Deck 10: The Blood System

Question 1

The solid part of the blood contains __________ cells.

Answer 1

blood

Question 2

The main group of plasma proteins that helps regulate water movement between blood and tissue is ____.

Answer 2

albumin

Question 3

A process that uses centrifuging to take a patient's blood and return only the red blood cells is known as __________.

Answer 3

plasmapheresis

Question 4

Platelets adhere to damaged tissue and each other to control __________ loss from a blood vessel.

Question 5

The patient is having a blood transfusion reaction where the clumping of the antigens has stopped the flow of blood. The nurse recognizes this clumping as __________.

Question 6

The health care provider explains to the patient that coagulation is the changing of a semisolid or gel into a __________.

Question 7

A hemorrhagic disorder in which there is a greater tendency to bleed due to the lack of a clotting factor called factor VIII is a disorder called ______.

Question 8

The patient has been diagnosed with a major disease involving white blood cells or __________.

Question 9

During the assessment, the health care provider identifies multiple, tiny hemorrhages under the skin. This should be documented as __________.

Question 10

The diagnostic procedure __________ is used in the diagnosis of various blood disorders, such as anemia or leukemia.

Question 11

Neutrophils are the most plentiful __________.

Question 12

Heparin is a(n) __________.

Question 13

People with _________ blood type can receive blood transfusions from people with all other types of blood.

Question 14

Thalassemia is a _________ blood disorder.

Question 15

Aspirin is a well-known __________.

Question 16

To assess a protein in the red blood cells that aids in the transport of oxygen to the cells of the body, the nurse would review which laboratory value?

Question 17

What blood type would a health care provider explain to a patient's family as being universal donor?

Question 18

What class of medications would be prescribed to decrease clotting?

Question 19

The patient has sustained kidney damage. The nurse identifies that which hormone may be affected that will affect the production of red blood cells?

Question 20

A sedimentation rate test identifies information regarding ____________ inflammation, sickle cell and kidney disorders.

Question 21

The patient had a heart attack due to a clot. Which class of agents may be administered to dissolve blood clots?

Question 22

When a disease is in remission, it __________.

A) is recurring
B) has disappeared
C) is dormant
D) is worsening

Question 23

The solid part of blood does not contain __________.

A) red blood cells
B) white blood cells
C) platelets
D) plasma

Question 24

Gamma globulins are important to the function of the __________ system.

A) immune
B) renal
C) cardiovascular
D) endocrine

Question 25

The cells in blood that destroy foreign substances are __________.

A) erythrocytes
B) thrombocytes
C) leukocytes
D) platelets

Question 26

About one-half of leukocytes are __________.

A) eosinophils
B) basophils
C) neutrophils
D) monocytes

Question 27

The nurse understands that __________ is released during allergic reactions.

A) antigens
B) histamine
C) antibodies
D) lymph

Question 28

Rh factor is a type of __________.

A) antigen
B) histamine
C) antibody
D) lymph

Question 29

Any disease of the blood with abnormal material present is a type of __________.

A) leukemia
B) dyscrasia
C) anemia
D) antigen

Question 30

Erythroblastosis fetalis is also known as RH factor __________.

A) compatibility
B) incompatibility
C) remission
D) relapse

Question 31

Identify the combining form agglutin/o with its closest definition.

A) Red
B) Blood
C) White
D) Clumping

Question 32

Identify the combining form eosin/o with its closest definition.

A) Clumping
B) Eating
C) Rosy red
D) White

Question 33

Identify the combining form phag/o with its closest definition.

A) Red
B) White
C) Blood
D) Eating

Question 34

A cell that consumes other substances is a __________.

A) thrombocyte
B) phagocyte
C) leukocyte
D) hemocyte

Question 35

Platelets release __________to initiate the blood clotting process.

A) fibrinogen
B) fibrin
C) thrombin
D) thromboplastin

Question 36

With this disease, there is an abnormal increase in the red blood cells.

A) Pancytopenia
B) Purpura
C) Hemolysis
D) Polycythemia

Question 37

__________ and __________ are essential for blood coagulation.

A) Heparin, histamine
B) Fibrinogen, prothrombin
C) Thromboplastin, gamma globulins
D) Thrombin, albumin

Question 38

The destruction of red blood cells is __________.

A) hematocrit
B) hemoglobin
C) hemolysis
D) hemogenesis

Question 39

Blood does not do which of the following?

A) Transports nutrients
B) Regulates body temperature
C) Maintains fluid volume
D) Secrete hormones

Question 40

Leukocytes, which protect against disease in various ways such as by destroying foreign substances, are also known as __________.

A) red blood cells
B) white blood cells
C) platelets
D) plasma

Question 41

Agranulocytes include __________ and __________.

A) lymphocytes, monocytes
B) lymphocytes and erythrocytes
C) monocytes and neutrophils
D) erythrocytes and neutrophils

Question 42

Hemolysis is a __________ membrane disorder.

A) RBC
B) WBC
C) Plasma
D) Platelets