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Chapter 12
The Cardiovascular System: Blood
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
05/07/2013

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Which of the following is not a site of hempoiesis in the adult body?
Definition
Vertebrae
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Whichof the following would not lead to a type of anemia?
Definition
Inability of the stomach to produce intrinsic factor
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The normal red blood cell count in healthy adult males is
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5.4 million RBC’s/mL
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The buffy coat of a centrifuged sample of blood contains mostly:
Definition
White blood cells
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The dominant type of blood plasma protein is:
Definition
Albumins
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Thrombopoietin is a hormone that stimulates the formation of:
Definition
Erthrocytes
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Healthy red marrow for transplanting may be supplied by a donor or by the patient when the underlying disease is inactive.  The marrow from a donor is usually removed from the
Definition
Iliac crest of the hip bone
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A gaseous hormone that can bind to hemoglobin and be released to cause localized vasodilation is:
Definition
Nitric oxide
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Place the following cells in the correct order for the production of red blood cells:
Definition

Pluripotent stem cells,

Myeloid stem cells,

CFU,

Proerythroblasts,

Erythroblasts,

Reticulocytes

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Which of the following best describes the structure of erythrocytes?
Definition
Biconcave discs that lack nuclei
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Platelets function in the:
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Clotting of blood
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Place the following cells in the correct order for the process of neutrophil production:
Definition

Pluripotent stemcells,

Myeloid stem cells,

CFU-Gem cells,

Myeoblasts

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A test to determine the percentage of each type of white blood cell is known as a _____________ count.
Definition
Differential white blood cell
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Blood is a connective tissue that consists of about__________ percent extracellular material and about ____________ percent formed elements.
Definition
45 percent, 55 percent
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The process by which white blood cells squeeze through capillaries  to reach an injured or infected tissue is called _______________.
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Emigration
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______________, commonly known as “blood poisoning” is an extremely dangerous condition in which toxins or disease-causing bacteria enter the blood.
Definition
Septicemia
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The rate of red blood cell production is measured by doing a ___________ count.
Definition
Reticulocyte
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Two families of cytokines that stimulate white blood cell formation are the __________ and the __________.
Definition
Colony stimulating factors, Interleukins
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The center of a heme ring is an ____________ ion.
Definition
Iron
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Nucleated cells (including white blood cells) have surface MHC antigens.
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White blood cells have lobed nuclei and abundant mitochondria
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Embolus and thrombus are types of clots.
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Gamma globulin is a solution of immunoglobulins.
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Constitute the largest percentage (about 60-70 percent) leukocytes.
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Neutrophils
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Make up 20-25 percent of leukocytes, are involved in immunity; form plasma cells for antibody production
Definition
Lymphocytes
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Are involved in allergic response; release serotonin, heparin, and histamine. Contain large deep blue or purple granules in cytoplasm.
Definition
Basophils
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Are involved in allergic responses; release antihistamines.  Contain large reddish granules in the cytoplasm.
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Eosinophils
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Developing into wandering macrophages that clean up sites of infection.  Cytoplasm is blue-gray and foamy in appeance.
Definition
Monocytes
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Are important in phagocytosis.
Definition
Monocytes, Neutrophils
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