Chapter 30 revision questions:
1. Name the four components of blood:
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(ii)
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(iii)
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(iv)
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2. Explain what you understand by the term ‘haematocrit’.
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3. What is the normal haematocrit for human blood? ______________________
4. Name the red pigment in human blood. ________________________
5. Name the mineral required for the formation of the named pigment above: _____________
6. Name the condition associated with lack of the red pigment found in blood:
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7. What two pigments is the red pigment converted into when it is broken down?
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8. In which organ is the red pigment broken down? ____________________________
9. Name two special characteristics that the cells that possess the red pigment named above
have:
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10. Sketch the structure of this type of cell:
11. Name the four blood types associated with the ABO blood grouping system in humans.
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(ii)
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(iii)
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(iv)
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12. Which of these blood types is the most common? _____________________
13. What do you understand by the Rhesus factor?
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14. What blood group is known as the universal donor group and why?
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15. What blood group is known as the universal recipient group and why?
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