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Hemostasis refers to:
a) broken red blood cells
b) increased large molecules
c) maintaining equilibrium
d) the stoppage of bleeding
B- increased large molecules
a) EKG/ECG
b) EEG
c) EGC
d) ECE
A- EKG/ECG
The inner layer of a blood vessel is called the tunica ____.
a) intima
b) adventitia
c) externa
d) media
A- intima
Which of the following represents the proper direction of blood flow?
a) from arteries to veins to capillaries
b) from arterioles to capillaries to venules
c) from capillaries to arterioles to arteries
d) from veins to venules to capillaries
B- from arterioles to capillaries to venules
Which of the following additives prevents coagulation by inhibiting thrombin?
a) heparin
b) oxalate
c) citrate
d) EDTA
A- Heparin
1) How can you visually tell serum from plasma?
a) Serum is clear, plasma is cloudy
b) serum is fluid, plasma is a gel
c) serum is yellow, plasma is colorless
d) You cannot visually tell them apart
2) The components of the blood consists of formed elements and plasma. How much of the specimen is plasma:
a) 15%
b) 45%
c) 55%
d) 90%
1) D- You cannot visually tell them apart
2) C- 55%
1) The function of the left ventricle is to deliver:
a) deoxygenated blood to the pulmonary artery
b) deoxygenated blood to the pulmonary vein
c) oxygenated blood to the aorta
d) oxygenated blood to the left atrium
2) The medical term for a slow heartbeat is called:
a) Diastole
b) Tachycardia
c) Bradycardia
d) Sytole
1) C- Oxygenated blood to the aorta
2) C- Bradycardia
1) A blood clot circulating in the bloodstream is called an ____.
a) aneurysm
b) embolism
c) embolus
d) thromstat
2) What tube (additive too) will be the tube used to check for this type of condition
a) Red (no additive)
b) Lavender (EDTA)
c) Light Blue (Sodium Citrate)
d) Yellow (CPD)
1) C- Embolus
2) C- Light Blue
1) There are several WBCs, however, there is one that is the most numerous of all the white blood cells. This cell is ___________.
a) Lymphocytes
b) Monocytes
c) Neutrophils
d) Eosinophils
2) RBCs live for how many days_____.
a) 90
b) 10
c) 365
d) 120
1) C- Neutrophils
2) D- 120
1) All the following blood vessels are part of the systemic circulation except:
a) upper vena cava
b) brachial artery
c) arch of the aorta
d) pulmonary vein
2) Which of the following veins is NOT an antecubital vein?
a) Basilic
b) Cephalic
c) Femoral
d) Median
1) D-Pulmonary
2) C- Femoral
1) An individual's blood type is determined by the presence or absence of a certain type of:
a) antibody present on the red blood cells
b) antibody present on the white blood cells
c) antigen present on the red blood cells
d) antigen present on the white blood cells
2) what tube will you use to determine the individual blood type
a) Red
b) Dark Green
c) Gray
d) Pink
1) C- Antigen present on the red blood cells
2) D- Pink
1) The relaxing phase of the cardiac cycle is called:
a) bradycardia
b) diastole
c) infarction
d) systole
2) The pulmonary ____ provides oxygen-rich blood to the heart.
a) arteries
b) vein
c) capillaries
d) venules
1) B- Diastole
2) B- Vein
1) Which of the following blood vessels are listed in the proper order of blood flow?
a) Vein, venule, capillary
b) Arteriole, venule, capillary
c) Aorta, Superior vena cava, vein
d) Capillary, Venule, vein
2) Capillaries are:
a) tiny, one-cell thick blood vessels
b) what link arterioles and venules
c) where gas exchange takes place
d) All of the options are correct
1) D- Capillary, Venule, Vein
2) D- All of the options are correct
1) A major difference between arteries and veins is that most veins:
a) are larger and thicker
b) carry blood away from the heart
c) carry blood that is oxygen-rich
d) have one-way valves
2) If a pt receives a transfusion of the wrong blood type:
a) an adverse reaction could result in the pt's death
b) pt antibodies could react with the donor's RBCs
c) the donor's RBCs could clump together (agglutinate)
d) all of the options above are correct
e) Only A & C are correct
1) D- Have one-way valves
2) D- All options are correct
1) Which test must be performed on anticoagulated whole blood?
