a person weighing 200 lb.

Results Reporter B) or a person weighing 100

lb., if both have the same
Out of 95 questions, you answered 19 correctly with a final grade of 20% % body fat
19 correct a dehydrated person or a
(20%) C) person with normal body
75 water content, assuming
incorrect they have the same
(79%) weight and % body fat
a female or a male,
1
unanswered D) assuming same body
weight and percent body
(1%)
fat
Your Results: Feedback: Correct Answer
The correct answer for each question is indicated by 4 INCORRECT
a . Each body function on the left
1 INCORRECT is correctly matched with the
Blood helps to maintain corresponding function of the
homeostasis by blood on the right EXCEPT
transporting materials respiration - transports
between the tissue fluid
A) A) oxygen and carbon
and the external dioxide
environment immune defense - platelet
ridding the body of B) factors initiate clotting
B) wastes acid-base balance -
breaking down nutrients C) buffers acids and bases
C) thermoregulation - allows
coordinating metabolic D) heat to escape from the
D) reactions body at the skin
Feedback: Blood circulates Feedback: Ask yourself if the
through the vascular system. function on the left has any
2 physical relationship with the
UNANSWERED The average blood volume for function on the right.
an adult is about 5 INCORRECT
Which statement concerning
45 liters blood viscosity is correct?
A)
The viscosity of blood is
B)
450 ml A) 4.5 to 5.5 higher than the
viscosity of water.
5 gallons Blood viscosity is due to
C) B) the presence of the
plasma proteins and
5 liters erythrocytes.
D)
3 CORRECT The higher the blood
In which situation does the C) viscosity the harder the
person described first have a heart has to work to move
higher blood volume? blood through the vessels.
a person with 30% body Anemia increases blood
A) fat or a person with 10% D) viscosity.
body fat if they are the Feedback: Generally, the higher
same size the concentration of solutes or
 formed elements, the higher the
blood viscosity. INCORRECT
6 INCORRECT
Low blood osmolarity
causes the blood to
A) absorb excess tissue fluid
as it passes through the
capillaries
could lead to increased
B) blood volume and
increased blood pressure
allows too much fluid to
C) remain in the tissues and
leads to edema
could be caused by
D) increased plasma protein
or sodium levels
Feedback: Low blood osmolarity
would cause an imbalance
between the forces of osmotic
pressure and hydrostatic pressure
that control fluid movements
through the capillary walls.
7 CORRECT
What percentage of body
weight is blood?
91%
A)
55%
B) 9
INCORRECT
8%
C)
45%
D)
Feedback: Correct Answer
10
INCORRECT
8
Other than water, the most
common component of plasma
is
chloride
A)
urea
B)
protein
C)
sodium
D)
Feedback: Molecules that
maintain osmotic pressure and
transport other substances
Which problem could NOT be
caused by a deficiency of
plasma proteins?
edema
A)
reduced ability to transport
B) oxygen
reduced ability to clot
C)
reduced ability to transport
D) molecules such as lipids
Feedback: Oxygen is transported
by hemoglobin.
The antibodies that circulate in
the plasma are made by
the liver, which makes all of
A) the plasma proteins
the kidney, which monitors
 B) plasma composition
B lymphocytes, which are
C) part of the immune system
the spleen, which uses them
D) to tag red blood cells for
destruction
Feedback: The cells that make
antibodies are also called plasma
cells.
11
INCORRECT If you have some blood from
which the formed elements have
been removed, how can you tell
if it is plasma or serum?
plasma contains
A) hemoglobin; serum does not
serum is yellow; plasma has
B) no color
serum contains antibodies;
C) plasma does not
plasma contains clotting
D) proteins; serum does not
Feedback: Serum is extruded
from a clot.
12
INCORRECT Blood colloid osmotic pressure
is the component of total
A) blood osmotic pressure due
to the presence of proteins
in the plasma
would increase if blood
B) sodium levels increase
would increase if the
C) number of RBCs increases
would increase in a person
D) who has liver damage
Feedback: Ask yourself if the
function on the left has any
physical relationship with the
function on the right.
13
INCORRECT In which choice are the major
groups of plasma proteins listed
in order from highest to lowest
percent?
fibrinogen, globulins,
A) albumins
globulins, fibrinogen,
albumins
B)
albumins, globulins,
C) fibrinogen
albumins, fibrinogen,
D) globulins
Feedback: Generally, the higher
the concentration of solutes or
formed elements, the higher the
blood viscosity.
