Pnb 2275 Lab Practical I Updated Actual Questions And Correct Answers

PNB 2275 LAB PRACTICAL I UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Blood is a type of __ tissue that is able to regenerate itself on a regular basis
Answer:
connective

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2. If you spin a blood sample in a centrifuge on top is __, which makes up about __% of blood.
Answer:
Plasma; 55%

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3. It is mainly consisting of water and also proteins and other dissolved solutes, such as urea, salts, and
organic nutrients.
Answer:
plasma

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4. If you spin a blood sample in a centrifuge, the middle layer is a grey-white layer, called a __.
Answer:
buffy coat

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5. This layer contains platelets and various WBCs (leukocytes)
Answer:
buffy coat

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6. If you spin a blood sample in a centrifuge, the bottom layer consists of __ and is about __% of the blood.
Answer:
red blood cells (erythrocytes); 44%

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7. Collectively, the __ & __ are called the "formed elements".
Answer:
erythrocytes & the buffy coat

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8. help initiate immune responses and defend the body against pathogens
Answer:
WBCs

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9. How much bigger or smaller are WBCs compared to RBCs?
Answer:
They are about 1.5-3x larger than RBCs.

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10. WBCs are/are not motile
Answer:
ARE motile

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11. WBCs are mostly found in the __ rather than the __
Answer:
body tissues rather than the blood stream

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12. What are the 5 different types of WBCs
Answer:
Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, Basophils (Never Let Monkeys Eat Bananas)

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13. How do you view all of the components of blood?
Answer:
by preparing a blood smear slide

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14. What are the two major classes of leukocytes?
Answer:
granulocytes & agranulocytes

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15. Which leukocytes are granulocytes?
Answer:
the phils! -> neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils

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16. Which leukocytes are agranulocytes?
Answer:
A Little Monkey -> lymphocytes & monocytes

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17. When viewed under the microscope, granulocytes have visible microscopic __ in the cytoplasm.
Answer:
granules

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18. __ are the most abundant WBC type and their nuclei are __.
Answer:
Neutrophils; multi-lobed

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19. have red-pink granules in their cytoplasm and their nuclei are __.
Answer:
Eosinophils; bi-lobed nuclei with two lobes connected by a strand

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20. These make up about 2-4% of leukocytes, second most common.
Answer:
Eosinophils

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21. Eosinophilia (an increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood) is likely to come from a patient
with __.
Answer:
an allergic reaction or a parasitic infection

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22. __ are the least numerous type of leukocyte. They also have __ nuclei & blue-violet __
Answer:
Basophils; bi-lobed nuclei; granules

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23. Agranulocytes do/do not have granules in their cytoplasm/
Answer:
Technically they still have granules in their cytoplasm, but they are much smaller so they are often
over-looked.

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24. __ have large, round nuclei
Answer:
Lymphocytes

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25. __ have kidney-shaped nuclei
Answer:
Monocytes

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26. This disease is inherited and is caused by a single point mutation in the gene for the Hb beta chain.
Answer:
Sickle cell anemia

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27. Sickle cell anemia is inherited and is caused by a single __ mutation in the gene for the Hb __ chain,
causing the cells to adopt a sickle shape and not be able to carry as much oxygen.
Answer:
caused by a single POINT mutation in the gene for the Hb BETA chain

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28. What is the point mutation that causes sickle cell anemia?
Answer:
GAG -> GUG, which is a valine amino acid, rather than a glutamic acid

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29. a higher density of RBCs is characteristic of __
Answer:
polycythemia

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30. The elevated proportion of RBCs in polycythemia is result of either __ or __
Answer:
the result of either an increase in the number of RBCs or a decrease in blood plasma volume

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31. Polycythemia can be a dangerous condition when the blood becomes too __ and can result in __ & __.
Answer:
viscous; high blood pressure & clots

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32. Primary polycythemia is a rare caused by __.
Answer:
factors intrinsic to RBC precursors found in bone marrow (Hormones like erythropoietin can increase
production of erythrocytes. Chronic hypoxia and steroid hormones such as testosterone can also contribute
to polycythemia.)

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33. Blood doping is an example of transfusional __
Answer:
polycythemia

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34. This is a widespread viral disease characterized by fever, sore throat, and fatigue.
Answer:
Infectious mononucleosis

Question:
35. Infectious mononucleosis is most commonly caused by the __ virus