BMS107 Past Test Questions
Chapter 21, Spring 2010
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  1. Blood is considered
    1. a type of connective tissue with a fluid matrix
    2. a type of epithelial tissue that contains a large amount of extracellular fluid
    3. a type of epithelial tissue in which the cells are lacking intercellular connections
    4. a "formed element" rather than a tissue

  2. Besides water, plasma contains mainly _?_ which was/were produced in the _?_.
    1. proteins / liver
    2. proteins / bone marrow
    3. bile pigments / liver
    4. hemoglobin / bone marrow

  3. The formed elements of blood that maintain a biconcave shape are the
    1. erythrocytes
    2. thrombocytes
    3. granulocytes (granular leukocytes)
    4. agranulocytes (agranular leukocytes)

  4. Each hemoglobin molecule contains one or more
    1. iron ions (atoms)
    2. polypeptide (protein) units
    3. both of the above
    4. none of the above

  5. Myeloid stem cells
    1. are located in red bone marrow
    2. produce all of the formed elements of blood
    3. both of the above
    4. none of the above

  6. What organs remove most of the "old" erythrocytes from circulation?
    1. liver and spleen
    2. liver and kidneys
    3. spleen and thymus
    4. spleen and lymph nodes

  7. In reference to blood, "granular" and "agranular" are two major types of
    1. stem cells
    2. bile pigments
    3. leukocytes
    4. platelets

  8. Lymphoid stem cells
    1. produce lymphocytes
    2. normally exist in bone marrow only
    3. normally exist in bone marrow, the spleen, the thymus, lymph nodes, and tonsils
    4. both A. and B.
    5. both A. and C.

  9. True or false? Leukocytes can destroy bacteria only if the bacteria are in blood.
    1. True.
    2. False.

  10. Which one of the following is not really a cell, but rather a fragment of a large precursor cell?
    1. granulocyte
    2. agranulocyte
    3. thrombocyte
    4. both A. and B.
    5. both B. and C.

  11. Thrombocytes will adhere and become activated if in contact with
    1. bacteria
    2. hemoglobin
    3. endothelium
    4. collagen

  12. Biliverdin and bilirubin are best thought of as
    1. plasma proteins involved in cholesterol transport
    2. plasma proteins involved in coagulation (blood clotting)
    3. steps in the production of new hemoglobin
    4. wastes resulting from the decomposition of old hemoglobin

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