Chapter 15: Blood
Review Your Knowledge
Matching: Blood Cells
Directions: Match the following words with their descriptions. Some words may be used more than once.
a. platelets
b. white blood cells
c. red blood cells
1. _C_ Contains the antigens A and B
2. _C_ Requires erythropoietin for production
3. _C_ The reticulocyte is an immature cell of this type
4. _B_ Includes the neutrophil, eosinophil, and basophil
5. _A_ A deficiency causes petechiae and bleeding
6. _A_ Stickiness and plug both describe the functional role of this cell type
7. _B_ Primarily concerned with infection
8. _C_ Measured as the hematocrit
9. _B_ Classified as granulocytes and agranulocytes
10. _C_ Primarily concerned with the delivery of oxygen
Matching: Blood Clots
Directions: Match the following words with their descriptions. Some words may be used more than once.
a. embolus
b. plasmin
c. heparin
d. warfarin (Coumadin)
e. thrombus
1. _E_ A blood clot in the leg
2. _D_ Drug that interferes with the hepatic utilization of vitamin K in the synthesis of prothrombin
3. _A_ A traveling or moving blood clot
4. _B_ Enzyme that dissolves clots
5. _C_ An anticoagulant that works by removing thrombin (antithrombin activity)
Matching: Blood Types
Directions: Match the following blood types with their descriptions. Some may be used more than once.
a. A
b. B
c. AB
d. O
1. _O_ The blood cells that contain neither the A antigen nor the B antigen
2. _O_ The universal donor
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,3. _AB_ This blood type can receive type B and type A blood
4. _A_ This blood type contains only anti-B antibodies
5. _O_ This blood type contains both anti-A and anti-B antibodies
Multiple Choice
1. The erythrocyte
a. is phagocytic.
b. contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen.
c. initiates blood coagulation.
d. produces antibodies that are involved in the immune response.
2. The neutrophil
a. is a T lymphocyte.
b. is a granulocytic phagocyte.
c. secretes antibodies.
d. activates plasmin.
3. Thrombin
a. activates fibrinogen.
b. is responsible for the formation of the platelet plug.
c. is inactivated by vitamin K.
d. is inactivated by prothrombin.
4. What statement is true regarding the administration of type A+ blood to a type O− recipient?
a. The blood types are compatible; no hemolytic reaction is expected.
b. Persons with O− blood are allergic to type A+ blood.
c. The administration of type A+ blood to a type O− recipient causes hemolysis.
d. Persons with type O− blood can safely receive type A+ blood.
5. Erythropoietin
a. is synthesized by the bone marrow.
b. stimulates the bone marrow to make neutrophils.
c. is released by the kidney in response to hypoxemia.
d. is located within the RBC, where it binds loosely with O2.
6. Which of the following is most likely to cause jaundice?
a. Anemia
b. A deficiency of erythropoietin
c. A deficiency of intrinsic factor
d. Hemolysis
7. Which of the following is a true statement?
a. The reticulocyte is an immature thrombocyte.
b. The neutrophil is a phagocytic granulocyte.
c. The neutrophil, basophil, and eosinophil are fragments of the megakaryocyte.
d. A deficiency of reticulocytes causes hypoprothrombinemia.
8. Hypoprothrombinemia and a prolonged prothrombin time is
a. associated with bleeding.
b. symptomatic of pernicious anemia.
c. a consequence of heparin therapy.
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, d. a consequence of thrombocytopenia.
9. Characteristics of hyperbilirubinemia include which of the following?
a. Can be caused by hemolysis
b. Causes jaundice
c. Can cause kernicterus
d. All of the above
10. Activation of plasminogen
a. stimulates phagocytosis.
b. activates the clotting cascade.
c. dissolves blood clots.
d. stimulates erythropoiesis.
11. Which of the following is most descriptive of neutrophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes?
a. Granulocytes
b. Thrombocytes
c. Leukocytes
d. Megakaryocytes
12. Clinically, a hematocrit is used to assess which of the following?
a. The rate at which thrombin causes blood to clot
b. The phagocytic activity of WBCs
c. The percentage of RBCs in a sample of blood
d. The number reticulocytes in a sample of blood
13. Which of the following is true of the words hemostasis, hemolytic, and hematuria?
a. All refer to diseases of the blood.
b. All refer to conditions that cause red blood cell destruction and jaundice.
c. All refer to conditions that are caused by the failure of the red bone marrow to make RBCs.
d. All refer to blood.
14. Which of the following is true of the words neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, and granulocytopenia?
a. All refer to states of deficiency.
b. All refer to leukocyte function.
c. All refer to types of anemia.
d. All refer to causes of leukocytosis.
