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Typically, What Percentage Of a Sample Of Human Blood Is Made Up Of Red Blood Cells
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Typically, What Percentage Of a Sample Of Human Blood Is Made Up Of Red Blood Cells 45%
What Condition Involves a Decrease In the White Blood Cell Count? Leucopenia
What Is a Hematocrit? Percent of RBC in a blood sample
What Are the Formed Elements? Blood cells and platelets
In Addition to Other Factors, What Has an Influence On Determining Blood Volume. percent body fat
What Type of Formed Element Is Most Abundant? RED BLOOD CELLS
What Type Of Blood Cell Is Biconcave And Lacks a Nucleus When They Are Mature? RED BLOOD CELLS
Which Cell Type Is an Agranulocyte? Monocytes
Of the Values Listed, Which Is a Normal White Blood Cell Count? 4,500 cells per microliter of blood
Which Statement Describes Platelets? Cytoplasmic fragments of cells
List the Sequence for Differentiation of a Red Blood Cell? Hemocytoblast, myeloid stem cell, erythroblast, reticulocyte, erythrocyte
What Is the Primary Function Of Lymphocytes? To act against foreign substances.
How can the deficiency in Vitamin B12 affect Red Blood Cell Production. intrinsic factor
Biliverdin And Bilirubin Are Pigments That Result From the Breakdown Of hemoglobin
What Is the Order of the Breakdown Products of Hemoglobin? Hemoglobin → heme → biliverdin → bilirubin
Which Two Mature Blood Cell Types Descend from Myeloblasts? Neutrophils and basophils
Which of the Formed Elements Releases Serotonin? Percent of RBC in a blood sample
How Does Heparin Prevent the Clotting Of Blood? By inhibiting the formation of prothrombin activator and the action of thrombin on fibrinogen
Eosinophils Basophils Neutrophils are called? Granulocytes
What Is the Underlying Cause Of Sickle Cell Disease? A genetic mutation
What Form Of Anemia Is Caused By Destruction Of Bone Marrow? Aplastic Anemia
What Type Of White Blood Cell Is Important In Immunity? Lymphocytes
Following An Injury, What Stimulates the Blood Vessels In the Area to Spasm? Serotonin released by platelets
Serotonin release describes Blood Platelets
Creatinine Is an Example Of What Type Of Plasma Component? Nonprotein nitrogenous substances
Plasma Protein Fibrinogen: functions in blood coagulation.
What Component Of Blood Plasma Has the Greatest Influence On Colloid Osmotic Pressure? Percent of RBC in a blood sample
bicarbonate, magnesium, chloride, and potassium ions are? Plasma Electrolytes
pH 7.3-7.5 is Blood
What factors are Required for the Formation of a Blood Clot? Vitamin K Calcium Fibrinogen
What Is the Difference Between Serum and Plasma? Plasma contains fibrinogen, and serum does not.
thrombus A Blood Clot That Forms Abnormally in a Blood Vessel
Thrombocytopenia deficiency of platelets
What Is Released By Platelets As a Platelet Plug Forms? Serotonin
Prothrombin time is a blood test used to evaluate the Extrinsic clotting mechanism
What Is Initiated By the Release Of Tissue Thromboplastin? Extrinsic clotting mechanism
What Step Is Critical to the Formation Of a Blood Clot? Conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
Iron Is a Component Of What Substance? Heme
Which of the Formed Elements Releases Serotonin? Percent of RBC in a blood sample
How Does Heparin Prevent the Clotting Of Blood? By inhibiting the formation of prothrombin activator and the action of thrombin on fibrinogen
Cyanosis Occurs When the Blood Concentration Of what is Abnormally High. deoxyhemoglobin
The Process Of Nuclear Extrusion Occurs In What Type Of Formed Element Erythrocytes
What Is the Function Of Colony-Stimulating Factors? Stimulate the production of white blood cells
What Is Diapedesis? The movement of white blood cells through blood vessel walls.
The Hormone __________ Controls Red Blood Cell Production Via a __________ Feedback Mechanism. Erythropoietin, Negative
The stimulation of Erythropoetin Comes From What Condition? Hypoxia
a Purple-Stained Cell That is Markedly Larger Than a Red Blood Cell, With a Large Kidney-Shaped Nucleus. What Type Of Blood Cell Is This? Monocyte
Heme is a component of Iron
Which of the following functions as a phagocyte? Neutrophils
What is the enzyme that catalyzes the activation of fibrin? Thrombin
If blood is too viscous, what happens to blood flow? Blood flow becomes sluggish.
At what stage do the immature red blood cells enter the circulation? As reticulocytes
Specific measures that health-care workers take to prevent transmission of bloodborne pathogens in the workplace. Universal Precautions
Petechiae Small, bruise-like spots on skin
What type of antigens are found on the surface of red blood cells of a person with type AB blood? Both antigens A and B
What is the rarest ABO blood type in the United States? Type AB
What determines an individual's blood type? Proteins (antigens) on the surfaces of red blood cells
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