Study Guide for FINAL Exam
Reminder: The study guide will help you prepare for your final, but it’s not there to replace all of the
information that was covered throughout the semester. Therefore, I strongly recommend you to study
all of your notes before you use the study guide.
Chapter 1
Cardiovascular System
Blood
1.) What are the 3 main functions of the blood?
2.) What are the different roles of these proteins?
A. albumin
B. alpha and beta globulins
C. gamma globulins
‐ their origin
‐ their different types and role
3.) What is the largest immunoglobulin called and what is its function?
4.) What is the most abundant immunoglobulin called and what is its function?
5.) What is the name of the immunoglobulin which is involved in an allergic reaction?
6.) When an individual receives a serum what type of immunity is that?
7.) When an individual gets measles and becomes cured what type of immunity will he have and
why?
8.) Discuss about antigen and antibody.
9.) What blood protein is involved in blood clotting?
10.) What is the difference between serum and plasma?
11.) What’s the main function of:
A. platelet
B. neutrophil
C. basophil
D. eosinophil
E. lymphocyte: What is the difference between lymphocyte b and lymphocyte d.
F. monocyte
12.) Among all of these formed elements mentioned above which of them are considered phagocytes
and why?
13.) If a man has a genotype AB and his wife has a genotype AO, what is the probability of them
having a child who is AA?
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, 14.) If a man is RH positive and his wife is RH positive can you predict with certainty that all their
children born in this union will be RH positive and why?
15.) If an individual is losing blood what type of hemorrhaging will he have?
16.) If an individual has a diet poor in vitamin B12 and lacks the intrinsic factor what type of anemia
will he have?
17.) If an individual is exposed to an intense chemo therapy what type of anemia will he have?
18.) What is a hematocrit?
19.) Name all of the factors that you think affect blood clotting?
Site how the factors below effect blood clotting
a. Calcium
b. Vitamin K
c. Liver
d. Thromboplastinogen
e. Prothrombine
20.) What does erythropoietin and vitamin B12 do as far as blood is concerned?
21.) What are the different layers which make up the wall of the artery?
22.) What is the difference between a venous blood and an arterial blood?
23.) What pulmonary blood vessel carries oxygenated blood to the left atria?
24.) What controls venous blood pressure?
25.) If someone is hemorrhaging will he be hypotensive or hypertensive. Will he have
bradycardia or tachycardia?
26.) Trace the path of red blood cells going from the right atria to the left ventricle.
27.) What type of circulation takes place in
a. Liver
b. Lungs
c. Fetus
28.) Define
a. circulation time
b. systole
c. diastole
d. blood pressure
29.) Where is the cardio regulatory center located?
30.) How many blood vessels are found in the umbilical cord?
31.) What does T wave depict?
What does P wave depict?
What does QRS wave depict?
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