Human Anatomy & Physiology: All About Blood 6
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I created these quizzes to help me study for my A&P exams. This quiz deals with blood plasma.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
What is the name of the liquid part of the blood that is composed of water and a mixture of organic and inorganic substances?
Correct Answer
plasma
blood plasma - 2.
The three functions of blood plasma are to transport ______________, regulate ____________ and help maintain ____________.
Correct Answer
nutrients and gases, fluid and electrolyte balance, stable pH
nutrients and gasses, fluid and electrolyte balance, stable pH levels - 3.
Blood plasma is mainly composed of water. What percentage of blood plasma is water?
- A.
90%
- B.
89%
- C.
91%
- D.
92%
- E.
95%
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D. 92% -
- 4.
________ are the most abundant of the dissolved substances in plasma. These remain in the blood and the fluid between cells. They are not normally used as energy sources.
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Plasma proteins - 5.
What are the three major groups of plasma proteins?
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Albumins, globulins and fibrinogen - 6.
Which of the following plasma proteins are not synthesized in the liver but instead are synthesized in the lymphatic tissues?
- A.
Fibrinogen
- B.
Alpha and Beta Globulins
- C.
Gamma Globulins
- D.
Albumins
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C. Gamma Globulins -
- 7.
Which plasma proteins functions to transport lipids and fat-soluble vitamins?
- A.
Fibrinogen
- B.
Alpha and Beta Globulins
- C.
Gamma Globulins
- D.
Albumins
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B. Alpha and Beta Globulins -
- 8.
Which plasma proteins function involves blood clotting?
- A.
Fibrinogen
- B.
Alpha and Beta Globulins
- C.
Gamma Globulins
- D.
Albumins
Correct Answer
A. Fibrinogen -
- 9.
Which plasma proteins function to help maintain the osmotic pressure of blood? They also bind and transport materials such as bilirubin, free fatty acids and steroid hormones.
- A.
Fibrinogen
- B.
Alpha and Beta Globulins
- C.
Gamma Globulins
- D.
Albumins
Correct Answer
D. Albumins -
- 10.
Which plasma proteins include the proteins that function as antibodies that attack pathogens thus aiding in immunity?
- A.
Fibrinogen
- B.
Alpha and Beta Globulins
- C.
Gamma Globulins
- D.
Albumins
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C. Gamma Globulins -
- 11.
Albumins account for what percentage of the plasma proteins?
- A.
34%
- B.
4%
- C.
36%
- D.
60%
- E.
62%
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D. 60% -
- 12.
Fibrinogen makes up what percentage of the plasma proteins?
- A.
34%
- B.
4%
- C.
36%
- D.
60%
- E.
62%
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B. 4% -
- 13.
Globulins make up what percentage of the plasma proteins?
- A.
34%
- B.
4%
- C.
36%
- D.
60%
- E.
62%
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C. 36% -
- 14.
Plasma nutrients include _________, ________, _______ and _________.
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amino acids, simple sugars, nucleotides, lipids - 15.
Glucose is stored in the liver as _________ and is released whenever the blood glucose levels fall. Excess glucose may be altered to form ________.
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glycogen, fat - 16.
________ are transported to the liver and used to synthesize proteins or are deaminated for use as energy sources.
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Amino acids - 17.
Plasma lipids include ___________, ___________ and ___________.
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triglycerides, phospholipids, cholesterol - 18.
Because lipids are not water soluble they usually combine with proteins in large complexes called ___________. The general function of these complexes are to _____________.
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lipoproteins, transport lipids - 19.
What are the seven major components of plasma?
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water, plasma proteins, plasma nutrients, gases, nonprotein nitrogenous substances, plasma electrolytes and hormones - 20.
What three gases are plasma comprised of?
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oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogenExplanation
nitrogen has no apparent physiological functionRate this question:
- 21.
Only _____ of the oxygen that is transported is dissolved in plasma.
- A.
1%
- B.
2%
- C.
5%
- D.
7%
- E.
8%
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B. 2% -
- 22.
____ of carbon dioxide that is transported is found in the plasma portion.
- A.
1%
- B.
2%
- C.
5%
- D.
7%
- E.
8%
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D. 7% -
- 23.
Molecules that contain nitrogen atoms but are not proteins are known as _____________.
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nonprotein nitrogenous substances - 24.
_________ is a waste product produced during the metabolism of creatine.
- A.
Amino acids
- B.
Urea
- C.
Uric acid
- D.
Creatinine
- E.
Creatine
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D. Creatinine -
- 25.
________ is a product of protein digestion and amino acid absorption.
- A.
Amino Acid
- B.
Urea
- C.
Uric acid
- D.
Creatinine
- E.
Creatine
Correct Answer
A. Amino Acid -
- 26.
__________ is found in muscle, brain tissue and blood. It stores energy in its phosphate bonds and is similar to ATP.
- A.
Amino acids
- B.
Urea
- C.
Uric acid
- D.
Creatinine
- E.
Creatine
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E. Creatine -
- 27.
________ is a product of nucleic acid catabolism.
- A.
Amino acids
- B.
Urea
- C.
Uric acid
- D.
Creatinine
- E.
Creatine
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C. Uric acid -
- 28.
___________ is a product of protein catabolism.
- A.
Amino acids
- B.
Urea
- C.
Uric acid
- D.
Creatinine
- E.
Creatine
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B. Urea -
- 29.
____________ are obtained by absorption from the intestines and are released as by-products of cellular metabolism.
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Plasma electrolytes - 30.
______ found in plasma are produced by endocrine glands and are carried in the plasma to their target organs.
Correct Answer
Hormones
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