Name the three blood tests that are used to test coagulation time
What are ACT, PT, and PTT?
100
Three key symptoms of anemia
What is pallor, fatigue, dyspnea
200
Another term for RBC's
What is an erythrocyte?
200
By what process do WBCs attempt to eliminate invading pathogens?
What is phagocytosis?
200
What are the two names for a clotting cell?
What are platlet and thrombocyte?
200
This blood type if the universal donor
What is O negative?
200
Individuals with iron-deficiency anemia are urged to include what specifically in their diet
What is green leafy vegetables
300
A necessary protein for blood clotting
What is Fibrinogen?
300
What are capillaries and what is their function?
What is the smallest of the blood vessels and the place where gas, nutrient, and waste exchange takes place between the blood and tissues?
300
This complex substance is released by platelets and injured tissue to help with blood clotting
What is thromboplastin?
300
True or False - ELISA is the last and confirming test for diagnosis of HIV.
What is False.
ELISA is the first screening test run for HIV. Western blot is the confirming test.
300
Formation of a thrombis can lead to what two medical emergencies
What is CVA & MI
400
The term for the manufacturing of RBC's
What is erythropoiesis
400
What is the iron carrying property of an RBC?
What is hemoglobin?
400
Name the disease in which clotting is slow or doesn't happen at all.
What is Hemophilia?
400
What are the two terms for having your blood drawn?
What are Phlebotomy and Venipuncture?
400
Medical term that refers to a foreign substance flowing in the bloodstream that could cause death
What is an embolism
500
Term that refers to the bursting or breaking down of RBCs
What is hemolysis?
500
Name 3 functions of blood
What are:
1) transporting nutrients
2) transporting O2
3) Transporting CO2 and waste products
4) regulation of hormones and body temperature
5) Protection with circulation of WBCs
6) Transportation of platlets and fibrin to clot wounds
500
Name 2 medications used to thin the blood.
What are aspirin, warfarin, coumadin, levonox, heparin
500
Its abbreviation is CBC.
What is Complete Blood Count?
500
Condition where there is a presence of pathogens in the blood