A&P 2e - Ch 18: Cardiovascular System: Blood (Review Questions)

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Which of the following statements about blood is true?

Blood is slightly more viscous than water.

Which of the following statements about albumin is true?

It is the most abundant plasma protein.

Which of the following plasma proteins is not produced by the liver?

immunoglobulin

Which of the formed elements arise from myeloid stem cells?

platelets

Which of the following statements about erythropoietin is true?

a. It facilitates the proliferation and differentiation of the erythrocyte lineage.

Interleukins are associated primarily with which of the following?

all of the above

Which of the following statements about mature, circulating erythrocytes is true?

They have no nucleus.

A molecule of hemoglobin __.

consists of four globin proteins, each bound to a molecule of heme

The production of healthy erythrocytes depends upon the availability of __.

copper, zinc, and vitamin B₁₂

Aging and damaged erythrocytes are removed from the circulation by __.

macrophages

A patient has been suffering for 2 months with a chronic, watery diarrhea. A blood test is likely to reveal __.

polycythemia

The process by which leukocytes squeeze through adjacent cells in a blood vessel wall is called __.

emigration

Which of the following describes a neutrophil?

abundant, granular, especially effective against bacteria

T and B lymphocytes __.

are involved with specific immune function

A patient has been experiencing severe, persistent allergy symptoms that are reduced when she takes an antihistamine. Before the treatment, this patient was likely to have had increased activity of which leukocyte?

basophils

Thrombocytes are more accurately called __.

platelets

The first step in hemostasis is __.

vascular spasm

Prothrombin is converted to thrombin during the __.

common pathway

Hemophilia is characterized by __.

inadequate production of clotting factors

The process in which antibodies attach to antigens, causing the formation of masses of linked cells, is called __.

agglutination

People with ABO blood type O __.

lack both antigens A and B on their erythrocytes

Hemolytic disease of the newborn is a risk during a subsequent pregnancy in which __.

an Rh− person is carrying a second Rh+ fetus