Exam 13: Blood

List and briefly describe the four types of leukemia discussed in the chapter.

Match each blood disorder to its description or symptoms. -a type of anemia caused by severe bleeding

The group of plasma proteins called albumins include antibodies that help the body fight infection.

Describe a microcytic,hyperchromic red blood cell.

Which of the following is a cancer of the plasma cells and is one of the most common and most deadly of the blood cancers?

Injections of vitamin B12 are used successfully to treat _____ anemia.

Which granulocyte secretes the chemical histamine?

Clotting factor VIII is used to treat hemophilia.

Blood loss anemia is also known as _____ anemia.

Match each blood disorder to its description or symptoms. -inherited anemia caused by the presence of an abnormal type of hemoglobin called hemoglobin S

The role of hemoglobin in the red blood cell is to carry

Match each blood disorder to its description or symptoms. -an inherited blood clotting disorder that can be treated with the replacement of clotting factor VIII

Many emergency rooms have a ready supply of type O blood.Explain why this is so.

Blood clot formation and blood agglutination are two terms for the same process.

A macrocytic,hyperchromic red blood cell is larger and has more hemoglobin than a usual red blood cell.

Hemorrhagic anemia is caused by blood loss.

A person who is infected by a parasitic worm is likely to have an increased level of eosinophils.

Neutrophils are phagocytic granulocytes.

In INR,as the number gets larger,the amount of time it takes for the blood to clot gets longer.

Lymphatic tissue and myeloid tissue each have the function of hematopoiesis.