Exam 27: Blood

In men red blood cell counts average about 4,800,000 per cubic millimeter of blood.

Describe the factors that could result in a fetus contracting erythroblastosis fetalis. Be sure to consider both maternal and fetal conditions.

What substance does not assist in the formation of a blood clot?

The total surface area of all of the red blood cells in the body is about the size of a tennis court.

Match each substance involved in blood clot formation with its description or function. -Substance that hydrolyzes fibrin strands and dissolves blood clots

One of the functions of basophils is to protect the body from parasitic worms.

Another name for blood cells is formed elements.

A woman could have Rh antibodies in her blood if:

The major ingredient in hemoglobin that allows oxygen to be transported is:

Match each substance involved in blood clot formation with its description or function. -Ion that is necessary in two steps of the clotting process

The presence of spectrin in the red blood cell makes it:

The rate of protein synthesis in mature red blood cells is slightly higher than in most of the cells in the body.

Plasma is a dark red fluid that accounts for more than half of the blood volume.

Which types of white blood cells play a major role in immunity to infectious diseases?

Name and give the functions of each type of granulocyte.

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

Both the largest and smallest of the leukocytes are agranulocytes.

Eosinophils are the least numerous of the white blood cells, numbering only 0.5% to 1% of the total leukocyte count.

Platelets are important for blood clotting and hemostasis.

A person with a condition such as appendicitis would have an increase in both neutrophils and in the total number of white blood cells.