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6. Each single red blood cell can carry 250 million haemoglobin molecules

  • True
  • False

7. These cells are anucleate with no organelles apart from the protein that functions in gas transport

  • Platlets
  • Erythrocytes
  • Leukocytes

8. Hemorrhagic anemia is caused by

  • Too many rbc destroyed
  • Blood loss
  • Not enough rbc produced

9. The erythrocytes normally make up _____% of the blood

  • 45%
  • 55%

10. Common solutes are: nutrients, gases, hormones, wastes, products of cell activity, proteins, inorganic ions (electrolytes). ________ vastly outnumber other solutes

  • Electrolytes
  • Proteins
  • Wastes
  • Hormones

11. The _____________ play a major role in erythropoietin, which stimulates the formation of erythrocytes

  • Gall bladder
  • Kidneys
  • Stomach
  • Splean

12. Albumin is a carrier, a blood buffer and is the major blood protein contributing to osmotic pressure

  • True
  • False

13. Do erythrocytes generate ATP by aerobic or anaerobic mechanisms?

  • Anaerobic
  • Aerobic

14. Hypoxia activates the bone marrow directy, causing more erythrocytes to be made

  • False
  • True

15. Most of the oxygen in blood is bound to haemoglobin

  • True
  • False

16. Blood is a specialized connective tissue in which the ______________ are suspended in the non living fluid matrix called plazma

  • Formed elements
  • Non formed elements

17. Red blood cells are known as

  • Erythrocytes
  • Leukocytes
  • Platelets

18. Iron deficiency anemia is where

  • Not enough rbc produced
  • Too many rbc destoyed
  • Blood loss

19. __________ are the major factor contributing to blood viscosity

  • Proteins
  • Erythrocytes
  • Platlets
  • Leukocytes

20. Aplastic anemia is where

  • Too many rbc destroyed
  • Not enough rbc are produced
  • Too much blood lost