Human Biology Chapter 6 questions
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What are the five things that blood transports? ANS - Oxygen
Nutrients
Wastes
Carbon Dioxide
Hormones
What does blood defend against? ANS - Invasion by pathogens
What are the three regulatory functions of the blood? ANS - Body Temperature
Water-Salt Balance
Body pH
What type of tissue is blood? ANS - Fluid Connective Tissue
What are the three formed elements produced in red bone marrow? ANS - Red blood cells
White blood cells
Platelets
What is another name for red blood cells? ANS - Erythrocytes
What is another name for white blood cells? ANS - Leukocytes
What is another name for platelets? ANS - Thrombocytes
What consists of 91% water and 9% salts and organic molecules in the blood? ANS - Plasma
, What are the most abundant organic molecules found in the blood? ANS - Plasma Proteins
What are the three major types of plasma proteins? ANS - Albumins
Globulins
Fibrinogen
What plasma protein is the most abundant and important for plasma's osmotic pressure as well as
transport? ANS - Albumins
What plasma protein is also important in transport? ANS - Globulins
What plasma protein is important for the formation of blood clots? ANS - Fibrinogens
What type of cells' structure is important to their function? ANS - Red Blood Cells
What lacks a nucleus and has few organelles? ANS - Red Blood Cells
What has a biconcave shape that increases its surface area? ANS - Red Blood Cells
What contains about 280 million hemoglobin molecules that bind 3 molecules of oxygen each? ANS -
Red Blood Cells
What are the three ways carbon dioxide is transported? ANS - 68% as a bicarbonate ion in the plasma.
25% bound to hemoglobin in red blood cells.
7% as carbon dioxide in the plasma.
Where are red blood cells produced? ANS - Red Bone Marrow
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What are the five things that blood transports? ANS - Oxygen
Nutrients
Wastes
Carbon Dioxide
Hormones
What does blood defend against? ANS - Invasion by pathogens
What are the three regulatory functions of the blood? ANS - Body Temperature
Water-Salt Balance
Body pH
What type of tissue is blood? ANS - Fluid Connective Tissue
What are the three formed elements produced in red bone marrow? ANS - Red blood cells
White blood cells
Platelets
What is another name for red blood cells? ANS - Erythrocytes
What is another name for white blood cells? ANS - Leukocytes
What is another name for platelets? ANS - Thrombocytes
What consists of 91% water and 9% salts and organic molecules in the blood? ANS - Plasma
, What are the most abundant organic molecules found in the blood? ANS - Plasma Proteins
What are the three major types of plasma proteins? ANS - Albumins
Globulins
Fibrinogen
What plasma protein is the most abundant and important for plasma's osmotic pressure as well as
transport? ANS - Albumins
What plasma protein is also important in transport? ANS - Globulins
What plasma protein is important for the formation of blood clots? ANS - Fibrinogens
What type of cells' structure is important to their function? ANS - Red Blood Cells
What lacks a nucleus and has few organelles? ANS - Red Blood Cells
What has a biconcave shape that increases its surface area? ANS - Red Blood Cells
What contains about 280 million hemoglobin molecules that bind 3 molecules of oxygen each? ANS -
Red Blood Cells
What are the three ways carbon dioxide is transported? ANS - 68% as a bicarbonate ion in the plasma.
25% bound to hemoglobin in red blood cells.
7% as carbon dioxide in the plasma.
Where are red blood cells produced? ANS - Red Bone Marrow
