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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+
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