[A] - Question Bank (Lab Exam 2)

GIVE ANOTHER NAME FOR AN ANTIBODY

agglutinin

WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION WITH TYPE B BLOOD

12%

WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION WITH TYPE O BLOOD

45%

NAME ONE FUNCTION OF HDL CHOLESTEROL

removes excess cholesterol from cells and delivers it back to the liver

WHAT IS THE NORMAL RANGE OF A RED BLOOD CELL COUNT IN AN ANEMIC FEMALE (ANSWER IN CELLS per mm3)?

< 4.3 million per mm3

WHAT IS THE NORMAL RANGE OF A RED BLOOD CELL COUNT IN AN ANEMIC MALE (ANSWER IN CELLS per mm3)?

< 4.5 million per mm3

WHAT IS THE NORMAL RANGE OF A RED BLOOD CELL COUNT IN A HEALTHY FEMALE (ANSWER IN CELLS per mm3)?

4.3 - 5.5 x 10^6 per mm3

WHAT IS THE NORMAL RANGE OF A RED BLOOD CELL COUNT IN A HEALTHY MALE (ANSWER IN CELLS per mm3

)?

4.5 - 6.0 x 10^6 per mm3

WHAT IS THE RANGE OF TOTAL LEUKOCYTES IN A HEALTHY PERSON (ANSWER IN CELLS per mm3

)?

5,000 - 10,000 per mm3

WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION WITH TYPE A BLOOD

39%

WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION WITH TYPE AB BLOOD

4%

A PERSON WITH TYPE B AGGLUTINOGENS HAS WHICH TYPE OF AGGLUTININS IN THEIR BLOOD

anti-A

A PERSON WITH TYPE A AGGLUTINOGENS HAS WHICH TYPE OF AGGLUTININS IN THEIR BLOOD

anti-B

GIVE ANOTHER NAME FOR AN ANTIGEN

agglutinogen

__________ ARE LEUKOCYTES THAT HAVE SPHERICAL, OVAL OR KIDNEY SHAPED NUCLEI AND NO GRANULES

Monocytes

NAME ONE OF THE TWO TYPES OF AGRANULOCYTES

lymphocytes

LEUKOCYTES WANDER THROUGH THE BODY BY ___________ TO REACH SITES OF INFLAMMATON OR TISSUE

DESTRUCTION

ameboid motion

__________ INDICATES A DECREASED OXYGEN‐CARRYING CAPACITY OF BLOOD

anemia

PLASMA PROTEINS THAT REACT WITH RBC'S ANTIGENS CAUSING CLUMPING/ AGGLUTINATION ARE CALLED?

antibodies

SPECIFIC GLYCOPROTEINS ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE RBC PLASMA MEMBRANE THAT ARE PART OF THE ABO

BLOOD TYPING CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ARE CALLED?

antigens

THE OPTIMUM SERUM CHOLESTEROL LEVEL FOR A NORMAL MIDDLE AGED MALE IS ___________ mg/dl

anything under 200

NAME ONE TYPE OF ARTIFICIAL BLOOD

fluosol

__________ IS THE DISEASE PROCESS IN WHICH THE BODY'S BLOOD VESSELS BECOME INCREASINGLY OCCLUDED BY

PLAQUES

atherosclerosis

WHAT CAUSES ATHEROSCLEROSIS

excess low-density lipoprotein

DEFINE: ATHEROSCLEROSIS

plaque build-up on walls of arteries causing occlusion

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF B LYMPHOCYTES?

makes plasma cells which make antibodies

NAME ONE CELL THAT B LYMPHOCYTES DIFFERENTIATE INTO

plasma cells

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE LEUKOCYTE POPULATION DO BASOPHILS MAKE UP?

<1%

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF BASOPHILS?

they mediate inflammatory response

DEFINE: BLEEDING TIME

amount of time it takes to stop bleeding (0-7 min range)

__________ IS A PROTECTIVE MECHANISM THAT MINIMIZES BLOOD LOSS WHEN BLOOD VESSELS ARE RUPTURED

blood clotting

A DONOR WITH TYPE BLOOD AB CAN DONATE BLOOD TO WHAT BLOOD TYPE RECIPIENT?

