ST212 HBHI CH 15 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRRECT ANSWERS
1. Which of the following is an oxygen-carrying blood cell?
a. Granulocyte
b. Erythrocyte
c. Thrombocyte
d. Eosinophil - ✔✔ANS: B
2. Which blood cell fits this description: granulocytic, phagocytic, and motile?
a. Thrombocyte
b. Eosinophil
c. Neutrophil
d. Lymphocyte - ✔✔ANS: C
3. Monocytes and lymphocytes
a. contain hemoglobin.
b. are thrombocytes.
c. are nongranular leukocytes.
d. are hemostatic. - ✔✔ANS: C
4. Which of the following is most descriptive of a reticulocyte?
a. Thrombocyte
b. Granulocyte
c. Platelet
d. Immature erythrocyte - ✔✔ANS: D
,5. Rapid breakdown of which blood cell causes jaundice?
a. Granulocyte
b. Platelet
c. Red blood cell
d. Lymphocyte - ✔✔ANS: C
6. Which of the following causes granulocytopenia?
a. Myelosuppression
b. Hemolysis
c. Phagocytosis
d. Petechiae - ✔✔ANS: A
7. Thrombocytopenia
a. refers to a deficiency of platelets.
b. is caused by myelosuppression.
c. may be accompanied by aplastic anemia and granulocytopenia.
d. All of the above are true. - ✔✔ANS: D
8. An infection is most often accompanied by
a. thrombocytopenia.
b. anemia.
c. jaundice.
d. Leukocytosis. - ✔✔ANS: D
9. Heme contains
a. albumin.
b. plasma.
, c. iron.
d. Erythropoietin. - ✔✔ANS: C
10. Erythropoietin
a. is secreted by the kidneys.
b. stimulates the bone marrow to produce RBCs.
c. is released in response to hypoxemia.
d. All of the above are true. - ✔✔ANS: D
11. Which of the following is the stimulus for the release of erythropoietin?
a. Hypoxemia
b. Low blood volume
c. Low plasma pH (acidosis)
d. Infection - ✔✔ANS: A
12. Which of the following best describes prothrombin and fibrinogen?
a. Thrombolytic agents
b. Anticoagulants
c. Clotting factors
d. Plasminogen activators - ✔✔ANS: C
13. Which of the following is least associated with hemostasis?
a. Coagulation
b. Platelet plug
c. Phagocytosis
d. Blood vessel spasm - ✔✔ANS: C
CORRRECT ANSWERS
1. Which of the following is an oxygen-carrying blood cell?
a. Granulocyte
b. Erythrocyte
c. Thrombocyte
d. Eosinophil - ✔✔ANS: B
2. Which blood cell fits this description: granulocytic, phagocytic, and motile?
a. Thrombocyte
b. Eosinophil
c. Neutrophil
d. Lymphocyte - ✔✔ANS: C
3. Monocytes and lymphocytes
a. contain hemoglobin.
b. are thrombocytes.
c. are nongranular leukocytes.
d. are hemostatic. - ✔✔ANS: C
4. Which of the following is most descriptive of a reticulocyte?
a. Thrombocyte
b. Granulocyte
c. Platelet
d. Immature erythrocyte - ✔✔ANS: D
,5. Rapid breakdown of which blood cell causes jaundice?
a. Granulocyte
b. Platelet
c. Red blood cell
d. Lymphocyte - ✔✔ANS: C
6. Which of the following causes granulocytopenia?
a. Myelosuppression
b. Hemolysis
c. Phagocytosis
d. Petechiae - ✔✔ANS: A
7. Thrombocytopenia
a. refers to a deficiency of platelets.
b. is caused by myelosuppression.
c. may be accompanied by aplastic anemia and granulocytopenia.
d. All of the above are true. - ✔✔ANS: D
8. An infection is most often accompanied by
a. thrombocytopenia.
b. anemia.
c. jaundice.
d. Leukocytosis. - ✔✔ANS: D
9. Heme contains
a. albumin.
b. plasma.
, c. iron.
d. Erythropoietin. - ✔✔ANS: C
10. Erythropoietin
a. is secreted by the kidneys.
b. stimulates the bone marrow to produce RBCs.
c. is released in response to hypoxemia.
d. All of the above are true. - ✔✔ANS: D
11. Which of the following is the stimulus for the release of erythropoietin?
a. Hypoxemia
b. Low blood volume
c. Low plasma pH (acidosis)
d. Infection - ✔✔ANS: A
12. Which of the following best describes prothrombin and fibrinogen?
a. Thrombolytic agents
b. Anticoagulants
c. Clotting factors
d. Plasminogen activators - ✔✔ANS: C
13. Which of the following is least associated with hemostasis?
a. Coagulation
b. Platelet plug
c. Phagocytosis
d. Blood vessel spasm - ✔✔ANS: C
