BSCI 202 Exam 1 – Lombardi Questions
with 100% Correct Answers
What type of tissue is blood? - ✔✔Connective Tissue (mesenchyme)
What is the pH range for blood? - ✔✔7.35 - 7.45
What are the functions of blood? - ✔✔1. Distribution: Gas transport,
waste transport, nutrient movement
2. Regulation: Keeps blood pH constant, regulates heat, and fluid amount.
3. Protection: Blood clots (prevents excess blood loss), immune system
What are the 2 major components of blood? - ✔✔1. Plasma - nonliving
fluid matrix
2. Formed elements - cells
-Erythrocytes (RBC)
-Leukocytes (WBC)
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-Platelets
Blood achieves function by what it is made of is known as
_____________________ of blood. - ✔✔Complementarinism
Name the 3 plasma proteins and their function. - ✔✔1. Albumin (60%) -
Regulation
2. Globulin (36%) - Regulation and Distribution
3. Fibrinogen (4%) - Protection
True or False: A Leukocyte is an incomplete cell. - ✔✔False, A leukocyte
is a complete cell as it has all organelles.
The ability of the leukocyte to leave the bloodstream and squeeze between
cells in the blood vessels is referred to as what? - ✔✔Diapedesis
What are the two categories of leukocytes? - ✔✔1. Granulocytes -
Neutrophil, Eosinophile, and Basophil
2. Agranulocyte - Lymphocyte and Monocytes
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Which leukocyte is most abundant, and which is least abundant? -
✔✔Most - Neutrophil
Least - Basophil
Function of Granulocytes? - ✔✔Phagocytic - engulf other cells
Function of Eosinophils? - ✔✔Allergies, Asthma, and general immune
response
Function of Basophils? - ✔✔Release Histamines (vasodilator) in
response to foreign bodies.
Histamines change diameter of blood vessels, dilate to get bigger, faster
flow of blood to infected site.
Which leukocyte releases a histamine. What type of leukocyte is it? -
✔✔Basophil - Granulocyte
Name the two types of lymphocytes and their function. - ✔✔1. T
lymphocytes (T cells) - fight against virus infected cells and tumor cells
2. B - lymphocytes (B cells) - antibody producing cells
Function of Monocytes? - ✔✔- Leave circulation and enter tissue