Blood Components
Blood Types
Blood Disorders
Clinical
Wild Card
100

These cells are responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body.

What are red blood cells (erythrocytes)?

100

The universal blood donor has this blood type.

What is O negative?

100

This disorder occurs when the blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells.

What is anemia?

100

List 2 clinical manifestations (signs and symptoms) of anemia

What is cold hands and feet, tiredness, SOB, paleness, headaches, cravings, brittle nails...
100

True or false: Anti-D serum causes clumping when the blood is negative.

What is False

200

These are the smallest blood cells and help in clot formation.

What are platelets (thrombocytes)?

200

A person with A positive blood can donate to individuals with these blood types.

What are A positive and AB positive?

200

A genetic disorder where blood doesn’t clot normally due to a lack of clotting factors.

What is hemophilia?

200

Best treatment for anemia

What is diet change... (ex: red meats, spinach, iron-rich foods)

200

Normal WBC range

What is 4,000-10,000

300

This component of blood contains proteins such as albumin and clotting factors.

What is plasma?

300

This is the protein antigen that may or may not be present on red blood cells, determining if blood is positive or negative.

What is the Rh factor?

300

This blood disorder results in the production of abnormal, crescent-shaped red blood cells.

What is sickle cell anemia?

300

Condition which starts in the bone marrow and produces abnormal plasma cells

What is multiple myeloma?

300

A patient takes a blood typing test and is AB-. Which anti serums have shown a reaction?

What are Anti A and Anti B?

400

These white blood cells play a key role in immune response.

What are leukocytes?

400

How are blood types determined?

What is proteins called antigens on the RBCs?

400

This type of cancer affects the blood and bone marrow, causing an overproduction of abnormal white blood cells.

What is leukemia?

400

3 symptoms of hemophilia

What is bleeding, bruising, joint pain, hematoma

400

Main purpose of antibodies

What is to recognize foreign invaders and destroy them

500

The composition of plasma is _% water and _% other components

What is 92% and 8%?

500

A pregnant patient is Rh (-), and the baby is Rh (-). What injection will be needed during pregnancy and after delivery?

What is no injection
500

A genetic disorder where blood doesn’t clot normally due to low platelets

What is thrombocytopenia?

500

This process describes the destruction and recycling of red blood cells, primarily in the spleen

What is hemolysis?

500

Explain why and when a patient may need to receive RhoGAM. 

RhoGAM is usually given to Rh-negative mothers during the second trimester of pregnancy, and again within a few days after delivery if the baby is Rh-positive.

RhoGAM prevents the mother's immune system from producing antibodies that attack the Rh-positive blood cells of the fetus