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Chapters with Answers and Rationals
Which hormone stimulates proliferation of RBCs in red bone marrow? - ANSWER: Erythropoietin
approxiamently how many hemoglobin molecules are found in each RBC - ANSWER: 280 million
Ferritin is a protein used to - ANSWER: store iron in the liver
Whats the major function of RBCS - ANSWER: gas transport
towards the end of erythropoiesis in the bone marrow, a red blood cell loses its nucleus and becomes
a - ANSWER: Reticulocyte
which blood cell is involved in reducing blood loss from a damaged blood vessel - ANSWER: Platelet
Which blood cell releases granules that intensify the inflammatory response and promote
hypersensitivity (allergic) Reactions? - ANSWER: Basophil
which blood cell phagocytizes antigen-antibody complexes and are effective against parasitic worms?
- ANSWER: eosinophil
which blood cell is the main soilders in the immune system defense of the body against microbial
invaders - ANSWER: lymphocyte
The process of a white blood cell squeezing betweem endothelial cells to exit a blood vessel is called -
ANSWER: emigration
what chemical substance is not commonly released by mast cells - ANSWER: Nitric oxide
which hormone stimulates the development of megakaryoblasts - ANSWER: thrombopoientin
list the sequence of steps that occur during hemostasis in response to a damaged blood vessel -
ANSWER: vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, clotting
the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of blood clotting are identical after formation of - ANSWER:
prothrobinase
what result in maternal antibodies attacking fetal blood cells during a second pregnacy - ANSWER:
mom is rh negative and fetus is rh positive
which substance is an anticoagulant produced by mast cells and basophils - ANSWER: anti-a and anti b
what blood type is a person if their plasma contains only anti-A agglutin - ANSWER: B
list the major functions of blood - ANSWER: 1) Tranportation of Oxygen, Carbon dioxide, nutrients,
wastes, Hormones and heat
2) regulation of ph via buffers, body temperature
3) protection via clotting, antibodies , phagocytosis
which precursor cell eventually gives rise to neutrophils - ANSWER: myeloblast
which precursor cell eventually gives rise to platelets - ANSWER: megkaryoblast