Exam 20: Blood

A hematocrit of 56% would be an indication of:

A person with no antibodies in the blood plasma would have which blood type?

Which of the following cell types are classified as agranulocytes?

Which of the following is not an agranulocyte?

One of the reasons that red blood cells are so efficient in carrying oxygen is that one hemoglobin molecule can carry two oxygen atoms.

Which is not an end product of the breakdown of hemoglobin?

Match each blood cell life span with the corresponding blood cell type. -monocyte

Diapedesis is a process of phagocytosis and release of cytotoxic chemicals.

Match each term with its corresponding description. -small,colorless bodies that function in blood clotting and hemostasis

Explain the process by which the red blood cell assists in the transport of carbon dioxide in the blood.

Which of the following formed elements assist in coagulation?

Globulins play an important role in the body's defense process.

The end product of both the intrinsic and extrinsic clotting pathway is fibrin.

List the steps in the formation of a red blood cell.

A difference between a crystalloid and a colloid is the size of the particle.

The polymorphonuclear leukocytes are granulocytes.

Which plasma protein plays an important role in the immune system?

Match each term with its corresponding description. -group of nucleated cells that lack hemoglobin; also called white blood cells

What happens to the components of a red blood cell after it is broken down or fragments?

The difference in the number of red blood cells between the sexes is due to the stimulating effect of estrogen on red blood cell formation.