What is the average amount of blood the heart pumps with each contraction?

✗ - 100 ml
✗ - 125 ml
✗ - 50 ml
✓ - 75 ml
How many times does the heart beat on average per minute?
✗ - 80 times
✓ - 70 times
✗ - 90 times
✗ - 60 times
What is the primary function of red blood cells?
✗ - Clot blood
✗ - Fight infections
✓ - Transport oxygen
✗ - Regulate temperature
What is the main component of blood plasma?
✗ - Platelets
✗ - Red blood cells
✓ - Water
✗ - White blood cells
What type of blood cells are responsible for fighting infections?
✓ - White blood cells
✗ - Red blood cells
✗ - Platelets
✗ - Plasma cells
What is the role of hemoglobin in red blood cells?
✗ - Transport nutrients
✗ - Clot blood
✗ - Fight pathogens
✓ - Bind oxygen
What hormone stimulates the production of red blood cells?
✗ - Insulin
✓ - Erythropoietin
✗ - Thyroxine
✗ - Adrenaline
What is the primary function of platelets in the blood?
✗ - Nutrient transport
✓ - Blood clotting
✗ - Immune response
✗ - Oxygen transport
What percentage of carbon dioxide is transported in the blood as bicarbonate ions?
✗ - 90%
✗ - 50%
✓ - 70%
✗ - 30%
Which type of white blood cell is most abundant in the bloodstream?
✗ - Lymphocytes
✗ - Eosinophils
✓ - Neutrophils
✗ - Basophils
What is the average amount of blood pumped by the heart with each contraction?
✗ - 50 ml
✗ - 100 ml
✓ - 75 ml
✗ - 125 ml
How many times does the heart beat on average per minute?
✗ - 90 times
✗ - 60 times
✗ - 80 times
✓ - 70 times
What is the primary function of red blood cells?
✗ - Fight infections
✓ - Transport oxygen
✗ - Clot blood
✗ - Regulate temperature
What is the main component of blood plasma?
✓ - Water
✗ - Red blood cells
✗ - White blood cells
✗ - Platelets
Which type of blood cell is responsible for fighting infections?
✗ - Red blood cells
✓ - White blood cells
✗ - Plasma cells
✗ - Platelets
What is the role of hemoglobin in red blood cells?
✗ - Regulates temperature
✓ - Binds oxygen
✗ - Fights pathogens
✗ - Clots blood
What is the function of platelets in the blood?
✗ - Nutrient transport
✗ - Oxygen transport
✗ - Waste removal
✓ - Blood clotting
What percentage of blood plasma is made up of water?
✗ - 61%
✗ - 71%
✓ - 91%
✗ - 81%
What hormone stimulates the production of red blood cells?
✓ - Erythropoietin
✗ - Thyroxine
✗ - Adrenaline
✗ - Insulin
What is the main role of antibodies produced by white blood cells?
✗ - Regulate pH
✗ - Clot blood
✓ - Disable pathogens
✗ - Transport oxygen
What is the average amount of blood pumped by the heart with each contraction?
✓ - 75 ml
✗ - 100 ml
✗ - 125 ml
✗ - 50 ml
How many times does the heart beat on average per minute?
✓ - 70 times
✗ - 80 times
✗ - 90 times
✗ - 60 times
What is the primary function of red blood cells?
✗ - Clot blood
✓ - Transport oxygen
✗ - Fight infections
✗ - Regulate temperature
What is the main component of blood plasma?
✓ - Water (91%)
✗ - White blood cells (1%)
✗ - Red blood cells (45%)
✗ - Platelets (4%)
What type of blood cells are responsible for immune defense?
✗ - Platelets
✗ - Plasma cells
✓ - White blood cells
✗ - Red blood cells
What is the role of hemoglobin in red blood cells?
✗ - Regulates temperature
✓ - Binds oxygen
✗ - Fights pathogens
✗ - Clots blood
Which type of plasma protein is most abundant and helps maintain osmotic pressure?
✗ - Globulins
✓ - Albumins
✗ - Antibodies
✗ - Fibrinogen
What is the process called where white blood cells engulf and destroy pathogens?
✓ - Phagocytosis
✗ - Exocytosis
✗ - Osmosis
✗ - Endocytosis
What hormone stimulates the production of red blood cells in the bone marrow?
✗ - Thyroxine
✗ - Insulin
✗ - Adrenaline
✓ - Erythropoietin (EPO)
What percentage of carbon dioxide is transported in blood as bicarbonate ion?
✗ - 7%
✓ - 70%
✗ - 23%
✗ - 50%
What type of leukocyte is known for its intense phagocytic activity?
✗ - Eosinophils
✗ - Basophils
✓ - Neutrophils
✗ - Lymphocytes
Which type of blood cell is responsible for producing antibodies?
✗ - Platelets
✗ - T cells
✗ - Neutrophils
✓ - B cells
What is the primary function of macrophages?
