Exam 13: Blood

Sickle cell anemia and thalassemia are examples of _____ anemia.

Match each blood disorder to its description or symptoms. -A common and very serious cancer of plasma cells

Blood plasma with the albumin and globulins removed is called serum.

Match each of the following terms with its corresponding description or definition. -The liquid part of the blood with the clotting factors removed

Monocytes and macrophages are actually the same cell in different parts of the body.

Which agranulocyte can produce antibodies?

Vitamin K is used to stimulate the cells of the spleen to increase their production of prothrombin.

A person with mononucleosis can have a white blood cell count as high as 18,000/mm³ of blood.

Which of the following is a cancer of the plasma cells and is one of the most common and one of the most deadly of the blood cancers?

What is multiple myeloma?

Hematocrit is a measure of the volume of red blood cells in a blood sample.

The final product in the process of blood clot formation is

Type B blood has A antigen and anti-B antibody.

Because hemophilia is carried on the X chromosome, women are twice as likely to have it as men.

Neutrophils are phagocytic granulocytes.

Only women who are Rh negative need to be concerned about erythroblastosis fetalis.

Someone taking antihistamines is blocking the effects of histamine, which can be released by eosinophils.

Clotting factor VIII is used to treat hemophilia.

B and T cells are two different types of lymphocytes.

Match each blood disorder to its description or symptoms. -Can be caused by an Rh-negative mother carrying her second Rh-positive baby