Blood Chapter Test Review (multiple choice)

Which of the following nutrients is not needed for the manufacture of hemoglobin?

calcium

Which of the following plasma proteins is necessary for blood clotting to occur?

fibrinogen

Which of the following is not an agranulocyte?

Neither A nor C is an agranulocyte

Which of the following substances is given to patients to dissolve blood clots?

Tissue plasminogen activator

An Rh-positive mother should be concerned about erythroblastosis fetalis under which circumstance?

She should not be at all concerned about erythroblastosis

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

Multiple myeloma

A person with type O blood has

Both A and B (anti-A and anti-B antibodies).

Which of the following is the most common form of blood cancer in children between the ages 3 and 7?

acute lymphocytic leukemia

Which of the following substances is not found in plasma

All of the above are found in plasma (hormones, food, & oxygen)

A person with type AB blood has

B antigens

which of the following is not a granulocyte?

monocyte

which of the following is not a white blood cell?

thrombocyte

which of the following tissues is not involved in blood cell formation?

All of the above tissues are involved in blood cell formation

which granulocyte helps protect against infections caused by parasites?

eosinophil

which of the following is not a method used to transport carbon dioxide in the blood?

All of the above are methods used to transport carbon dioxide.

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

pernicious

The blood type considered the universal donor is type

O-

If a person's body contained 5 L blood, about ____ L would be plasma and ____ L would be formed elements.

2.6; 2.4

If whole blood is spun down in a centrifuge tube, the layers of blood components from top to bottom would be

plasma--buffy coat--red blood cells

What is the approximate number of red blood cells in one cubic millimeter (mm3) of blood?

5 million

The final product in the process of blood clot formation is

fibrin

One sign of infection in the body is an increase in the number of white blood cells. A doctor would be concerned about an infection if the white blood cell numbers were which of the following?

none of these values indicates an infection

Which combination of parents might have a child with erythroblastosis fetalis?

The mother is Rh negative; the father is Rh positive

Which granulocyte secretes the chemical histamine?

basophil

which clotting disorder is an inherited x-linked disorder?

hemophilia

which granulocyte is the most numerous phagocyte?

neutrophil

a person with type A blood has

Both B and C (A antigens and anti-B antibodies)

which type of anemia is related to high-dose exposure to toxic chemicals and radiation?

aplastic anemia

which of the following substances is not found in plasma

serum

a red bllod cell that is smaller than normal and has less heoglobin than normal would be called

microcytic and hypochromic

sickle cell anemia and thalassemia are examples of ___ anemia

hemolytic

The pH of blood must stay

slightly basic

Which agranulocyte can produce antibodies?

lymphocyte

blood loss anemia is also known as ____ anemia

hemorrhagic

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

both A and B (oxygen & carbon dioxide)

the bllod type considered the universal recipient is type

AB+