14
INCORRECT In which choice is the plasma
protein correctly matched with
one of its functions?
albumin - antibodies
A) involved in immune
response
fibrinogen - attacks and
B) destroys pathogens
globulins - transport
C) minerals, lipids, hormones
and vitamins
globulins - colloid osmotic
D) pressure
Feedback: Low blood osmolarity
would cause an imbalance
between the forces of osmotic
pressure and hydrostatic pressure
that control fluid movements
through the capillary walls.
15
INCORRECT The benefit of the biconcave
shape of red blood cells is that it
decreases the distance
A) between the cell membrane
and hemoglobin molecules,
facilitating oxygen uptake
 allows the cells to hold
B) more hemoglobin
gives more room for the
C) nucleus and organelles
keeps them from leaking out
D) through the walls of
capillaries
Feedback: Biconcave means
indented on both top and bottom.
16
CORRECT Blood cells all develop from a
common stem cell in bone
marrow, but early in
development they split into
separate lineages. Which three
of these cells develop from the
myeloblast lineage?
basophil, eosinophil,
A) neutrophil
lymphocyte, monocyte,
B) erythrocyte
thrombocyte, erythrocyte,
C) lymphocyte
monocyte, erythrocyte,
D) neutrophil
Feedback: Correct Answer
17
INCORRECT Blood test results for an adult
male are returned and the total
red blood cell count is 2,500,000
cells per mm3. This person
has a normal total red blood
A) cell count
has an abnormally low total
B) red blood cell count
has an abnormally high total
C) red blood cell count
shows that he has been
D) exercising more than usual
or has spent some time at
high altitudes
Feedback:
Normal range for male total red
blood cell counts is around 5
million / mm3.
18
CORRECT
As red blood cells get older,
they
are less likely to become
A) damaged
become more fragile
B)
are less likely to rupture
C)
are less likely to be
D) phagocytized in the spleen
or liver
Feedback: Correct Answer
19
INCORRECT Damaged red blood cells are
phagocytized by macrophages in
the spleen or liver and their
components are recycled,
EXCEPT for the
iron atom from the heme
A) group, which is excreted in
bile
globin peptide chains,
B) which are sent to the
kidneys for excretion
globin peptide chains,
C) which are converted into
bilirubin
heme group (minus the iron
D) atom), which is converted
into a green pigment called
biliverdin
Feedback: Some biliverdin is
broken down into bilirubin in the
liver.
20
CORRECT What would you suspect to find
if someone has high blood
erythropoietin levels?
blood oxygen deficiency
A)
high blood oxygen levels
B)
a high red blood cell count
C)
a high hemoglobin level
D)
Feedback: Correct Answer
21
INCORRECT Which hormone stimulates red
blood cell formation?
thrombin
 A) intestine.
the lower the level of
transferrin
B) C) transferrin in the blood.
the higher the level of
bilirubin
C) D) ferritin in the liver.
Feedback: Iron absorption
erythropoietin depends on the need for iron.
D)
Feedback: "Erythro-" refers to 24
INCORRECT Which blood component is NOT
red blood cells
correctly matched with its
function?
erythrocytes - transport
A) oxygen
leukocytes - protect against
B) disease
platelets - phagocytize
C) bacteria
plasma proteins - maintain
D) blood osmotic pressure;
involved in clotting
Feedback: Only white blood cells
are phagocytic.
25
INCORRECT In which choice are the formed
elements arranged in order of
increasing size?
22 red blood cell, neutrophil,
INCORRECT Which condition would A) platelet
stimulate erythropoietin platelet, red blood cell,
secretion? B) neutrophil
high red blood cell count neutrophil, platelet, red
A) C) blood cell
low blood oxygen level platelet, neutrophil, red
B) D) blood cell
high hemoglobin levels Feedback: Platelets are only cell
C) fragments.
increased blood flow 26
D) through kidneys INCORRECT Which cell is NOT classified as
Feedback: Erythropoietin causes a granulocyte?
increased red blood cell
basophil
formation. A)
23
INCORRECT The lower the total amount of eosinophil
B)
iron stored in the body,
the higher the rate of red lymphocyte
C)
A) blood cell formation.
the higher the absorption of neutrophil
D)
B) ingested iron in the Feedback: Granulocytes are
 named for their cytoplasmic
granules, which "like" stain.
