A&P 2 Exam Final Exam 1 | Complete Lecture-
Based 2025 - 100% Verified Questions + In-Depth
Explanations
Questions and Mark scheme
Version: Final 1.1
, What is blood plasma? What percentage of it is water? - ✔✔The extra cellular fluid found in blood vessels; blood minus
the formed elements.
-91.5% water
8.5% solutes
What are the three major groups of plasma proteins? Which one plays a role in disease resistance and which one plays a
role in blood clotting? - ✔✔Albumin, Globulins, Fibrinogen
Globulins: immunoglobulins help attack viruses and bacteria. alpha and beta globulins transport iron, lipids and fat-
soluble vitamins.
Fibrinogen : plays essential role in blood clotting.
What is hemopoiesis? - ✔✔Process by which formed elements of blood develops.
What type of white cell produces platelets? What is another name for platelets? - ✔✔Hemopoietic stem cells
Thrombocytes
What does the hormone erythropoietin do? Where is it produced and where are its target cells? - ✔✔-Increases the
number of RBC's precursors produced
-Primarily by cells in the kidneys that lie between the kidney tubules (peri tubular interstitial cells).
Approximately how many hemoglobin molecules are found in each RBC? How many oxygen molecules can each
hemoglobin molecule carry? How many oxygen molecules can each RBC carry? - ✔✔-Approximately how many
hemoglobin molecules are found in each RBC? 280
-How many oxygen molecules can each. Hemoglobin molecules carry? 4 oxygen
-How many oxygen molecules can each RBC carry?-1billion
-250 million hemoglobin molecule in each red blood cell.
-each hemoglobin molecule can bind 4oxygen molecules.