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COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
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The light-colored zone adjacent to the nucleus in a plasmacyte is
the:
A. ribosome
B. chromatin
C. mitochondria
D. Golgi area - ,,,,,answer,,,,,..D. Golgi area
The majority of the iron in an adult is found as a constituent of:
,A. hemoglobin
B. hemosiderin
C. myoglobin
D. transferrin - ,,,,,answer,,,,,..A. hemoglobin
The main function of the hexose monophosphate shunt in the
erythrocyte is to:
A. reglate the level of 2,3-DPG
B. provide reduced glutathione to prevent oxidation of hemoglobin
C. prevent the reduction of heme iron
D. provide energy for membrane maintenance - ,,,,,answer,,,,,..B.
provide the level 2,3-DPG
In order for hemoglobin to combine reversibly with oxygen, the
iron must be:
A. complexed with haptoglobin
B. freely circulating in the cytoplasm
C. attached to transferrin
,D. in the ferrous state - ,,,,,answer,,,,,..D. in the ferrous state
In which of the following disease states are teardrop cells and
adnormal platelets most characteristically seen?
A. hemolytic anemia
B. multiple myeloma
C. G-6-PD deficiency
D. myeloid metaplasma - ,,,,,answer,,,,,..D. myeloid metaplasia
In the normal adult, the spleen acts as a site for:
A. storage of red blood cells
B. production of red blood cells
C. synthesis of erythropoietin
D. removal of imperfect and aging cells - ,,,,,answer,,,,,..D.
removal of imperfect and aging cells
After removal of red blood cells from the circulation hemoglobin
is broken down into:
, A. iron, porphyrin, and amino acids
B. iron, protoporphyrin, and globin
C. heme, protoporphyrin, and amino acids
D. heme, hemoseridin, and globin - ,,,,,answer,,,,,..B. iron,
protoporphyrin, and globin
Heinz bodies are:
A. readily identified with polychrome stains
B. rarely found in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient
erythrocytes
C. closely associated with spherocytes
D. denatured hemoglobin inclusions that are readily removed by
the spleen - ,,,,,answer,,,,,..D. denatured hemoglobin inclusions
that are readily removed by the spleen
Cells for the transport of O2 and CO2 are:
A. erythrocytes