and answers 2023
What is the most common type of agranulocyte in the mammal body? -
answerLymphocyte
Leukocytes are also known as? - answerWhite blood cells
Cells involved in the production of antibodies are? - answerB cells (lymphocytes)
What are the five types of white blood cells? - answerNeutrophil
Basophil
Eosinophil
Monocyte
Lymphocyte
What are the six lymphoid tissues? - answerLymph nodes
Tonsils
Spleen
Thymus
Bursa of Fabricus
Peyers Patches
What are the four types of cells that lymphocytes can be divided into? - answerB cell
T cell
NK cell
Plasma cell
A high neutrophil count is called: - answerNeutrophilia
A low lymphocyte count is called: - answerLymphopenia
True or False?
The first line of defense is part of the adaptive immune system. - answerFalse
True or false?
MALT contains subcategories that include CALT, NALT, and GALT - answerTrue
True or false?
CALT is found in the cat only - answerFalse
What type of bone marrow produces the white blood cells? - answerRed bone marrow
, What immune system targets specific organisms? - answerThe adaptive immune
system
What is another name for antibodies? - answerImmunoglobulins
The contraction phase of the heartbeat that occurs as the current travels around the
heart is called: - answerSystole
Normal electrical impulses in the heart originate at the: - answerSA node
The three types of blood vessels are: - answerArteries
Veins
Capillaries
What are the four chambers of the heart? - answerRight atrium
Left atrium
Right ventricle
Left ventricle
Contraction of the left atrium pushes blood through the______ valve and into the left
ventricle. - answerMitral (or bicuspid) valve
Contraction of the right atrium pushes blood through the ______ valve and into the right
ventricle. - answerTricuspid valve
The layer of elastic epithelial tissue that lines the myocardium on the inside of the heart
is called the______ - answerEndothelium
The ____ arteries are responsible for bringing oxygen to the heart muscles -
answerCoronary
If an anticoagulant is used when collecting a blood sample, the fluid obtained from the
sample after it has been centrifuged is: - answerPlasma
There are 13 clotting factors. What's the minimum number of factors that can be
deficient or absent
before blood won't clot? - answerZero
What are the three granulocytes? - answereosinophils, basophils, neutrophils
What's the significance of red bone marrow becoming yellow bone marrow? -
answerThe animal is older and requires less blood cell production
What organ releases erythropoietin to stimulate erythrocyte production by the bone
marrow? - answerKidney