17. The Blood

What are Korotkoff sounds?

Which type of stem cell gives rise to both red and white blood cells?

Which component of blood is primarily responsible for fighting disease?

Which of the following are considered the formed elements of blood?

Which of the following mechanisms helps return blood to the heart during the cardiac cycle?

Which component of blood accounts for the largest proportion of blood volume?

In an average-sized adult, approximately how much total blood volume is present?

One function of the spleen is to destroy worn-out red blood cells. What is the term for this process?

What does a hematocrit measure in a blood sample?

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

Which of the following is not one of the formed elements of blood?

Which of the following is classified as a formed element of blood?

Which of the following statements about neutrophils is true?

Which of the following components make up blood?

Approximately how many gallons of blood are in the average adult human body?