27
CORRECT In adults, red blood cells are
made in one place, spend most
of their lifespan in another, and
most are finally destroyed in yet
another place. Which choice
lists these locations in
chronological order?
bone marrow; blood
A) vessels; spleen
bone marrow; spleen; blood
B) vessels
spleen; blood vessels;
C) spleen
blood vessels; spleen; bone
D) marrow
Feedback: Correct Answer
28
INCORRECT Which leukocyte is NOT
correctly matched with its
description?
eosinophil - bilobed
A) nucleus, deep red granules
lymphocyte - smallest
B) leukocytes, round nucleus,
thin rim of cytoplasm
neutrophil - lobed nucleus
C) with two to five segments,
light purple granules 29
basophil - typical kidney- INCORRECT Which type of leukocyte is
D) shaped nucleus, largest correctly matched with its
white blood cell function?
Feedback: All granulocytes are basophils - release
roughly the same size.
A) histamine in areas of
damaged tissue
neutrophils - leave the blood
B) vessels and become
macrophages
lymphocytes - phagocytize
C) bacteria
neutrophils - defend against
D) parasitic worm infections
Feedback: The dark staining
granules of basophils contain
several chemicals.
 D)
Feedback: The kidneys secrete a
hormone that stimulates
30 erythrocyte production.
INCORRECT 33
Which is NOT correct about INCORRECT
RBC recycling? Which of these blood
components do NOT have
amino acids can be recycled
nuclei?
A) into new proteins
the entire heme molecule is neutrophils
A)
B) eliminated by the liver
iron is removed before erythrocytes
B)
C) heme is converted to
bilirubin lymphocytes
liver dysfunction can cause C)
D) accumulation of bilirubin in monocytes
the body D)
Feedback: The entire heme Feedback: A cell without a
molecule contains the iron atom. nucleus would be small. Red blood
31 cells are also known as
INCORRECT The carrier protein that erythrocytes.
transports absorbed iron through
the blood is
thrombopoietin
A)
hemoglobin
B) 34
INCORRECT The term "hematopoiesis" refers
erythropoietin
C) to
transferrin the mechanisms that prevent
D) A) blood loss
Feedback: "Ferric" and a disease in which there is
"ferrous" refer to iron (Fe).
B) insufficient blood cell
32 production
INCORRECT Joe had to have both of his the rupture of red blood
kidneys removed and is now C) cells
kept alive only by dialysis
the process of blood cell
machines that remove waste
molecules from his blood and D) formation
adjust electrolyte levels. Feedback: "Poiesis" means
Because Joe has no remaining forming or making.
kidney tissue, he may also need 35
INCORRECT Without the RBC enzyme
clotting proteins carbonic anhydrase
A)
the blood would not be able
vitamin B12 to stimulate
A) to carry oxygen
B) RBC production
the blood would not be able
erythropoietin to stimulate
B) to coagulate
C) RBC production
the blood would not be able
a bone marrow transplant
C) to convert carbon dioxide
 into bicarbonate and enter the circulation.
we would not be able to 39
INCORRECT
D) remove and break down An overdose of erythropoietin
heme would cause
Feedback: The name of an
enzyme sometimes tells you what anemia
A)
its substrate is.
36 polycythemia
INCORRECT What is the role of the nitric B)
oxide (NO) carried by low blood viscosity
hemoglobin? C)
NO stimulates the formation low blood pressure
A) of more red blood cells D)
NO relaxes blood vessels Feedback: "Poly" means many.
40
B) and decreases blood
pressure INCORRECT All of these describe normal
NO helps the hemoglobin erythrocytes EXCEPT
C) bind to oxygen biconcave disk
NO prevents the A)
D) hemoglobin from picking contain no nucleus
up carbon monoxide B)
Feedback: NO causes smooth
muscle relaxation. contain mitochondria
37
C)
CORRECT Which process attracts contain hemoglobin
leukocytes to damaged tissue? D)
Feedback: Erythrocytes lose
chemotaxis almost all of their organelles
A)
before they leave the bone
hemostasis marrow.
