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25 Cards in this Set
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The formed elements of the blood are suspended in a pale, some-what yellow fluid known as "serum."
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False, plasma
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Those proteins that contribute to the viscosity of the blood and help maintain a consistent pH in the blood are known as "globulin" proteins.
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False, albumin
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The gamma globulins are well known as "antigen" molecules, which are produced in the immune system
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False, antibody
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Red blood cells have no nucleus or organelles; instead they are filled with the red pigment "hemoglobin."
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True
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The red blood cell appears as a "biconvex" disk.
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False, biconcave
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When red blood cells are suspended in solutions that contain excessive amounts of solute, the cells "swell" in a process called crenation.
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False, shrink
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When red blood cells are placed in a solution that contains no solute, they tend to burst in a process called "hemolysis."
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True
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Red blood cell formation goes on in the red bone marrow by a process called "lymphopoiesis."
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False, erythropoieses
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The hemoglobin molecule consists of "four" chains of polypeptides.
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True
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When carbon monoxide enters red blood cells it binds "weakly" to the hemoglobin molecule.
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Tightly
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Red blood cells circulate in the bloodstream for approximately "320" day.
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False, 120
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Bilirubin is a pigment produced from the hemoglobin of red blood cells and excreted by the "liver" to the bile
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True
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The hormone "erythropoietin" regulates and stimulates the development of red blood cells in the bone marrow.
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True
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Failure of the body to synthesize one or more polypeptide chains of hemoglobin results in a condition known as "pernicious anemia."
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False, thalassemia
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Eosinophils, basophils, and neutrophils are all types of white blood cells known as "agranulocytes."
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False, granulocytes
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Because the nucleus of a "lymphocyte" occurs in two to five lobes, the cell is known as a polymorphonuclear cell.
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False, neutrophil
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Basophils are among the "most" numerous of all the white blood cells in the circulation.
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False, least
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T-lymphocytes and B-lymphocytes are the important cells of the body's "endocrine" system.
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False, immune
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The important phagocytes of the body include neutrophils, macrophages, and "lymphocytes."
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False, monocytes
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Leukopenia is a "higher" than normal count of white blood cells in the body.
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False, lower
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In the intrinsic pathway of blood clotting, "sodium" ions are required for at least one of the chemical conversions.
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False, calcium
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A blood clot that moves from one body location to another is known as a "thrombus."
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False, embolus
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A person whose blood type is AB may donate blood to a person whose blood type is "O."
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False, AB
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A person having blood type O is known as the universal "recipient."
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False, donor
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When a male who is Rh-positive and a female who is Rh-negative have a child, there is a chance their baby will develop "thalassemia."
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False, hemolytic disease of the newborn
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