Exam 11: Blood

Once a clot has formed in a ruptured vessel, the area to be repaired is made smaller by:

The vitamin necessary for the synthesis of prothrombin is ____, and any excess may be stored in the ____.

In RBC development, the last immature stage is called a ____________________.

The kind of WBC that becomes a phagocytic macrophage is the:

A patient has the following CBC values: RBCs: 3 million/ $\mu$ L WBCs: 8,000/ $\mu$ L Platelets: 205,000/ $\mu$ L Hemoglobin: 8 g Hematocrit: 30% Which of the following would you expect in this patient?

As a consequence of a mismatched blood transfusion, the most serious damage occurs in the ____________________ because of the circulating ____________________.

The kind of WBC that releases histamine during inflammation is the ____________________.

The presence of albumin in blood plasma is important to:

In the process of chemical clotting, the result of the first stage is ____________________.

When old RBCs are destroyed, the globin portion is:

Which of the following statements are true of red blood cells? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

Blood viscosity is created by ____ and is important to maintain normal ____.

Which statement is NOT true of the functions of WBCs?

Which of the following statements are true of red blood cell (RBC) types? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

The life span of RBCs is approximately ____________________.

Which of the following statements are true of blood viscosity and pH? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

The kind of WBC that contains the anticoagulant heparin is the:

The function of RBCs is to carry:

Which statement is NOT true of WBCs?

Of the WBCs, the basophils ____ ,and the neutrophils ____.