B) 41
INCORRECT Which choice represents an
hemopoiesis
C) abnormal value?
total RBC count - 5.1
agglutination
D) A) million / mL
Feedback: Correct Answer total WBC count - 1500 /
38 B) mL
INCORRECT If someone has no total platelet count -
megakaryocytes, he/she will
C) 250,000 / mL
not be able to make white
A) blood cells hemoglobin - 15 g / dL
D)
not be able to make red Feedback:
B) blood cells One end of the normal RANGE
have a reduced ability to for the white blood cell count is
C) prevent blood loss 4000 cells / µL.
not be able to phagocytize
42
D) bacteria
INCORRECT Immature erythrocytes that
Feedback: Small fragments break
off the edge of megakaryocytes contain a network of
endoplasmic reticulum and
 normally make up about 1 - 3%
of circulating blood are called
granulocytes
A)
basophilic erythroblasts
B)
proerythroblasts
C)
reticulocytes
D)
Feedback: This is the stage after
the late erythroblast loses its
nucleus by extrusion and becomes
an immature erythrocyte
containing reticulum.
43
INCORRECT Several proteins are involved in
the absorption, transport and
storage of iron. Each protein is
correctly matched with its
function EXCEPT
apoferritin - a storage
A) protein in the liver
ferritin - an iron-containing
B) protein found in the
erythrocytes
gastroferritin - binds to iron
C) in the stomach and
transports it to the small
intestine
transferrin - transports iron
D) through the blood
Feedback: Hemoglobin carries
oxygen bound to iron.
44
INCORRECT
Which statement is correct?
Thrombopoiesis occurs
A) mainly in the lungs.
Thrombopoietin is a
B) hormone that stimulates
platelet production.
Platelets have a large
C) nucleus containing many
sets of chromosomes.
Megakaryocytes divide by
D) mitosis to produce platelets.
Feedback: Platelets are not really
cells, but fragments of cell
cytoplasm surrounded by plasma
membrane.
45
INCORRECT In which choice are the
leukocytes correctly arranged in
order from most common to
least common?
monocytes, lymphocytes,
A) neutrophils, eosinophils,
basophils
lymphocytes, neutrophils,
B) monocytes, eosinophils,
basophils
neutrophils, monocytes,
C) lymphocytes, basophils,
eosinophils
neutrophils, lymphocytes,
D) monocytes, eosinophils,
basophils
Feedback: The most common
leukocyte is sometimes called
"polymorphonuclear".
46
INCORRECT Once released from the bone
marrow into the circulation, the
average life span of a red blood
cell is about
72 hours
A)
one week
B)
4 months
C)
2 years
D)
Feedback: Most erythrocytes
survive for several months before
the cell components degenerate
enough for them to be removed
from the circulation.
47
CORRECT One molecule of hemoglobin
contains two alpha globin
A) proteins and two beta globin
proteins.
contains one heme group.
B)
contains 2 atoms of iron.
C)
can carry 12 molecules of
oxygen.
 D)
Feedback: Correct Answer
48
INCORRECT In a red blood cell, carbon
dioxide is attached to the
iron of the Hemoglobin
A)
amino acids of the Globin
B)
plasma membrane
C)
heme of the hemoglobin
D)
Feedback: Hemoglobin carries
oxygen and carbon dioxide bound
at different locations.
49
INCORRECT Erythropoietin is produced by
red blood cells
A)
red bone marrow
B)
liver
C)
kidneys
D)
Feedback: Erythropoietin is a
hormone of kidneys.
50
INCORRECT Red blood cells do not use any
of the oxygen that they carry,
because
oxygen is bound to heme
A) and cannot be removed
they lack miochondria to
B) use oxygen for aerobic
respiration
they do not need ATP
C)
they use carbon dioxide
D) instead of oxygen for
energy production
Feedback: If the red blood cells
have mitochondria then they
would use up all oxygen instead of
acting as carriers of oxygen.
51
CORRECT
In which choice are the proteins
listed in the order in which they
are activated?
prothrombin activator,
A) thrombin, fibrin
fibrin, thrombin,
B) prothrombin activator
thrombin, fibrin,
C) prothrombin activator
thrombin, prothrombin
D) activator, fibrin
Feedback: Correct Answer
52
INCORRECT Platelet plug formation is
initiated when platelets come
into contact with
undamaged endothelial cells
A)
fibrinogen
B)
collagen fibers in the
C) connective tissue beneath
the endothelium
antithrombin
D)
Feedback: Platelets do not stick to
endothelial cells, but to the tissue
beneath them.
53
INCORRECT Which statement about
hemostasis is NOT correct?
Positive feedback rapidly
A) increases the amount of
activated clotting factors.
 The intrinsic mechanism
B) occurs in response to tissue
damage.
During clotting, blood cells
C) and platelets are trapped in
a mesh of protein fibers.
