Exam 10: Blood

Where does hematopoiesis produce new red blood cells?

Abnormally low levels of white blood cells causes a condition known as ________.

Blood type A can receive blood from blood types A and AB during a transfusion.

Which of the following red blood cell disorders may result from life at a higher altitude?

Which formed element is the most abundant in blood?

Platelets are fragments of a multinucleate cell known as a ________.

A substance that stimulates the immune system to release antibodies is the ________.

Match the following function with its blood cell: -Type of cell produced in response to erythropoietin

Match the following function with its blood cell: -Type of cell fragment involved in hemostasis

Using Figure 10.1, identify the following: -The most common type of leukocyte is indicated by ________.

Which situation do you predict to prompt the release of more erythropoietin into the blood: anemia or polycythemia? Explain.

All formed elements arise from a common type of stem cell called a hemocytoblast.

White blood cells differ from red blood cells because only they contain ________.

The process by which bleeding is stopped is called ________.

The blood type that contains both antigens A and B is ________.

The matrix of blood is called ________.

Describe ABO and Rh blood groups.

Using Figure 10.1, identify the following: -The type of leukocyte that fights allergies and parasitic worms is indicated by ________.

Mrs. Litaker was concerned because her baby was born with yellow skin. Name and explain this condition to her.

The immune serum used to prevent maternal sensitization to Rh antigens is ________.