Answers
Buffy coat – answer What is the name of the RBC layer that is formed after blood is
centrifuged
a. Buffy coat
b. Plasma
c. Hematocrit
d. Rubro layer
d. O- - answer Which blood type is considered the universal donor?
a. AB+
b. AB-
c. O+
d. O-
a. Neutrophils
b. Basophils
d. Eosinophils – answer Which of the following WBC types is considered granular?
(Select all that apply)
a. Neutrophils
b. Basophils
c. Monocytes
d. Eosinophils
e. Lymphocytes
a. Diapedesis – answer When a phagocytic WBC arrives at the site of an infection, it will
leave the blood vessel by squeezing between the cells that make up the blood vessel
wall. This process is known as what?
a. Diapedesis
b. Agglutination
c. Hemolysis
d. Polycythemia
b. Platelet plug formation - answerWhat is the second step in blood clot formation?
a. Lysis of the fibrin mesh
b. Platelet plug formation
c. Vascular spasm
d. Coagulation
, b. Tissue factor - answerWhich of the following clotting factors does NOT come from the
liver as it's source?
a. Fibrinogen
b. Tissue factor
c. Serum prothrombin conversion activator
d. Thrombokinase
a. B-
e. O+ - answerWhich of the following blood types would be compatible donors for
someone who has B+ bloodtype? (Select all that apply)
a. B-
b. A+
c. AB+
d. AB-
e. O+
d. EPO - answerWhat hormone is necessary for the formation of new RBCs in the bone
marrow?
a. Bilirubin
b. Hematopoiesis
c. Hemoglobin
d. EPO
b. Vitamin K - answerWhich vitamin is used as a pre-cursor to 4 of the clotting factors?
a. Vitamin D
b. Vitamin K
c. Vitamin A
d. Vitamin C
b. Sickle-cell anemia - answerWhat disease creates a RBC with a C shape instead of
the normal biconcave disc shape?
a. Polycythemia vera
b. Sickle-cell anemia
c. Erythroblastosis fetalis
d. Hemolytic disease
Transportation, Regulation, and Protection - answerWhat are the three major functions
of the blood?