Question: Which of the following is not a function of blood?

Answer: Produces plasma hormones

Question: Which of the following is not contained in the buffy coat?

Lymphocytes

Granulocytes

Erythrocytes

Agranulocytes

Platelets

Answer: Erythrocytes

Question: A normal hematocrit is __________ of the total blood volume.

Answer: 37% to 52%

Question: Which of the following is not normally found in plasma?

Glycogen

Fibrinogen

Glucose

Urea

Albumin

Answer: Glycogen

Question: Which of the following proteins is not normally found in plasma?

Albumin

Hemoglobin

Transferrin

Prothrombin

Fibrinogen

Answer: Hemoglobin

Question: What is the most abundant protein in plasma?

Insulin

Creatine

Bilirubin

Albumin

Creatinine

Answer: Albumin

Question: Which of the following would not decrease the blood colloid osmotic pressure (COP)?

Severe liver failure

A diet predominantly based on red meat

Starvation

An extremely low-protein diet

Hypoproteinemia

Answer: A diet predominantly based on red meat

Question: Serum is essentially identical to plasma except for the absence of __________.

Answer: fibrinogen

Question: Tissues can become edematous (swollen) when which of the following occurs?

Answer: There is a dietary protein deficiency.

Question: Where does myeloid hemopoiesis take place in adults?

Answer: Red bone marrow