Exam 17: Blood

An Rh-negative person receiving Rh-positive blood will begin producing anti-Rh antibodies.

Gamma globulins are released by __________ cells during the immune response.

Renal anemia is caused by lack of __________, which controls production of red blood cells.

Stem cells responsible for the process of lymphopoiesis are not located in which of the following?

Erythroblastosis fetalis is also called __________ disease of the fetus and newborn.

Red blood cells are biconcave discs and lack mitochondria.

Hematocrit is the percentage of blood volume made up by leukocytes.

The process of lymphocyte production is known as __________.

An effective diagnostic testing method for blood is the __________ WBC count.

Which of the following may result after losing a significant amount of blood?

The function of red blood cells is to remove nitrogenous wastes from active tissue.

Which of the following is defined as the percentage of blood volume made up by RBCs?

Mature reticulocytes cannot be distinguished from other mature red blood cells.

Interleukins or colony-stimulating factors stimulate the red bone marrow to develop white blood cells.

Which of the following is called a drifting blood clot?

Which of the following is a true statement?

Adequate amounts of vitamin K must be present in the liver for synthesizing __________ and other clotting factors.

Which of the following hormones increases production of erythropoietin?

Platelets are incomplete cells arising from red bone marrow cells called thrombocytes.

Infectious __________ is highly contagious and caused by the Epstein-Barr virus.