MATHEMATICS PROBLEMS ANSWERS
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●● Plasma.
Answer: mainly water with dissolved substances such as proteins (55%
of whole blood)
●● Leukocytes.
Answer: white blood cells, help body recognize and fight off foreign
substances
●● Thrombocytes.
Answer: "platelets", cell fragments that help stop bleeding when a blood
vessel is damaged
●● Erythrocytes.
Answer: red blood cells, carry oxygen and carbon dioxide between lungs
and rest of body, 45% of whole blood
●● Hemoglobin.
Answer: protein that binds and carrys oxygen; found in red blood cells
, ●● Erythropoietin.
Answer: EPO, the hormone that regulates the formation and destruction
of red blood cells, made in kidneys
●● Hemostasis.
Answer: process body uses to stop bleeding (3 main steps)
●● Antigens.
Answer: glycoprotein and glycolipid cell-surface markers
●● Antibodies.
Answer: respond to foreign antigens by binding and clumpine cells
together for destruction
●● Agglutinogens.
Answer: the antigens found on red blood cells; blood type is determined
by the presence or absence of A and B agglutinogens
●● Rh Factor.
Answer: Rhesus (Rh) antigens; make blood + or -
●● Blood Flow - Right Side.