Practice Exam for the blood chapter
7. Which of the following is NOT a function of the lymph system?
a. fighting infection
b. transporting dissolved gases
c. reclaiming fluids
d. harboring white blood cells
e. All are functions of the lymph system.
8. Which of the following makes up the greatest percentage of human plasma?
a. albumin
b. red blood cells
c. white blood cells
d. water
e. dissolved ions, sugars, hormones, etc.
9. Which cell is NOT the same type as the others?
a. erythrocytes
b. neutrophils
c. lymphocytes
d. eosinophils
e. monocytes
10. Which cell is NOT involved with the defense response?
a. erythrocytes
b. neutrophils
c. lymphocytes
d. eosinophils
e. monocytes
11. Which cell is the most abundant in the human body?
a. lymphocytes
b. basophils
c. erythrocytes
d. neutrophils
e. platelets
12. Which cell produces the fibrin used in blood clots?
a. lymphocytes
b. basophils
c. erythrocytes
d. neutrophils
e. platelets
13. In humans, which cell does NOT have a nucleus when mature?
a. erythrocytes
b.
c.
d.
e.
lymphocytes
neutrophils
eosinophils
monocytes
14. Most of the oxygen in the blood is transported by
a. plasma.
b. serum.
c. platelets.
d. hemoglobin.
e. leukocytes.
15. Red blood cells originate in the
a. liver.
b. spleen.
c. kidneys.
d. bone marrow.
e. thymus gland.
16. How long does the average red blood cell live?
a. 4 days
b. 4 weeks
c. 4 months
d. 1 year
e. 4 years
17. About how many quarts of blood does a normal, 150-pound, human male have?
a. 2–3
b. 3–4
c. 4–5
d. 5–6
e. 6–7
18. What percent of the total blood volume does plasma normally amount to?
a. 15 to 25
b. 33 to 40
c. 50 to 60
d. 66 to 75
e. about 80
19. Hemoglobin contains which element?
a. chlorine
b. sodium
c. iron
d. copper
e. magnesium
20. Megakaryocytes fragment to produce
a. red blood cells.
b. lymphocytes.
c. platelets.
d. eosinophils.
e. neutrophils.
21. Blood rich in oxygen is what color?
a. yellow
b. pink
c. bright red
d. blue
e. purple
22. Type A blood will NOT agglutinate when mixed with
a. type B blood.
b. type A blood.
c. type AB blood.
d. type O blood.
e. both A and AB, but will clump with types B and O.
23. Which blood type is the universal donor?
a. A+
b. B
c. AB+
d. AB
e. O
24. Which blood type is the universal recipient?
a. A
b. B+
c. AB+
d. AB
e. O+
25. In the Rh disease
a. the mother must be positive and her first and second children positive.
b. the mother must be negative and her first and second children positive.
c. the mother must be negative and her first and second children negative.
d. the mother must be positive and her first and second children negative.
e. the mother and the father must both be negative and the child positive.
26. If you are blood type A,
a. you carry antibodies for type B blood.
b. you carry markers for type B blood.
c. you can donate blood to a person with type O blood.
d. you can receive blood from a person with type AB blood.
e. none of these
50. Extracellular fluid contains all but which of the following?
a. erythrocytes
b. ions
c. white blood cells
d. lymph
e. water
65. Which of the following is NOT involved in the formation of a blood clot?
a. plasma cells
b. fibrinogen
c. thrombin
d. fibrin
e. All of these are involved.
66. Which of the following is transported in greater quantities in the lymphatic system
than in the blood?
a. red blood cells
b. wastes
c. fats
d. amino acids
e. white blood cells
67. Which statement is NOT true of the lymph vascular system? The lymph vascular
system
a. transports lipids absorbed from the small intestine to the bloodstream.
b. recovers and transports interstitial fluid back to the bloodstream.
c. absorbs glucose from the small intestine and transports it to the brain.
d. serves the body's system of defenses against bacteria and other infectious agents.
e. performs all of these functions.
68. The lymphoid organs include all but the
a. spleen.
b. stomach.
c. thymus.
d. tonsils and adenoids.
e. appendix.
70. Areas where lymphocytes congregate as they cleanse the blood of foreign materials
are called
a. stem cells.
b.
c.
d.
e.
SA nodes.
capillary beds.
lymph nodes.
antibodies.
Answer the following questions in reference to the five components of mammalian blood
listed below:
71. This blood component plays a central role in clotting blood following a wound.
72. This blood component contains hemoglobin.
73. This blood component plays a role in the inflammatory response and shows
anticlotting activity.
74. This blood component plays a role in maintaining the ionic balance of the body.
81. Four of the five answers listed below designate organisms with open circulations.
Select the exception.
a. insects
b. snails
c. spiders
d. clams
e. frogs
82. Four of the five answers listed below are related by a common property. Select the
exception.
a. neutrophil
b. erythrocyte
c. lymphocytes
d. monocyte
e. basophil
83. Four of the five answers listed below are blood proteins. Select the exception.
a. epinephrine
b. globulin
c. hemoglobin
d. fibrinogen
e. albumin
85. Three of the four answers listed below are related by a common function. Select the
exception.
a. gamma globulin
b. prothrombin
c. fibrin
d. fibrinogen
86. Four of the five answers listed below are related by a common feature. Select the
exception.
a. A
b. B
c. AB
d. Rh+
e. O
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CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS—AN OVERVIEW
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FROM CAPILLARY BEDS BACK TO THE HEART
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Classification Questions
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