic worms

Eosinophil

would make antibodies to the A agglutinogen but not the B agglutinogen

Type B

would make antibodies to the B agglutinogen but not the A agglutinogen

Type A

would make antibodies to the A and B agglutinogens

Type O

The process by which white blood cells move into and out of the blood vessels is called _______

Diapedesis

Eighty-five percent of Americans carry the __________agglutinogen on their RBCs.

DRh

What is the most numerous type of white blood cell, and an active phagocyte that increases rapidly during acute infections?

Neutrophil

The doctor sticks your finger, takes some blood, and does a WBC count. The count (12,500 cells/mm3) indicates leukocytosis. What could you conclude?

It is a high WBC count, indicating a bacterial or viral infection.

Which of the following is a hereditary bleeding disorder, commonly called the "bleeder's disease"?

Hemophilia

When oxygen levels are low, the _______ is/are stimulated to release _______.

kidneys; erythropoietin

Unlike red blood cells, white blood cells _______.

Have nuclei

Mature red blood cells are ______.

ANucleate

Which type of WBC increases during allergic reactions and parasitic worm infections?

Eosinophils

What organ makes erythropoietin

The kidneys

The basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils, monocytes, erythrocytes, and platelets are made from what?

Myeloid stem cells

Lymphocytes are made from?

Lymphoid stem cells

Hemocytoblasts make?

Lymphoid and myeloid stem cells