✗ - To transport oxygen
✗ - To produce antibodies
✗ - To release histamine
✓ - To destroy pathogens and cellular debris
Which blood type is considered the universal donor?
✗ - Type A
✗ - Type AB
✗ - Type B
✓ - Type O
What is the role of thrombin in blood clotting?
✗ - Dissolves blood clots
✓ - Converts fibrinogen to fibrin
✗ - Stimulates red blood cell production
✗ - Activates platelets
What happens during an asthma attack related to basophils?
✓ - Histamine release causes constriction of air passageways
✗ - Histamine release dilates blood vessels
✗ - Basophils increase red blood cell count
✗ - Basophils produce antibodies
What is the Rh factor?
✗ - A type of hemoglobin
✓ - An antigen that determines blood type positivity or negativity
✗ - A type of white blood cell
✗ - A clotting factor
Which vitamin is necessary for the formation of prothrombin?
✗ - Vitamin B12
✗ - Vitamin C
✓ - Vitamin K
✗ - Vitamin D
What is the primary cause of jaundice?
✗ - Excessive red blood cell production
✗ - High white blood cell count
✗ - Low platelet count
✓ - Accumulation of bilirubin in the skin and tissues
What is the main consequence of hemolytic disease of the newborn?
✗ - Excessive production of antibodies in the mother
✓ - Destruction of the unborn child's red blood cells
✗ - Development of anemia in the mother
✗ - Increased platelet count in the newborn
What type of leukocyte is known for its intense phagocytic activity?
✗ - Platelets
✗ - Lymphocytes
✗ - Basophils
✓ - Macrophages
Which blood type is considered the universal donor?
✗ - Type AB
✓ - Type O
✗ - Type A
✗ - Type B
What is the primary function of neutrophils?
✗ - To produce antibodies
✓ - To destroy pathogens through phagocytosis
✗ - To form blood clots
✗ - To release histamine
What is the role of basophils in the immune response?
✗ - Producing antibodies
✗ - Engulfing pathogens
✓ - Releasing histamine during allergic reactions
✗ - Clotting blood
What is the first step in the blood clotting process?
✗ - Fibrin threads form a mesh
✗ - Calcium ions are released
✗ - Prothrombin is converted to thrombin
✓ - Platelets clump to seal the leak
Which vitamin is necessary for the formation of prothrombin?
✗ - Vitamin C
✗ - Vitamin D
✗ - Vitamin B12
✓ - Vitamin K
What happens during hemolytic disease of the newborn?
✗ - The mother becomes Rh positive
✓ - Anti-Rh antibodies destroy the fetus's red blood cells
✗ - The fetus develops anemia
✗ - The mother produces more red blood cells
What is the function of T cells in the immune system?
✗ - To transport oxygen
✓ - To directly destroy pathogens
✗ - To produce histamine
✗ - To form blood clots
What is the main characteristic of Type AB blood?
✗ - Has only A antigen
✗ - Has only B antigen
✓ - Has both A and B antigens
✗ - Has no antigens
What is the role of fibrin in blood clotting?
✗ - To transport oxygen
✓ - To provide a framework for the clot
✗ - To release histamine
✗ - To produce antibodies
What type of leukocyte is known for its intense phagocytic activity?
✗ - Basophils
✗ - Lymphocytes
✓ - Neutrophils
✗ - Eosinophils
Which type of blood cell is responsible for producing antibodies?
✓ - B cells
✗ - T cells
✗ - Neutrophils
✗ - Macrophages
What is the primary function of basophils?
✗ - Engulf pathogens
✗ - Clot blood
✗ - Produce antibodies
✓ - Release histamine during allergic reactions
Which vitamin is necessary for the formation of prothrombin?
✗ - Vitamin A
✗ - Vitamin C
✗ - Vitamin D
✓ - Vitamin K
What is the role of thrombin in blood clotting?
✓ - Converts fibrinogen to fibrin
✗ - Stimulates red blood cell production
✗ - Activates platelets
✗ - Breaks down fibrin
What happens during hemolytic disease of the newborn?
✗ - Baby's blood type is incompatible with mother's
✗ - Mother produces too many platelets
✓ - Mother's anti-Rh antibodies destroy the baby's RBCs
✗ - Baby's immune system attacks the mother
Which blood type is considered the universal donor?
✗ - Type AB
✗ - Type A
✓ - Type O
✗ - Type B
What is the main characteristic of agranular leukocytes?
✗ - Release histamine
✓ - Lack visible granules under a microscope
✗ - Are the most abundant white blood cells
✗ - Have a multi-lobed nucleus
What is the primary function of macrophages?
✗ - Clot blood
✗ - Produce antibodies
✓ - Engulf and destroy pathogens and debris
✗ - Release histamine
What is the consequence of a blood transfusion mismatch?
✗ - Enhanced immune response
✗ - Decreased blood pressure
✗ - Increased oxygen levels
✓ - Agglutination of red blood cells