a) BUN
b) CBC
c) CPK
d) PTT
2) An individual's blood type (A, B, AB, or O) is determined by the presence or absence or absence of which of the following on the red blood cells?
a) Antigens
b) Antibodies
c) Hormones
d) Chemicals
1) B- CBC
2) A- Antigens
1) When a protime specimen is spun in the centrifuge, the liquid that separates from the cells is called:
a) serum
b) lymph
c) plasma
d) saline
2) Which of the following tubes below produces serum:
a) Dark blue
b) Light blue
c) Gold
d) Purple
1) C- Plasma
2) C- Gold
1) The pulmonary vein:
a) delivers deoxygenated blood to the lungs
b) delivers deoxygenated blood from the lungs
c) returns oxygenated blood to the left atrium
d) returns oxygenated blood to the right ventricle
2) Which is the medical term for a blood clot circulating in the blood stream?
a) aneurysm
b) embolism
c) thrombus
d) embolus
1) C- returns oxygenated blood to the left atrium
2) D-embolus
1) Which blood cell has the ability to pass through the blood vessel walls?
a) Erythrocyte
b) Leukocyte
c) Reticulocyte
d) Thrombocyte
2) The term used to describe an abnormally decreased red blood cell count is:
a) lipemia
b) leukemia
c) uremia
d) anemia
1) B- Leukocyte
2) D- anemia
1) Capillary puncture blood is best described as:
a) containing both arterial and venous blood
b) mostly tissue fluid and intracellular fluid
c) the ideal specimen for coagulation tests
d) more like venous blood than arterial blood
2) The medical terms for red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in that order are:
a) erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes
b) lymphocytes, granulocytes, basophils
c) reticulocytes, neutrophils, leukocytes
d) thrombocytes, monocytes, granulocytes
1) A- containing both arterial and venous blood
2) A- Erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes
1) the first response in the hemostatic process in vivo is:
a) fibrinolysis
b) platelet plug formation
c) hemostatic plug formation
d) vasoconstriction
2)A pt. has the antecubital veins listed below. All the veins are large and easily palpated, but the basilic vein is the most visible, which one should be chosen for venipuncture?
a) Basilic
b) Median
c) Median basilic
d) Median cephalic
1) D- Vasoconstriction
2) B- Median
1) Lymphatic fluid originates from:
a) excess tissue fluid
b) glomerular filtrate
c) the kidneys
d) the pancreas
2) The formed element portion of the blood is _____%.
a) 45
b) 25
c) 55
d) 75
1) A- excess tissue fluid
2) A- 45%
1) A pt's diagnosis is mitral valve prolapse. This means that the pt has a problem with the valve that is located:
a) between the right atrium and the right ventricle
b) between the left atrium and the left ventricle
c) at the exit of the right ventricle
d) at the exit of the left ventricle
2) _____ begins the heartbeat by generating the electrical pulse.
a) AV bundle
b) systole
c) Sinoatrial Node
d) Tricuspid
1) B- Between the left atrium and the left ventricle.
2) C- Sinoatrial Node
1) The primary function of red blood cells is to:
a) remove CO2 from the body
b) transport O2 to the tissues
c) combat nosocomial infections
d) aid in primary hemostasis
2) The primary function of RBCs, platelets, and WBCs, respectively is:
a) CO2 removal, blood coagulation, microbe agglutination
b) gas exchange, microbe destruction, building immunity
c) oxygen transport, blood clotting, pathogen destruction
d) hemoglobin transport, fibrin creation, antibody creation
1) B- transport O2 to the tissues
2) C- Oxygen transport, blood clotting, pathogen destruction
1) The receiving chambers of the heart are the:
a) atria
b) chordae tendineae
c) vena cavae
d) ventricles
2) The heart muscle gets its blood supply from the:
a) carotid arteries
b) coronary arteries
c) pulmonary arteries
d) pulmonary veins
1) A- Atria
2) B- Coronary Arteries (pg. 179)
1) Normal systemic arterial blood carries more ____ than venous blood.
a) hemoglobin
b) carbon dioxide
c) oxygen
d) red cells
2) The ion needed in the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin during the coagulation process is:
a) chloride
b) potassium
c) calcium
d) sodium
1) C- Oxygen
2) C- Calcium