AB

A DONOR WITH TYPE BLOOD A CAN DONATE BLOOD TO WHAT BLOOD TYPE RECIPIENT?

A, AB

A DONOR WITH TYPE BLOOD B CAN DONATE BLOOD TO WHAT BLOOD TYPE RECIPIENT?

B, AB

A DONOR WITH TYPE BLOOD O CAN DONATE BLOOD TO WHAT BLOOD TYPE RECIPIENT?

O, A, B, AB

____________ IS A SYSTEM OF BLOOD CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF SPECIFIC GLYCOPROTEINS ON

THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE RBC PLASMA MEMBRANE

blood typing

A PERSON WITH TYPE O AGGLUTINOGENS HAS WHICH TYPE OF AGGLUTININS IN THEIR BLOOD

anti-A and anti-B

__________ IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF SMOOTH MUSCLE PLAQUES FORMED DURING ATHEROSCLEROSIS

cholesterol

GIVE ONE FUNCTION OF CHOLESTEROL

cell membrane synthesis

WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN CONSTITUENTS OF WHOLE BLOOD?

plasma and formed elements

NAME ONE FUNCTION OF LDL CHOLESTEROL

delivers cholesterol to cells

NAME ONE FUNCTION OF VLDL CHOLESTEROL

delivers triglycerides to cells

___________ IS A PROCESS BY WHICH LEUKOCYTES HAVE THE ABILITY OF TO MOVE IN AND OUT OF BLOOD VESSELS

diapedesis

NAME ONE FACTOR THAT AFFECTS THE CHOLESTEROL LEVEL IN YOUR BODY.

diet

A RECIPIENT WITH BLOOD TYPE B CANNOT RECEIVE BLOOD FROM A DONOR WITH BLOOD TYPE _________

A, AB

A RECIPIENT WITH BLOOD TYPE A CANNOT RECEIVE BLOOD FROM A DONOR WITH BLOOD TYPE _________

B & AB

A RECIPIENT WITH BLOOD TYPE O CAN RECEIVE BLOOD FROM A DONOR WITH BLOOD TYPE ________

O

NAME ONE ENDOGENOUS SOURCE OF CHOLESTEROL

glucose

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE LEUKOCYTE POPULATION DO EOSINOPHILS MAKE UP?

2-4%

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF EOSINOPHILS

defense against parasitic worms

____________ IS A HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE NEWBORN

erythroblastosis fetalis

WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS?

infant's Rh+ blood is removed &

replaced w/ Rh- blood

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS?

transports oxygen

NAME ONE EXOGENOUS SOURCE OF CHOLESTEROL

liver

FIBRINOGEN IS THE SOLUBLE FORM OF WHAT PROTEIN?

fibrin

____________ IS ENZYMATICALLY PRECIPATED INTO INSOLUBLE FIBRIN

fibrinogen

A WHITE MILKY SOLUTION OF ARTIFICIAL BLOOD CAPABLE OF CARRYING TWICE AS MUCH OXYGEN AS BLOOD IS

CALLED_____________

fluosol

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE BLOOD IS COMPOSED OF FORMED ELEMENTS?

45%

NAME ONE OF THE FORMED ELEMENTS OF BLOOD

red blood cell

__________ ARE LEUKOCYTES THAT HAVE PECULIARLY SHAPED NUCLEI AND GRANULES

granulocytes

THE ETCHED SLIDE USED TO COUNT CELLS IS CALLED ________

hemocytometer

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SLIDE USED IN LAB THAT IS SPECIALIZED FOR CELL COUNTING?

hemocytometer

THE COUNTING OF CELLS IS CALLED ____________

hemocytometry

DURING WHAT BLOOD ACTIVITY WERE TUBES USED TO MEASURE PCV?

