Final Exam Study Test.
Which system includes the heart and blood vessels, but does not include the blood? - CORRECT ANSWER
Cardiovascular
Choose the components of blood - CORRECT ANSWER Plasma
Platelets
RBC
WBC
Choose some functions of plasma proteins - CORRECT ANSWER -Transport of iron, copper, lipids,
hydrophobic hormones
-Clotting
- Immune defense
Urea is an example of which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER Nitrogenous waste
Which are transported in plasma? - CORRECT ANSWER Nitrogenous wastes
Dissolved gases
Nutrients
The cardiovascular (not circulatory) system includes which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER Blood
vessels
Heart
Decreased blood osmolarity could cause which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER Low blood
pressure
Edema
, What is the average volume of blood in an adult? - CORRECT ANSWER 4 to 6 liters
Match each type of plasma protein to its role - CORRECT ANSWER Albumin: Solute transport, pH
buffering, regulation of blood viscosity and osmolarity
Globulin: Immunity
Fibrinogen: Clotting
Which is a nitrogenous waste that is transported in the plasma? - CORRECT ANSWER Urea
The term hemopoiesis refers to which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER The production of blood
Carbohydrates, proteins, and water (as well as some other nutrients) are transported from the digestive
system to the body's cells in which of the following fluids? - CORRECT ANSWER Blood plasma
Which property of blood is defined as the total molarity of dissolved particles that cannot pass through
the blood vessel wall? - CORRECT ANSWER Osmolarity
Which term refers to the production of blood, especially the formed elements? - CORRECT ANSWER
Hemopoiesis
What is the most abundant formed element of the blood? - CORRECT ANSWER Erythrocytes
Which of the following is the most common ion found in the blood? - CORRECT ANSWER Sodium
Which blood cells are biconcave and lack a nucleus and other organelles? - CORRECT ANSWER
Erythrocytes
One molecule of hemoglobin contains which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER 4 globin chains and 4
heme groups