Exam 14: Blood

A child has a bicycle accident and is rushed to the ER. The doctors stop the bleeding, but the child needs a transfusion. Fortunately, the patient is AB-positive, so the doctors can give him ________.

A person with a diet very low in iron may not be able to make enough of a formed element in the blood called ________.

An illegal practice is found among some athletes who try to increase the normal number of RBCs in an attempt to boost oxygen delivery. This practice is called ________.

Platelets are formed when fragments from large cells called ________ break off.

Which of these is part of the defense against parasites, such as tapeworms and hookworms, that have invaded the body?

Unlike white blood cells, mature red blood cells lack a(n) ________.

The granulocytes are white blood cells that include ________, ________, and ________.

Which of these conditions is a cancer that causes uncontrolled division of white blood cells, such that the number of cells greatly increases?

The number of people in the general population with type AB blood is relatively small. That is fortunate because these people make the least useful donors. Why are these people not as useful as other blood donors?

George is stuck out in the hot, dry desert without any water, and he is sweating a lot. Which of these components of the blood should decrease?

Alberto had a bad bump on his leg, so he went to see the doctor about it. The physician diagnosed it as a blood clot and said that blood clots can float away into the circulation. One of these floaters is called a(n) ________.

The ________, or thrombocytes, play a vital role in clotting.

Neutrophils engulf microbes by phagocytosis to fight an infection. Normally, they perform this function for some time but then die off. These dead cells and other foreign materials form pus. Which cells then clean up all the dead neutrophils?

Which protein functions to break down clots after wounds heal?

Emery was in a serious accident and had to have a large part of his stomach surgically removed. He needed a transfusion at first, but soon he healed. However, after his recovery, he started having anemia. Why did he develop anemia, and how can this form of anemia be treated?

Some of these blood proteins are antibodies.

Explain the steps involved in the clotting process.

Long protein strands that form a web that traps blood cells and platelets to form a clot are called ________.

An Rh-negative mother will need a special treatment if she gives birth to an Rh-positive baby. The treatment involves the destruction of any stray blood cells from the baby that pass into the mother's bloodstream. Why is this necessary?

Which of the following is a genetic disorder in which a person bleeds excessively because of a faulty gene for a clotting factor?