1. What is the name of the chemical substances that are sent to the hypothalamus to cause
fevers?
Pyrogens
2. What is the name for the damaged area that occurs below the epidermis?
Abscess
3. Which of the following is NOT a symptom caused directly by carbon monoxide?
Nausea
4. Carbon monoxide combines with _______ - this deprives blood cells of oxygen.
Hemoglobin
5. What is the term for the rupture of red blood cells?
Hemolysis
6. Which of the following releases histamine?
Basophils
7. The condition in which the number of white blood cells is too low is called ___________.
Leukopenia
8. Erythroblastosis fetalis occurs when an Rh-negative fetus grows inside an Rh-positive mother.
False
9. What is the name of the drug given to mothers who are in danger of erythroblastosis fetalis?
RhoGAM
10. Which type of anemia is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B12 or lack of intrinsic factor?
Pernicious anemia
11. Which type of anemia can have idiopathic causes?
Aplastic anemia
12. Which of the following is NOT a hereditary disorder?
Embolism
13. What occurs in people with polycythemia?
They have too many red blood cells
14. Which of the following would NOT be an example of an embolus?
Water
15. What is desmopressin used for?
Stimulates the release of more clotting factor
16. In which of the following will blood not clot properly because of a decreased rbc count?
Thrombocytopenia
17. Which of these disorders has a poor prognosis?
Multiple myeloma