Medical Terminology Chpt 13 Quiz

Protein threads that form the basis of a clot:
A) Globulin
B) Thrombin
C) Hemoglobin
D) Fibrinogen
E) Fibrin

E) Fibrin

Excessive bleeding caused by congenital lack of factor VIII or IX:
A) Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura
B) Erythremia
C) Granulocytosis
D) Polycythemia vera
E) Hemophilia

E) Hemophilia

Breakdown of recipient’s red blood cells when incompatible bloods are mixed:
A) Embolism
B) Anticoagulation
C) Erythropoiesis
D) Erythrocytosis
E) Hemolysis

E) Hemolysis

Sample of blood is spun in a test tube so that red cells fall to the bottom and percentage of RBCs is taken:
A) Red blood cell morphology
B) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
C) Hematocrit
D) White blood cell differential
E) Coagulation time

C) Hematocrit

A disorder of red blood cell morphology is:
A) Acute myelocytic leukemia
B) Hemochromatosis
C) Multiple myeloma
D) Monocytosis
E) Poikilocytosis

E) Poikilocytosis

Lack of mature red cells due to inability to absorb vitamin B12 into the body:
A) Iron-deficiency anemia
B) Aplastic anemia
C) Pernicious anemia
D) Hemolytic anemia
E) Thalassemia

C) Pernicious anemia

Sideropenia occurs causing deficient production of hemoglobin:
A) Pernicious anemia
B) Thalassemia
C) Iron-deficiency anemia
D) Hemolytic anemia
E) Aplastic anemia

C) Iron-deficiency anemia

Venous blood is clotted in a test tube:
A) White blood cell differential
B) Coagulation time
C) Red blood cell morphology
D) Hematocrit
E) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

B) Coagulation time

Foreign material that invades the body:
A) Antigens
B) Neutrophils
C) Granulocytes
D) Macrophages
E) Antibodies

A) Antigens

Anticoagulant found in the blood:
A) Vitamin B12
B) Prothrombin
C) Gamma globulin
D) Heparin
E) Thrombin

D) Heparin

White blood cell with reddish granules; numbers increase in allergic reactions:
A) Neutrophil
B) Lymphocyte
C) Basophil
D) Erythrocyte
E) Eosinophil

E) Eosinophil

Inherited defect in ability to produce hemoglobin:
A) Pernicious anemia
B) Aplastic anemia
C) Iron-deficiency anemia
D) Thalassemia
E) Hemolytic anemia

D) Thalassemia

Blood smear is examined to determine the shape or form of cells:
A) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
B) Hematocrit
C) White blood cell differential
D) Coagulation time
E) Red blood cell morphology

E) Red blood cell morphology

Derived from bone marrow:
A) Phagocytic
B) Granulocytopenic
C) Myeloid
D) Lymphoid
E) Polymorphonuclear

C) Myeloid

Venous blood is collected; anti-coagulant added and the distance cells fall in a period of time is determined:
A) White blood cell differential
B) Coagulation time
C) Red blood cell morphology
D) Hematocrit
E) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

E) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Pigment produced from hemoglobin when red blood cells are destroyed:
A) Bilirubin
B) Plasma
C) Albumin
D) Serum
E) Globulin

A) Bilirubin

Symptoms of pallor, shortness of breath, infection, bleeding gums, predominance of immature and abnormally functioning leukocytes, and low numbers of mature neutrophils in a young child may indicate a likely diagnosis of:
A) Acute lymphocytic leukemia
B) Hemoglobinopathy
C) Hemostasis
D) Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
E) Sickle-cell anemia

A) Acute lymphocytic leukemia

An undifferentiated blood cell is called a(an):
A) Lymphocyte
B) Thrombocyte
C) Segmented cell
D) Hematopoietic stem cell
E) Granulocyte

D) Hematopoietic stem cell

Method of separating out plasma proteins by electrical charge:
A) Electrophoresis
B) Hemolysis
C) Plasmapheresis
D) Coagulation time
E) Leukapheresis

A) Electrophoresis

Immature red blood cell:
A) Monoblast
B) Thrombocyte
C) Segmented
D) Megakaryoblast
E) Erythroblast

E) Erythroblast

Leukocytes are stained and counted under a microscope to see numbers of mature and immature forms:
A) Red blood cell morphology
B) Coagulation time
C) White blood cell differential
D) Hematocrit
E) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

C) White blood cell differential

Failure of blood cell production due to absence of formation of cells in the bone marrow:
A) Iron-deficiency anemia
B) Aplastic anemia
C) Pernicious anemia
D) Hemolytic anemia
E) Thalassemia

B) Aplastic anemia

Deficiency in numbers of white blood cells:
A) Spherocytosis
B) Hypochromia
C) Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
D) Leukocytosis
E) Neutropenia

E) Neutropenia

Reduction in red cells due to excessive cell destruction:
A) Pernicious anemia
B) Thalassemia
C) Hemolytic anemia
D) Aplastic anemia
E) Iron-deficiency anemia

C) Hemolytic anemia

Excessive deposits of iron throughout the body:
A) Purpura
B) Polycythemia vera
C) Hemochromatosis
D) Cooley anemia
E) Thrombocytopenia

C) Hemochromatosis