What percentage of blood is water?
92 percent
Blood is slightly more _______ than water.
viscous
Which plasma protein is the most abundant?
albumin
Albumin draws water out of the blood vessels and into the _______.
body’s tissues
Which plasma protein is not produced by the liver?
immunoglobulin
Which formed elements arise from myeloid stem cells?
platelets
Erythropoietin facilitates the proliferation and differentiation of the _______ lineage.
erythrocyte
True or False: Erythropoietin is a hormone produced by the thyroid gland.
False
Interleukins are primarily associated with which of the following?
immune responses
Which statement about mature, circulating erythrocytes is true?
They have no nucleus
A molecule of hemoglobin consists of four globin proteins, each bound to a molecule of _______.
heme
The production of healthy erythrocytes depends upon the availability of _______.
vitamin B12
Aging and damaged erythrocytes are removed from circulation by _______.
macrophages
A blood test for a patient suffering chronic diarrhea is likely to reveal _______.
anemia
The process by which leukocytes squeeze through adjacent cells in a blood vessel wall is called _______.
emigration
Which of the following describes a neutrophil?
abundant, granular, especially effective against bacteria
T and B lymphocytes are involved with _______ immune function.
specific
Increased activity of which leukocyte is likely in a patient experiencing severe allergy symptoms?
basophils
Thrombocytes are more accurately called _______.
platelets
The first step in hemostasis is _______.
vascular spasm
Prothrombin is converted to thrombin during the _______.
common pathway
Hemophilia is characterized by inadequate production of _______.
clotting factors
The process in which antibodies attach to antigens is called _______.
agglutination
People with ABO blood type O lack both antigens A and B on their _______.
erythrocytes
