Solutions
_____ is treatable with photo- therapy Correct Answers Dermal
icterus
_____ of O2 is transported by hemoglobin Correct Answers
98%
(allergies, some infections, DM)
Secrete histamine (vasodilator)
Secrete heparin (anticoagulant) Correct Answers basophils
(dissolution of a clot) Correct Answers Fibrinolysis
(increase in bacterial infections)
Phagocytosis of bacteria
Release antimicrobial chemicals Correct Answers neutrophils
(increase in diverse infections and immune responses)
Destroy cells (cancer, foreign, and virally infected cells) Correct
Answers lymphocytes
(increase in viral infections and inflammation)
Differentiate into macrophages Correct Answers monocytes
% of blood composed of cells Correct Answers Hematocrit
(packed cell volume)
3 categories of plasma proteins Correct Answers albumins,
globulins (antibodies), fibrinogen
, 3 steps for vascular hemostasis
VPC Correct Answers vascular spasm
platelet plug formation (cork board)
coagulation and retraction
33% of erythrocyte cytoplasm is Correct Answers hemoglobin
Hb
abnormal clotting in unbroken vessel
most likely to occur in leg veins of inactive people Correct
Answers Thrombosis
adults have how much blood Correct Answers 5L (4-6L range)
Americans die annually of thromboembolism Correct Answers
650,000
antigens are produced by Correct Answers plasma
cells/leukocytes
are present in plasma
activate one factor and it will activate the next to form a
reaction cascade Correct Answers Procoagulants (clotting
factors)
blood is _____ times as viscous as water Correct Answers 5
both intrinsic and extrinsic pathways need _____ to prevent
clotting Correct Answers calcium