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GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING NU110 EXAM 3 STUDYGUIDE QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING NU110EXAM 3 2024-2025 STUDYGUIDE
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
characteristics of blood Correct Answer ph of blood is
7.35-7.45 and viscosity (thickness)
type of blood cells Correct Answer platelets=thrombocytes
thrombocytes Correct Answer help with clotting and
coagulate blood
hemopoiesis definition Correct Answer the process of
blood cell formation
hemopoiesis fact Correct Answer produce 3 different types
of blood cells
RBC, WBC, Platelets
hematocrit Correct Answer percentage of blood cells in a
blood sample.
RBC production Correct Answer EPO that stimulates the
bone marrow to produce additional RBC'S
neutropenia Correct Answer patient would be at risk for an
infection because neutrophils (granulocytes) help protect
the body.
,basophils (wbc) Correct Answer inflamatory response;
release of HEPARIN= anticoagulant 0-1% of WBC count.
patient with coagulation problems Correct Answer would
have altered results of basophils because heparin is an
anticoagulant.
platelets Correct Answer produced in red bone marrow;
prevent blood loss-coagulate blood
thrombocytopenia Correct Answer failure of the bone
marrow to replace platelets.
petechiae Correct Answer pinpoint round spots that
appear on the skin as a reult of bleeding from broken
capillaries. (thrombocytopenia)
plasmin Correct Answer an important enzyme present in
blood that degrades many blood plasma proteins,
including FIBRIN clots.
fibrinolysis Correct Answer process to dissolve clots.
TPA Correct Answer tissue plasminogen activator.
(therapeutic agents=alteplase, reteplase, streptokinase,
tenecteplase, urokinase)
antigen Correct Answer substance that the body
recognizes as foreign; as a foreign substance, an antigen
stimulates an antigen antibody response.
, antigen-antibody interaction Correct Answer designed to
attack and destroy the antigen (agglutination)
blood types Correct Answer blood is clasified according to
specific antigens on the surface of the RBC
agglutination Correct Answer the clumping of the antigen-
antibody interaction
right heart Correct Answer recieves UNOXYGENATED
blood from the superior and inferior venae cava (large
veins that collect blood from all parts of the body:
pulmonary circulation)
pulmonary circulation Correct Answer the path that the
blood follows from the RIGHT side of the heart to and
through the lungs and back to the left side of the heart.
4 heart chambers Correct Answer 2 atria (upper
chambers) recieves the blood into the heart
2 ventricles (lower chambers) pumps blood out of the
heart
left atrium Correct Answer recieves OXYGENATED blood
from the pulmonary veins
4 heart valves Correct Answer 2 atrioventricular valves-
(between atria and ventricle)
2 semilunar valves-(control outflow of blood from the R
and L ventricles-exit valves)
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