Saladin Ch 18 Study Guide

Chapter 18
The Circulatory System: Blood

True / False Questions 1. Hemostasis is the production of formed elements of blood.

Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Section: 18.1 Introduction
Topic: Cardiovascular System 2. Blood viscosity stems mainly from electrolytes and monomers dissolved in plasma.

Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Section: 18.1 Introduction
Topic: Cardiovascular System 3. Lymphoid hemopoiesis occurs mainly in the bone marrow.

Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Section: 18.1 Introduction
Topic: Cardiovascular System 4. Oxygen and carbon dioxide bind to different parts of hemoglobin.

Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Section: 18.2 Erythrocytes
Topic: Cardiovascular System

5. The liver stores excess iron in ferritin.

Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Section: 18.2 Erythrocytes
Topic: Cardiovascular System 6. The most important components of the cytoplasm of RBCs are hemoglobin and carbonic anhydrase.

Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Section: 18.2 Erythrocytes
Topic: Cardiovascular System 7. A person develops anti-A antibodies only after he is exposed to antigen A, and anti-B antibodies only after he is exposed to antigen B.

Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Section: 18.3 Blood Types
Topic: Cardiovascular System 8. Incompatibility of one person's blood with another results from the action of plasma antibodies against the RBCs' antigens.

Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Section: 18.3 Blood Types
Topic: Cardiovascular System

9. Rh incompatibility between a sensitized Rh+ woman and an Rh- fetus can cause hemolytic disease of the newborn.

Difficulty Level: Apply/Analyze
Section: 18.3 Blood Types
Topic: Cardiovascular System 10. Circulating WBCs spend most of their lives in the bloodstream.

Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Section: 18.4 Leukocytes
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