Blood Basics
What is the primary function of red blood cells?
Transport oxygen.
Which protein inside red blood cells carries oxygen?
Hemoglobin.
What is the primary role of white blood cells?
Fight infection and disease.
Which blood component is most responsible for clot formation?
Platelets.
What blood type is considered the universal red blood cell donor?
O negative.
What are the three formed elements of blood?
Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
Low levels of iron commonly cause what blood disorder?
Iron deficiency anemia.
Which white blood cell is the most abundant?
Neutrophil.
What is the term for stopping bleeding?
Hemostasis.
What blood type is considered the universal recipient?
AB positive.
What liquid portion makes up about 55% of blood?
Plasma.
Name three symptoms of anemia.
Fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath, headache, or pallor.
Which white blood cells produce antibodies?
Lymphocytes (B cells).
What is the first step of hemostasis?
Vascular spasm.
Which antigen is found on Type A blood?
A antigen.
What is the process of blood cell formation called?
Hematopoiesis.
Why is there fatigue when a person has anemia?
Oxygen delivery to tissues decreases.
Which white blood cell becomes a macrophage in tissues?
Monocyte.
What is the second step of hemostasis?
Platelet plug formation.
What does Rh positive mean?
The Rh antigen is present.
In adults, where are most blood cells produced?
Red bone marrow.
Which blood test measures the percentage of blood made up of red blood cells?
Hematocrit.
Name all five types of leukocytes.
Neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils.
What is the final step of hemostasis?
Coagulation.
Which blood types can donate red blood cells to an A negative patient?
A negative and O negative.