The extrinsic mechanism is
D) initiated by tissue factor
(thromboplastin), released
by damaged tissues.
Feedback: "Intrinsic" means
within.
54
INCORRECT Repair of damaged blood vessel
walls is stimulated by
tissue thromboplastin
A)
platelet-derived growth
B) factor
pasminogen
C)
serum
D)
Feedback: Repair begins while the 55
clot is still in place and is initiated INCORRECT After preliminary testing, a man
by something in the clot. who had had a stroke was given
tissue plasminogen activator
(tPA) at the hospital. The reason
for this treatment is that tPA
activates an enzyme that
A) dissolves clots
prevents the formation of
B) clots by removing calcium
from the blood
prevents the formation of
C) thrombin
initiates repair in damaged
D) blood vessels
Feedback: Most strokes occur
when a blood clot blocks a vessel
in the brain.
56
INCORRECT A blood clot that forms in an
undamaged vessel is called a(n)
_______, and if it breaks loose
and travels through the
bloodstream it is called a(n)
__________.
hematoma; thrombosis
 A) Feedback: The extrinsic
mechanism is initiated by tissue
thrombus; hematoma factor.
B)
60
thrombus; embolus CORRECT Which of these statements is
C) correct?
embolus; thrombus Thrombin catalyzes the
D)
A) conversion of fibrinogen to
Feedback: An embolus travels fibrin.
until it gets stuck in a blood vessel. Ca++ is not required for
57
CORRECT
B) coagulation.
A pulmonary embolism is a Tissue factor is always
blood clot that blocks blood
flow in a vessel C) required for activation of
factor X.
supplying part of a lung The extrinsic mechanism
A) D) causes coagulation when
there is no tissue damage.
in the heart
B) Feedback: Correct Answer
61
in the brain INCORRECT Which molecule is a potent
C)
stimulator of coagulation?
in the kidney
D) prostacyclin
A)
Feedback: Correct Answer
58 tissue factor or
CORRECT The production of prostacyclin B) thromboplastin
by endothelial cells
plasmin
means that blood clots do C)
A) not normally form in tissue plasminogen activator
healthy blood vessels D)
attracts platelets Feedback: Chemicals released
B) from damaged tissue initiate
exposes the collagen below coagulation.
C) the endothelial cells 62
INCORRECT During platelet plug formation,
reduces the synthesis of
platelets release these
D) clotting proteins by the liver
substances, which cause more
Feedback: Correct Answer
platelets to adhere to the plug.
59
INCORRECT Which substance is NOT prostacyclin and NO
correctly matched to its A)
function? erythropoietin and bilirubin
antithrombin - inactivates B)
A) thrombin heparin and plasmin
prostacyclin - prevents C)
B) platelet adhesion ADP and thromboxanes
heparin - interferes with the D)
C) formation of prothrombin Feedback: Eliminate chemicals
activator that do something else.
plasminogen - initiates
D) extrinsic mechanism
 cells
occurs in blood vessels
B) when the pressure is too
high
occurs when blood oxygen
C) levels are low
occurs when a blood vessel
D) dilates in response to pain
Feedback: Correct Answer
65
INCORRECT Which of these blood
components is NOT involved in
clotting?
63 platelets
INCORRECT What happens when fibrinogen A)
is converted to fibrin? fibrinogen
B)
a transfusion reaction
A) calcium
C)
iron is stored in the liver
B) potassium
D)
a clot is formed Feedback: If calcium is removed,
C)
blood will not clot.
a platelet plug is formed 66
D) INCORRECT Each of these prevents
Feedback: Fibrin molecules stick unwanted coagulation EXCEPT
to each other and the walls of
blood vessels. tissue thromboplastin
A)
antithrombin
B)
heparin
C)
prostacyclin
D)
Feedback: Coagulation would be
enhanced, not prevented, by
chemicals released from damaged
67
INCORRECT Removal of this substance from
blood would prevent clotting.
transferrin
64 A)
CORRECT Vascular spasm iron
closes off small blood B)
A) vessels when they are antibodies
damaged, mainly in C)
response to chemicals
calcium
released from the damaged
 D)
Feedback: This substance is
required in the intrinsic, extrinsic
and common coagulation
pathways.
68
INCORRECT A patient lacks fat absorbing
mechanism in the intestines.
