MEDCA Practice Test Questions with Correct Answers
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MEDCA Practice Test Questions with Correct Answers
Where in the body is blood made? - Answer-bone marrow
The ph range of blood is: - Answer-7.35-7.45
Red blood cells do not contain a nucleus true or false - Answer-true
In the average adult blood makes up about ________ of the body weight ...
MEDCA Practice Test Questions with
Correct Answers
Where in the body is blood made? - Answer-bone marrow
The ph range of blood is: - Answer-7.35-7.45
Red blood cells do not contain a nucleus true or false - Answer-true
In the average adult blood makes up about ________ of the body weight - Answer-8%
Erthrocytes are - Answer-red blood cells
The life span of red blood cells is: - Answer-120 days
Red blood cells are the body's major way of delivering ____________ to the body's
tissues - Answer-Oxygen
What is the process of the removal of old and defective red blood cells called? -
Answer-Eryptosis
Leukocytes are ________ - Answer-white blood cells
White blood cells are the main cells of the ____________ - Answer-Immune system
Which of the following is the type of white blood cells that are responsible for allergic
reactions? - Answer-Basophils
Thrombocytes are? - Answer-platelets
The function of platelets is to: - Answer-Stop blood loss due to wounds
Reserve platelets are stored in the: - Answer-spleen
Platelets secrete chemicals to urge _________ into a wound - Answer-Fibroblasts
How many layers are in an artery? - Answer-One
___________ are small vessels located in the liver spleen and bone marrow? - Answer-
Sinusoids
, When coming in contact with patients in protective isolation it is necessary to wear? -
Answer-1. Gowns
2.Gloves
3. Masks
What is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection? - Answer-
Hand washing
Blood pressure ___________ as the circulating blood moves away from the heart. -
Answer-Decreases
A normal blood pressure is___________? - Answer-120/80
A diastolic heart sounds is heard at the time the heart _____________ - Answer-
Relaxes
What causes a persons heart rate to slow down - Answer-Sleeping
The normal pulse rate of a 9 year old is? - Answer-75-110
As blood is removed from the body the blood clots and the fluid are also called -
Answer-Serum
Homeostasis definition - Answer-State of being or stable
liver, spleen, lymph nodes - Answer-location of reticular connective tissue
Stem cells are - Answer-The formation of blood cells starts in the bone marrow
Plasma makes up what percentage of the blood? - Answer-55%
The blood volume in an average adult is about how many liters? - Answer-5
The lower the ph level the more ____________ blood is - Answer-Acidic
Red blood cells are - Answer-The most numerous blood cells in the body
Anemia - Answer-A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in
hemoglobin, or in total volume.
Erythropoiesis - Answer-production of red blood cells
It takes ____________ days for red blood cells to mature - Answer-7
About ____________ red blood cells are produced per second - Answer-2 million
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