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BIO 255 EXAM 4 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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Whole blood consists of_____. 55% plasma, 45% formed elements
Components of whole blood platelets consist of plasma membrane-enclosed cytoplasm; each never had its own
surrounded by a plasma membrane are nucleus
more correctly called formed elements
rather than cells is because _.
What is the ground substance of blood? plasma
Identify the membrane-bound components Erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets
of whole blood.
Which component of blood is primarily plasma
responsible for its regulatory functions?
The formed elements in order from most to erythrocytes, platelets, leukocytes
least abundant per unit of whole blood are
The only formed elements that are leukocytes
nucleated when mature are the_____.
Plasma contains_____but serum does not. clotting factors
Metabolic
Identify the types of substances wastes
transported by blood. Hormones
Gases
Nutrients
Blood is classified as_____tissue. connective
Regulation of pH of tissue fluid
What types of regulatory functions are
Regulation of body temperature
performed by blood?
Regulation of body fluid levels
_____of plasma is made of plasma proteins. 7%
The liquid portion of whole blood is called plasma
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The category of plasma component LEAST protein
likely, under normal conditions, to be
present in the same amount in interstitial
fluid is_____.
Albumin constitutes about______of all 58%
plasma proteins.
By weight, plasma is approximately______% 7
protein and 92% water.
Which describes both plasma and Both are extracellular fluids.
interstitial fluid?
"The percentage of erythrocytes in whole clinical, medical dictionary
blood" is the definition of
hematocrit,
whereas "the percentage of formed
elements in whole blood" is the ______
definition of hematocrit.
Mature erythrocytes lack_____. nucleus
An average of about______of erythrocytes 1%
are removed from circulation per day.
In order from most to least abundant, water, proteins, small solutes and gases
the components of plasma are _.
The formed elements that erythrocytes
transport respiratory gases are
called_________________________.
Old and/or damaged erythrocytes are the liver and spleen
removed from circulation as they
pass through _.
As they pass through small blood vessels, a rouleau (rouleaux)
erythrocytes may pack together, single-file,
like a roll of coins; this formation is called
______.
Erythrocytes circulate in the bloodstream 120 days
for approximately____.
Electrolytes, nutrients, gases and wastes less than 1%
make up____of plasma by weight.
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