This person is most likely going
to suffer severe bleeding
problems because
fat droplets help to keep
A) platelets together during
clotting
vitamin K will not be
B) absorbed and this will lead
to deficiency of clotting
factors
fatty acids are essential for
C) the synthesis of tissue
factors
vitamin C will not be
D) absorbed, which is essential
for synthesis of clotting
factors.
Feedback: Vitamin K is involved
in the synthesis of many clotting
factors.
69
INCORRECT A person's blood type is
determined by
mixing his blood with the
A) blood of another person of
known blood type—if there
is no reaction they are the
same type
looking at red blood cells
B) under a microscope to see
what kind of antigens are on
their membranes
checking to see which
C) plasma antibodies a person
has—he won't have
antibodies against his own
blood type
mixing the blood with
D) different antibodies to see
which ones cause the red
blood cells to agglutinate
Feedback: You can determine
someone's blood type with the red
blood cells alone; you don't need
their plasma.
70
INCORRECT What kind of risk exists when a
woman who is Rh+ carries an
Rh- fetus?
There is usually no risk
A) during the first pregnancy,
but it can harm the fetus
during a subsequent
pregnancy if the mother is
not treated
It always poses a serious
B) risk to the fetus, even in the
first pregnancy
Only in rare cases is there a
C) risk to the fetus during the
first pregnancy
There is never a risk to the
D) fetus in any pregnancy
Feedback: Rh positive females
will never make anti-Rh
antibodies.
71
INCORRECT Antibodies to blood type A or B
antigens are
formed when antigen A is
A) present on the red blood cell
membranes
formed when antigen A is
B) absent from the red blood
cell membranes
formed during fetal
C) development
small enough to cross the
D) placenta
Feedback: If antibodies are in the
circulation along with the antigen
they bind to, the blood will
agglutinate.
72
CORRECT A blood transfusion reaction
will
occur when plasma
A) antibodies contact red blood
cells carrying the antigen
with which they react
only occur if both red blood
B) cells and plasma are
transfused
always occur if someone is
given type O blood
 C)
not cause any damage to the
D) red blood cells
Feedback: Correct Answer
73
CORRECT A person who is Rh negative
might form anti-Rh antibodies if
she
receives a transfusion of Rh
A) positive blood
receives a transfusion of Rh
B) negative blood
becomes pregnant with a
C) fetus that is Rh negative
is given a shot of the drug
D) RhoGAM 75
Feedback: Correct Answer INCORRECT Agglutination, which occurs
74
during transfusion reactions, is
INCORRECT Erythroblastosis fetalis caused by binding between
(hemolytic disease of the
hemoglobin and the kidney
newborn) occurs when
a premature Rh positive A) tubule cells
clotting proteins and the
A) baby is given a transfusion
of Rh negative blood B) enzymes that activate them
anti-Rh antibodies from the platelets and endothelial
B) maternal circulation cross C) cells
the placenta and agglutinate RBC membrane antigens
the fetal red blood cells
D) and plasma antibodies
the fetus cannot make
Feedback: Each antibody can
C) normal red blood cells bind to two antigen molecules.
the fetus' white blood cells 76
D) are destroyed by antibodies INCORRECT A person with type O+ blood
from the maternal would
circulation
make anti-Rh antibodies if
Feedback: Hemolysis can occur
when antibodies bind to blood A) exposed to the Rh antigen
type antigens on the RBC have neither anti-A nor anti-
membrane. B) B antibodies in his plasma
have Rh but not A or B
C) antigens on his RBCs
be able to receive type A+,
D) B+, or AB+ in a transfusion
if necessary
Feedback: Type O blood means
the lack of either A or B.
77
CORRECT Blood types are determined
genetically by glycoproteins
A) and glycolipids on the RBC
 membrane
genetically by antibodies in
B) the plasma
by the different forms of
C) hemoglobin present in the
RBCs
by exposure to intestinal
D) bacteria during infancy
Feedback: Correct Answer
78
INCORRECT
Which of the following is true
for an individual's with type A
blood?
The person can donate
A) blood to type O
The individuals plasma
B) contains anti-A antibodies
The individual can donate
C) blood to type AB
The individual must be Rh+
D)
Feedback: type AB is a universal
recipient.
79
INCORRECT Which of the following is true
for an individual with anti-A
antibodies in the plasma?
