17. The Blood

Which of the following is not one of the functions of blood?

What is the ground substance of blood?

Which blood component is primarily responsible for destroying pathogens and removing waste from cells?

What are the most common cells found in human blood?

Which of the following would increase a patient's risk for thrombotic stroke?

What is another name for polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs)?

In a typical healthy adult, approximately how much blood is contained in the human body?

Which of the following is NOT considered part of the formed elements of blood?

In the context of blood composition, which component is the fluid portion of blood?

In a typical healthy adult human, approximately how many pints of blood are present in the body?

Which of the following are components of blood plasma?

In a typical healthy adult, approximately how much blood is contained in the human body?

In the coagulation cascade, what is the first procoagulant that the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways have in common?

What does a hematocrit measure?

Which plasma component is absent from serum?