hematocrit test

THE CENTRIFUGING OF WHOLE BLOOD TO SEPARATE INTO IT'S CONSTITUENT PARTS IN A TEST TUBE IS CALLED

hematocrit

THE STEM CELL FOR ALL BLOOD CELL FORMATION IS CALLED A ______________

hemocytoblast

GIVE THE ANATOMICAL TERM FOR BLOOD CLOTTING/ COAGULATION

hemostasis

WHAT DOES THE ABBREVIATION "HDL" STAND FOR?

high-density lipoprotein

CHOLESTEROL BOUND INTO __________ IS DESTINED TO BE DEGRADED BY THE LIVER AND THEN ELIMINATED FORM

THE BODY

high density lipoproteins

DEFINE: LEUKEMIA

a malignant disorder of the lymphoid tissues

GIVE ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LEUKEMIA

reduction in RBC and platelet count

WHAT IS THE NORMAL RANGE OF A WHITE BLOOD CELLS COUNT IN HUMANS (ANSWER IN CELLS per mm3

)?

4,800-10,800 per mm3

GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE GRANULOCYTE AND ONE AGRANULOCYTE

basophils, lymphocytes

DEFINE: LEUKOCYTOSIS

abnormally high WBC count

NAME ONE CAUSE OF LEUKOCYTOSIS

bacterial infection

DEFINE: LEUKOPENIA

lower than normal decrease in WBC count

WHAT (NON‐DISEASE) EXPOSURES MAY BE INDICATED BY THE PRESCENCE OF LEUKOPENIA?

excessive antibiotics

LEUKOPENIA MAY INDICATE WHAT DISEASES (NAME ONLY ONE)?

tuberculosis

NAME 1 FACTOR AFFECTING LOCAL BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE SKIN

oxygen supply

WHAT DOES THE ABBREVIATION "LDL" STAND FOR?

low-density lipoprotein

CHOLESTEROL BOUND INTO __________ TRAVELS TO THE BODY'S TISSUES AND WHEN LEVELS ARE HIGH WILL

DEPOSIT CHOLESTEROL ON BLOOD VESSEL WALLS

low density lipoprotein

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE LEUKOCYTE POPULATION DO LYMPHOCYTES MAKE UP?

20-40%

NAME ONE OF THE TWO TYPES OF LYMPHOCYTES

T-lymphocyte

___________ ARE LARGE MULTINUCLEATE CELLS FORMED IN THE BONE MARROW FROM WHICH PLATELETS

DEVELOP

megakaryocytes

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE LYMPHOCYTE POPULATION DO MONOCYTE MAKE UP?

2-8%

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF MONOCYTE?

active phagocytosis

ARTIFICIAL RED BLOOD CELLS THAT CONSISIT OF MICROSCOPIC SPHERES OF HEMOGLOBIN SURROUNDED BY LIPIDS

WITH THE CAPACITY TO CARRY OXYGEN ARE CALLED ___________

neohemocytes

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE LEUKOCYTE POPULATION DO NEUTROPHILS MAKE UP?

50-70%

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF NEUTROPHILS?

active phagocytosis

A PERSON WITH TYPE AB AGGLUTINOGENS HAS WHICH TYPE OF AGGLUTININS IN THEIR BLOOD

none

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE BLOOD IS COMPOSED OF PLASMA?

55%

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE PLASMA IS COMPOSED OF WATER?

90%

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF PLASMA CELLS?

produce antibodies

PLATELETS RELEASE _____________ DURING COAGULATION

platelet factor 3

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF PLATELETS?

seal tears in blood vessels

APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY PLATELETS ARE FOUND PER mm3 OF BLOOD?

250,000-400,000 per mm3

THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF RBC'S IS CALLED ___________

polycythemia

TF3, PF3 WITH CLOTTING FACTORS AND CALCIUM FORM ________

prothrombin activator

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A BLOOD SMEAR?

detects abnormalities in blood cells

WHAT IS THE NORMAL LIFE SPAN OF RBC'S?

100-120 days