The individual is blood type
A) A
The individual is blood type
B) B
The individual is blood type
C) AB
The individual can be either
D) blood type B or AB
Feedback: Type B blood has
antigen B on the RBCs
80
CORRECT Type O is considered to be
universal
donor because it has neither
A) anti-A antibodies nor anti-B
antibodies circulating in the
plasma
donor because it has neither
B) antigen A nor antigen B on
its RBCs
recipient because it has
C) neither anti-A antibodies
nor anti-B antibodies
circulating in the plasma
recipient because it has
D) neither antigen A nor
antigen B on its RBCs
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81
INCORRECT A dietary deficiency of iron
could cause
reduced ability of the blood
A) to coagulate
a low platelet count
B)
insufficient white blood cell
C) production
a low red blood cell count
D)
Feedback: Iron is part of the
hemoglobin molecule.
82
INCORRECT For a person whose hematocrit
is 45%,
white blood cell volume
A) would be 45% of total blood
volume
red blood cell volume
B) would be 55% of total blood
volume
plasma volume would be
C) 45% of total blood volume
plasma volume would be
D) 55% of total blood volume
Feedback: The hematocrit
measures the packed red blood
cell volume.
83
INCORRECT For a person whose hematocrit
is 45%, in which choice below
are the components of blood
correctly ranked in order of
decreasing percent of total
volume?
white blood cells, plasma,
A) red blood cells
red blood cells, white blood
B) cells, plasma
plasma, red blood cells,
C) white blood cells
 plasma, white blood cells, a defective gene for
D) red blood cells A) hemoglobin
Feedback: The hematocrit inability to absorb vitamin
measure the packed red blood cell B) B12
volume. exposure to toxic chemicals
84
INCORRECT Which of these diseases C) or radiation
involves a problem with the red iron deficiency
blood cells? D)
Feedback: "Aplastic" means
leukocytosis unable to regenerate tissue.
A)
88
hemophilia INCORRECT The percentage of whole blood
B) volume occupied by the red
leukemia blood cells is the
C)
specific gravity
sickle-cell anemia A)
D)
Feedback: "Leuko-" refers to differential cell count
B)
white blood cells, not red blood
cells. hematocrit
85 C)
CORRECT A person with a vitamin B12 or viscosity
folic acid deficiency would D)
probably also have Feedback: Look for a word root
that refers to blood.
anemia 89
A) INCORRECT Based on lab results that show a
polycythemia person has a total white blood
B) cell count of 7,000 WBC / mm3
leukemia blood, you would conclude that
C) this person
leukocytosis has hemophilia
D) A)
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86 exhibits leukopenia
B)
INCORRECT Which describes anemia?
a deficiency of white blood has leukocytosis
C)
A) cells has a normal white blood
a high level of hemoglobin D) cell count
B) Feedback:
a reduction in oxygen- WBC counts should be between
C) carrying capacity of the 4,000 and 7,000 / mm3.
blood
an excessive number of red 90
D) blood cells INCORRECT Based on the results of a
Feedback: Anemia involves either differential WBC count shown
fewer RBCs or less hemoglobin. in the table, this person has
87 basophils 1%
INCORRECT Aplastic anemia is caused by
 eosinophils 10% called
neutrophils 56% leukemia
A)
lymphocytes 25%
monocytes 8% leukocytosis
B)
mononucleosis leukopenia
A) C)
leukopenia leukopoiesis
B) D)
allergies or a parasitic worm Feedback: White blood cells
C) infection produced by cancerous conditions
are not normal.
an acute bacterial infection 94
D) INCORRECT Hemophilia is caused by
Feedback: Eosinophil levels are
usually 1% to 3%. hypersecretion of
91 A) erythropoietin
INCORRECT The buffy coat, a layer that a deficiency of any clotting
appears when blood is B) factor
centrifuged for determining the
hematocrit, is made of overproduction of platelets
C)
plasma only
A) abnormal hemoglobin
D)
plasma proteins only Feedback: Hemophiliacs used to
B) be called "bleeders."
plasma proteins and red 95
C) blood cells INCORRECT Blood disorder characterized by
white blood cells and the rupture of red blood cells on
infection by protozoa is
D) platelets
Feedback: "Buffy" means "pale septicemia
in color". A)
92
CORRECT malaria
Which of these conditions B)
would most likely cause an
increase in the number of infectious mononucleosis
C)
reticulocytes in the blood?
AIDS
blood loss D)
A)
Feedback: malaria is caused by a
bacterial infection protozoa called Plasmodium.
B)
dehydration
C)
hemophilia
D)
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93
INCORRECT An abnormally high number of
normal white blood cells is