Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following would provide no benefit to a person suffering any one of the various types of
anemia?
A. supplemental oxygen delivered by mask
B. blood transfusion
C. supplemental bilirubin injection
D. treatment with synthetic erythropoietin - CORRECT ANSWER - supplemental bilirubin
injection
Loss of fibrinogen within the plasma would most likely cause: - CORRECT ANSWER - loss of
blood clotting
With a patient that has been given an injection of erythropoietin (EPO) you would expect to see ______ -
CORRECT ANSWER - increased hematocrit
A mismatch of blood types during a transfusion is dangerous because________ - CORRECT
ANSWER - preformed antibodies in the recipient's blood will bind and clump (agglutinate) the
donated cells
Which of the choices below is the parent cell for all formed elements of blood?
A. megakaryocyte
B. normoblast
C. hemocytoblast
D. polymorphonuclear cell - CORRECT ANSWER - hemocytoblast
Which of the following might trigger erythropoiesis?
A. hypoxia of EPO-producing cells
B. decreased tissue demand for oxygen
C. an increased number of RBCs
D. moving to a lower altitude - CORRECT ANSWER - hypoxia of EPO producing cells
When neither anti-A serum nor anti-B serum clot on a blood plate with donor blood, the blood is type: -
CORRECT ANSWER -O
, Fred's blood was determined to be AB positive. What does this mean? - CORRECT ANSWER -
There are no antibodies to A, to B, or to Rh antigens in the plasma
The following is an example of a function controlled by the ANS
A. shunts blood to more needy areas
B. speeds/slows heart &respiratory rates
C. adjusts blood pressure, body temp
D. increases/decreases gastric secretions
E. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - all of the above
which of the following is true?
A. the sympathetic nervous system is excitatory
B. the parasympathetic nervous system is excitatory
C. the parasympathetic nervous system is excitatory in the gastrointestinal system
D. the parasympathetic nervous system is excitatory in the heart
E. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - the parasympathetic nervous system is excitatory in
the gastrointestinal system
The levels of control over the autonomic nervous system include all of the following except
A. the cerebral cortex
B. the limbic system
C. the thalamus
D. the brainstem
E. the spinal cord - CORRECT ANSWER - the thalamus
A G-protein activated receptor may function via each of these except:
A. trigger the synthesis of a second messenger
B. act as a chemically gated ion channel on cell membrane
C. trigger the phosphorylation of proteins
D. trigger the opening of cell membrane ion channels
E. trigger cellular secretion - CORRECT ANSWER - act as a chemically gated ion channel on cell
membrane
Steroid hormones