BIO 139 LECTURE TEST #1
COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS (FREQUENTLY
TESTED) WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
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1. What are the 3 main components of blood?
Answer: Erythrocytes Leukocytes
Plasma
2. Physical characteristics of blood. Answer: red, ph Answer: 7.35, 100 degrees F, 8%
body weight
3. Bright red blood is Answer: oxygenated
4. Dark red blood is Answer: deoxygenated
5. Functions of blood Answer: distribution, regulation, protection
6. What are formed elements? Answer: RBC, leukocytes, platelets
7. Neutrophils Answer: fight bacteria, quick acting
8. Why aren't RBC and platelets not truly cells? Answer: they don't have a
mitochondria or nucleus
9. Factors that made erythrocytes good at what it does? Answer: small size,
large surface area, 97% Hb
10. Hemoglobins role Answer: carries oxygen because heme groups
11. What is the major hormone controlling RBC formation in the
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kidneys? Answer: Erythro- protein
12. Anemia Answer: low O2 carrying capacity
13. Causes of anemia Answer: insuflcient RBC, low Hb count, iron deficiency, abnormal Hb
14. What is blood doping? Answer: injecting RBC to make EPO synthesize RBC
15. Blood doping consequences Answer: high viscosity, temperature, increase blood
pressure , possibly AIDS
16. Normal WBC Count Answer: 4800-10800
17. Steps of clotting Answer: 1. Vascular spasm, constriction of blood vessels
2. Platelet plug formation, aggregated at wound site to form a temporary plug
3. Coagulation. blood turns from liquid to gel, fibrin mesh forms
18. What is an thrombus? Answer: clot that develops in a healthy vessel
19. What is an embolus? Answer: thrombus broken free
20. What is an embolism? Answer: thrombus obstructs a blood vessel
21. What is hemophilia? Answer: hereditary disease, born without genes for clotting,
bleed from subtle traumas, rely on transfusion
22. What percent of blood loss can you have before shock and
death? Answer: 30%
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COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS (FREQUENTLY
TESTED) WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Contact for further consultation
1. What are the 3 main components of blood?
Answer: Erythrocytes Leukocytes
Plasma
2. Physical characteristics of blood. Answer: red, ph Answer: 7.35, 100 degrees F, 8%
body weight
3. Bright red blood is Answer: oxygenated
4. Dark red blood is Answer: deoxygenated
5. Functions of blood Answer: distribution, regulation, protection
6. What are formed elements? Answer: RBC, leukocytes, platelets
7. Neutrophils Answer: fight bacteria, quick acting
8. Why aren't RBC and platelets not truly cells? Answer: they don't have a
mitochondria or nucleus
9. Factors that made erythrocytes good at what it does? Answer: small size,
large surface area, 97% Hb
10. Hemoglobins role Answer: carries oxygen because heme groups
11. What is the major hormone controlling RBC formation in the
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18
, Contact for further consultation
kidneys? Answer: Erythro- protein
12. Anemia Answer: low O2 carrying capacity
13. Causes of anemia Answer: insuflcient RBC, low Hb count, iron deficiency, abnormal Hb
14. What is blood doping? Answer: injecting RBC to make EPO synthesize RBC
15. Blood doping consequences Answer: high viscosity, temperature, increase blood
pressure , possibly AIDS
16. Normal WBC Count Answer: 4800-10800
17. Steps of clotting Answer: 1. Vascular spasm, constriction of blood vessels
2. Platelet plug formation, aggregated at wound site to form a temporary plug
3. Coagulation. blood turns from liquid to gel, fibrin mesh forms
18. What is an thrombus? Answer: clot that develops in a healthy vessel
19. What is an embolus? Answer: thrombus broken free
20. What is an embolism? Answer: thrombus obstructs a blood vessel
21. What is hemophilia? Answer: hereditary disease, born without genes for clotting,
bleed from subtle traumas, rely on transfusion
22. What percent of blood loss can you have before shock and
death? Answer: 30%
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