Human Body- Blood Knowledge Quiz!
Nearly seven percent of a human's body weight is made up of blood; the blood consists of white blood cells and red blood cells, which perform a specific function in the body. This quiz should be a simple review of most of the topics from this chapter. Give it a shot and get back on your notes on the topics you identify as not clearly understood.
- 1.The protein found in blood that is responsible for transporting oxygen is
- A.
Erythropoeitin
- B.
Hemoglobin
- C.
Gamma globulin
- 2.Which is not a granulocyte?
- A.
Neutrophil
- B.
Basophil
- C.
Leucocyte
- 3.The proteins of the blood are formed by the
- A.
Kidney
- B.
Bone
- C.
Liver
- 4.What characteristic of platelets makes them well suited for their function?
- A.
Sticky
- B.
Small
- C.
Full cell complement
- 5.The substance that stimulates the formation of white blood cells is
- A.
Erythropoietin
- B.
Thrombopoietin
- C.
Colony stimulating factors
- 6.Which white blood count may indicate an infection in the body?
- A.
30000/mm3
- B.
10000/mm3
- C.
5000/mm3
- 7.Substances that fight foreign material in the blood are called
- A.
Antigens
- B.
Agglutinins
- C.
Agglutinogens
- 8.Which blood type lacks antigens?
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
AB
- D.
O
- 9.Erythrocytes are flattened because
- A.
Otherwise they would not fit through the vessels
- B.
Organelles eject during maturation
- C.
They have been compressed by the larger white blood cells
- D.
The depression is where oxygn attaches
- 10.If the D antigen is present, blood is
- A.
+
- B.
-
- C.
Fatal
- 11.When a blood vessel is damaged, this hormone is needed to contrict blood vessels to reduce blood loss.
- A.
Serotonin
- B.
Thromboplastin
- C.
Fibrinogen
- D.
Thrombin
- 12.
- A.
Anemic
- B.
Polycythemic
- C.
Hemophiliac
- 13.A blood clot that is moving through the blood stream is a
- A.
Thrombus
- B.
Fibroid
- C.
Embolism
- 14.Type A blood can receive donations from
- A.
A and AB
- B.
B and AB
- C.
O and AB
- D.
A and O
- 15.In the black US population, 2 blood types are found in near equal percentages. Those 2 blood types are
- A.
A and O
- B.
A and B
- C.
B and O
- D.
AB and O
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