Exam 27: Blood

Blood agglutination and blood clotting are different names for the same process.

Which of the following does not hasten clotting?

Which kind of connective tissue makes blood cells for the body?

Both myeloid tissue and lymphatic tissue are considered hematopoietic tissue.

Which of the following formed elements assist in coagulation?

A mature megakaryocyte can release as many as 3000 platelets into the blood.

The shape of a red blood cell increases its surface area.

Describe the antigens and antibodies that would be found on the red blood cell and in the plasma for all four of the ABO blood groups.

Explain the negative feedback mechanism for the correction of low blood oxygen concentration.

Both the largest and smallest of the leukocytes are agranulocytes.

Which type of protein constitutes more than half of the total proteins in blood plasma?

Which mature cell has no nucleus, mitochondria, or ribosomes?

If you donate a "unit" of blood at a blood bank, you have given about 5% of your total blood volume.

Mrs. Washington's blood type is O positive. Her husband's type is O negative. Her newborn baby's blood type is O negative. Does this combination of blood types present any concerns related to future pregnancies Mrs. Washington may have? Explain your answer.

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

Which of the following is an anticoagulant?

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

If the recipient's blood type is A, to avoid agglutination the donor's blood type may be either type O or type A.

In order to maintain a constant level of red blood cells, about 2 billion red blood cells must be made per day.

The type of plasma protein that constitutes more than half of the total amount is fibrinogen.