Reference no: EM132094920
Question: 1. In addition to its red appearance, name 3 other characteristics of blood.
2. Name the 3 main components of "whole" blood before centrifugal separation.
3. What are the formed elements in blood?
4. Would a hematocrit of 39% be considered normal? Explain
5. Name the fraction of whole blood that the hematocrit represents.
6. What is the principle behind the centrifugation process of blood?
7. One big difference between plasma and serum is that plasma has?/doesnt have? fibrinogen
8. Antibodies belong to which fraction of the plasma proteins?
9. Name the 3 types of hemopoiesis, AND the hormones involved with each type.
10. Name 3 factors that can stimulate erythropoiesis.
11. Two characteristics that differentiate erythrocytes from other cells:
12. Hemoglobin has a high capacity to carry a lot of oxygen because of its 4 globin molecules. Each of those globin molecules has an ____ atom in the heme ring for carrying oxygen.
13. Hemoglobin has 2 types of protein molecules alpha and beta globin. In sickle cell anemia, the mutation is in the ______globin chain.
14. This fraction of centrifuged whole blood at the top contains 92% water, _____and_____
15. The water-insoluble hormones we discussed earlier are carried in blood by this group of plasma proteins___________.
16. In the department of hematology, one of the most common tests done is to evaluate a blood smear for the number and morphology of these 3 formed elements. >s
17. The hemoglobin molecule can carry a lot of oxygen because it contains 4 groups of
________- which contain 4 ____atoms/ions that bind oxygen.
18. While the oxygen we breath into our lungs is carried by______, the CO2 from tissue cells is carried by these molecules.
19. A single letter change/mutation from __ to__ in the gene for hemoglobin causes all the problems in sickle cell disease.
20. Name 2 hemoglobinopathies that are part of newborn screening...
21. A person with type AB blood has:
a) B antigens on their red cells and anti-A antibodies in the plasma
b) A and B antibodies on their red cells and no antigens in the plasma
c) A and B antigens on the red cells and neither anti-A nor Anti-B antibodies in the plasma
d) A antigens on the red cells and anti-B antibodies in the plasma
22. A hematocrit is a measure of the:
a) A percentage of white blood cells in the total blood
b) A percentage of blood in the body fluids
c) A percentage of red cells in the total blood
d) A percentage of plasma in total blood
23. The normal pH range of blood is:
a) 7.00 -7.15 b) 7.35 - 7.45 c) 7.15 - 7.25 d) 7.45 - 7.55
24. The average life cycle of an erythrocyte is___________.
25. Name the 2 types of molecules that result from hemoglobin degradation/ CATABOLISM
at the end of an erythrocyte's life cycle
26. Newborns who have too much of this heme catabolism product called_________ have to be exposed to_____________ to degrade it.
27. People with hyper-bilirubinemia look jaundiced or ________because they have too much ________in their blood.
28. When new babies are left under blue light, the light converts the excess------------------in their blood to -___________.
29. The blue light that some newborn babies get exposed to, is UV light.....1pt, true/false?
30. When people, especially athletes, get their own blood cells collected, stored, and RE-transfused to increase their O2 capacity, this is called__________.
31. Sometimes athletes will use this synthetic product to achieve the same O2 capacity. >>>>1pt
32. The department of hematology always monitors these 2 parameters/tests: ________and __________, in their blood when they are anemic.
33. This blood FORMED element called________is low in people with anemia.
34. In this genetic disorder_____________, there are too many ________ in the blood.
35. The principle of blood group typing is to match __________on the red cells of blood donor and recipient
36. A person who is type AB blood, has __________on their red cells.
37. A person who is type B blood will have these molecules ________ in their plasma
38. _______% of human beings also have the RH factor antigen on their red cells so they are described as being RH _________.
39. In the lab when a technologist centrifuges whole blood, the white blood cells also called ______settle in this fraction called_________
40. These are the 2 categories of leukocytes in blood.
41. Name the 2 types ofagranulocytic leukocytes.
42. These are the most numerous granulocytes in blood.
43. These granulocytic leukocytes contain histamine.
44. These leukocytes decrease in number after infection with HIV as the virus kills them.__________.
45. Similar to erythrocytes, these cell fragments called________also lack this structure. _________.
46. This plasma protein called__________ plays a big role in initiating a blood clot
47. Mrs C. has just given birth to her second child, and the baby is severely jaundiced. She is told that the baby has Rh disease of the newborn, which is also called ___________