Prepare for your Anatomy and Physiology blood quiz with these practice questions and answers. This guide covers blood cells, plasma components, clotting cascade, and blood types.
Q: Which of the four basic tissue types is blood an example of?
Answer: Connective
Q: What are blood cells and fragments called?
Answer: Formed elements
Q: What three things do formed elements contain?
Answer: 1) Erythrocytes2) Leukocytes3) Platelets
Q: What is an erythrocyte and what is it’s function?
Answer: A red blood cell that transports oxygen and some carbon dioxide
Q: What is a leukocyte and what is it’s function?
Answer: A white blood cell that protects the body
Q: What is a platelet and what is it’s function?
Answer: A fragment of a megakaryocyte that assists in blood clotting
Q: What is the fluid matrix called?
Answer: Plasma
Q: What is a hematocrit?
Answer: The percentage of erythrocytes when blood components are separated
Q: What is in the bottom part of separated blood?
Answer: Erythrocytes
Q: What percentage of whole blood do erythrocytes make up?
Answer: 45%
Q: What is in the whitish buffy coat of separated blood?
Answer: Leukocytes
Q: What percentage of whole blood do leukocytes make up?
Answer: < 1%
Q: What is in the top part of separated blood?
Answer: Plasma
Q: What percentage of whole blood does plasma make up?
Answer: 55%
Q: What is plasma made up of and what does it contain?
Answer: 90% water, contains proteins, hormones, electrolytes, and antibodies
Q: How many times thicker is blood than water?
Answer: 5x
Q: What is the color of blood when it is oxygen rich and what is the color when it is oxygen poor?
Answer: Scarlet and burgundy
Q: What does blood taste like?
Answer: Salty and metallic
Q: What is the pH of blood?
Answer: 7.35 – 7.45
Q: What is the temperature of blood?
Answer: 100.4
Q: What percentage of your body weight does blood make up?
Answer: 8%
Q: How much blood is an average human body?
Answer: 1 1/2 gallons or 5-6 liters
Q: What is the fluid part of blood?
Answer: Plasma
Q: What percentage of plasma is water?
Answer: 90%
Q: What color is plasma?
Answer: Pale yellow
Q: What is plasma made up of?
Answer: Nutrients, salts, respiratory gases, hormones, plasma proteins, and waste
Q: What are the functions of plasma proteins (like albumin)?
Answer: 1) serve as carrier molecules2) help buffer the blood to maintain the pH3) increase osmotic pressure to keep water in the blood stream