15. Which of the following is least related to heme?
a. Oxygen
b. Phagocytosis
c. RBC
d. Iron
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Review Your Knowledge
Matching: Blood Cells
Directions: Match the following words with their descriptions. Some words may be used more than once.
a. platelets
b. white blood cells
c. red blood cells
1. _C_ Contains the antigens A and B
2. _C_ Requires erythropoietin for production
3. _C_ The reticulocyte is an immature cell of this type
4. _B_ Includes the neutrophil, eosinophil, and basophil
5. _A_ A deficiency causes petechiae and bleeding
6. _A_ Stickiness and plug both describe the functional role of this cell type
7. _B_ Primarily concerned with infection
8. _C_ Measured as the hematocrit
9. _B_ Classified as granulocytes and agranulocytes
10. _C_ Primarily concerned with the delivery of oxygen
Matching: Blood Clots
Directions: Match the following words with their descriptions. Some words may be used more than once.
a. embolus
b. plasmin
c. heparin
d. warfarin (Coumadin)
e. thrombus
1. _E_ A blood clot in the leg
2. _D_ Drug that interferes with the hepatic utilization of vitamin K in the synthesis of prothrombin
3. _A_ A traveling or moving blood clot
4. _B_ Enzyme that dissolves clots
5. _C_ An anticoagulant that works by removing thrombin (antithrombin activity)
Matching: Blood Types
Directions: Match the following blood types with their descriptions. Some may be used more than once.
a. A
b. B
c. AB
d. O
1. _O_ The blood cells that contain neither the A antigen nor the B antigen
2. _O_ The universal donor
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,3. _AB_ This blood type can receive type B and type A blood
4. _A_ This blood type contains only anti-B antibodies
5. _O_ This blood type contains both anti-A and anti-B antibodies
Multiple Choice
1. The erythrocyte
a. is phagocytic.
b. contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen.
c. initiates blood coagulation.
d. produces antibodies that are involved in the immune response.
2. The neutrophil
a. is a T lymphocyte.
b. is a granulocytic phagocyte.
c. secretes antibodies.
d. activates plasmin.
3. Thrombin
a. activates fibrinogen.
b. is responsible for the formation of the platelet plug.
c. is inactivated by vitamin K.
d. is inactivated by prothrombin.
4. What statement is true regarding the administration of type A+ blood to a type O− recipient?
a. The blood types are compatible; no hemolytic reaction is expected.
b. Persons with O− blood are allergic to type A+ blood.
c. The administration of type A+ blood to a type O− recipient causes hemolysis.
d. Persons with type O− blood can safely receive type A+ blood.
5. Erythropoietin
a. is synthesized by the bone marrow.
b. stimulates the bone marrow to make neutrophils.
c. is released by the kidney in response to hypoxemia.
d. is located within the RBC, where it binds loosely with O2.
6. Which of the following is most likely to cause jaundice?
a. Anemia
b. A deficiency of erythropoietin
c. A deficiency of intrinsic factor
d. Hemolysis
7. Which of the following is a true statement?
a. The reticulocyte is an immature thrombocyte.
b. The neutrophil is a phagocytic granulocyte.
c. The neutrophil, basophil, and eosinophil are fragments of the megakaryocyte.
d. A deficiency of reticulocytes causes hypoprothrombinemia.
8. Hypoprothrombinemia and a prolonged prothrombin time is
a. associated with bleeding.
b. symptomatic of pernicious anemia.
c. a consequence of heparin therapy.
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, d. a consequence of thrombocytopenia.
9. Characteristics of hyperbilirubinemia include which of the following?
a. Can be caused by hemolysis
b. Causes jaundice
c. Can cause kernicterus
d. All of the above
10. Activation of plasminogen
a. stimulates phagocytosis.
b. activates the clotting cascade.
c. dissolves blood clots.
d. stimulates erythropoiesis.
11. Which of the following is most descriptive of neutrophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes?
a. Granulocytes
b. Thrombocytes
c. Leukocytes
d. Megakaryocytes
12. Clinically, a hematocrit is used to assess which of the following?
a. The rate at which thrombin causes blood to clot
b. The phagocytic activity of WBCs
c. The percentage of RBCs in a sample of blood
d. The number reticulocytes in a sample of blood
13. Which of the following is true of the words hemostasis, hemolytic, and hematuria?
a. All refer to diseases of the blood.
b. All refer to conditions that cause red blood cell destruction and jaundice.
c. All refer to conditions that are caused by the failure of the red bone marrow to make RBCs.
d. All refer to blood.
14. Which of the following is true of the words neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, and granulocytopenia?
a. All refer to states of deficiency.
b. All refer to leukocyte function.
c. All refer to types of anemia.
d. All refer to causes of leukocytosis.
15. Which of the following is least related to heme?
a. Oxygen
b. Phagocytosis
c. RBC
d. Iron
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