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ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY QUIZ: BLOOD - FORM A
A
____ 1.
The main function of these cells is to defend the body against infection.
A. leukocytes
B. erythrocytes
C. thrombocytes
D. merkel cells
C
____ 2.
These cells play an essential role in the blood clotting process.
A. leukocytes
B. erythrocytes
C. thrombocytes
D. merkel cells
B
____ 3.
These blood cells carry oxygen to tissues throughout the body.
A. leukocytes
B. erythrocytes
C. thrombocytes
D. merkel cells
A
____ 4.
What is the name of the process that generates new red blood cells?
A. erythropoiesis
B. leukemia
C. anemia
D. hematopoies
D
____ 5.
What is the life span of red blood cells?
A. 6 months
B. 2 years
C. 15 days
D
____ 6.
What part of blood transports dissolved materials?
A. leukocytes
B. erythrocytes
C. thrombocytes
B
____ 7.
What part of blood contains hemoglobin, lacks a nucleus, and has a biconcave
shape?
A. leukocytes
B. erythrocytes
C. thrombocytes
D. plasma
A
____ 8.
Erythrocytes are
A. red blood cells
D
____ 9.
What part of blood consists of water, proteins and other dissolved materials?
A. leukocytes
B. erythrocytes
C. thrombocytes
D. plasma
C
____ 10. What part of blood are cell fragments involved in blood clotting?
A. leukocytes
B. erythrocytes
C. thrombocytes
D. plasma
B
____ 11. The red color of the blood is due to the
A. color of the plasma
B. hemoglobin in erythrocytes
C. color of red granules in eosinophils
D. color of red granules in basophils
C
____ 12. These cells enter the injured tissues and transform into tissue macrophages.
Macrophages are the first line of defense. Their job is to phagocyose bacteria
and tissue debris.
A. eosinophils B. neutrophils C. monocytes D. basophils
B. white blood cells
D. 120 days
C. platelets
D. plasma
D. plasma
C
____ 13. What are the four human blood types?
A. A, B, C, and O
B. A, B, C, and D
C. A, B. AB, and O
D. I, II, III, and IV
B
____ 14. Erythroblastosis fetalis, also known as hemolytic disease of the newborn, most
often occurs in ______________ mothers carrying ______________ fetuses.
A. Rh +; Rh B. Rh -; Rh+
C. type A; type O
D. type A; type B
A
____ 15. A person with type AB blood would have ____________ antigens on red blood
cells, and ___________ antibodies carried in the plasma.
A. A and B; neither anti-A or anti-B
B. Neither A nor B; both anti-A and anti-B
C. B; anti-A
D. A; anti-B
D
____ 16. A person with eosinophilia, or greater than normal numbers of eosinophils, is
most likely suffering from ____________.
A. anemia
B. bacterial infection
C. an autoimmune disease
D. allergies or internal parasites
B
____ 17. What is the metal/element that is found in hemoglobin?
A. copper
B. iron
C. magnesium
D. zinc
C
____ 18. The disease associated with the inability to clot blood - results in excessive
bleeding
A. sickle cell anemia B. malaria
C. hemophilia
D. thrombosis
C
____ 19. What is the most common leukocyte?
A. monocyte
B. eosinophil
C. neutrophil
D. basophil
D
____ 20. What is the least common leukocyte?
A. monocyte
B. eosinophil
C. neutrophil
D. basophil