Blood 3, Blood cells.

Blood 1, Plasma

Which of the following are plasma proteins?
a. Sodium
b. Albumin *
c. Glucose
d. Urea

Which of the following components of the plasma are vital for blood clotting?
a. Glucose
b. Vitamin C
c. Fibrinogen *
d. Albumin

Which of the following components of the plasma are vital for immunity?
a. Troponins
b. Gamma GT
c. Fibrinogen
d. Globulins *

Which of the following is a nitrogen containing component of the plasma?
a. Urea *
b. Glucose
c. Sodium
d. Bicarbonate

Blood 2, Blood cells

Most of the oxygen in the blood is transported by:
a. Leucocytes
b. Monocytes
c. Neutrophils
d. Erythrocytes *

Which of the following blood cells do not possess a nucleus in their fully developed
stage?
a. Leucocytes
b. Monocytes
c. Neutrophils
d. Erythrocytes *

At the end of their life-span, most red cells are broken down in the:
a. Heart
b. Spleen *
c. Kidneys
d. Lungs

Which are the most common form of leucocyte in a healthy person?
a. Neutrophils *
b. Eosinophils
c. Basophils
d. Monocytes

Which cell types are classified as agranulocytes?
a. Neutrophils
b. Eosinophils
c. Basophils
d. Lymphocytes *

The natural killer cells (NKs) are a form of which cell type?
a. Neutrophils
b. Eosinophils
c. Basophils
d. Lymphocytes *

Which cell type produces antibodies?
a. B lymphocytes *
b. T helper cells lymphocytes
c. T cytotoxic lymphocytes
d. T suppressor lymphocytes

Platelets are correctly termed:
a. Plasma proteins
b. Thrombocytes *
c. Leucocytes
d. Macrophages

Blood 3, ABO groupings

Blood group A blood will have:
a. A antigens on the surface of the erythrocytes *
b. B antigens on the surface of the erythrocytes
c. No antigens on the surface of the erythrocytes
d. A antibodies in the plasma
e. A and B antibodies in the plasma

Blood group B blood will have:
a. A antigens on the surface of the erythrocytes
b. B antigens on the surface of the erythrocytes *
c. No antigens on the surface of the erythrocytes
d. B antibodies in the plasma
e. A and B antibodies in the plasma

Blood group AB blood will have:
a. Only A antigens on the surface of the erythrocytes
b. Only B antigens on the surface of the erythrocytes
c. No antibodies in the plasma *
d. A antibodies in the plasma
e. A and B antibodies in the plasma

Blood group O blood will have:
a. A antigens on the surface of the erythrocytes
b. B antigens on the surface of the erythrocytes
c. A and B antigens on the surface of the erythrocytes
d. Only A antibodies in the plasma
e. A and B antibodies in the plasma *

Blood 4, Rhesus factor

Rhesus positive blood will have:
a. Rhesus factor antibodies in the plasma
b. Rhesus factor antigens on the red blood cells *
c. A history of neonatal rhesus factor incompatibility
d. None of the above

The most antigenic component of the Rhesus factor is the:
a. A factor
b. B factor
c. C factor
d. D factor *

Which of the following ABO groupings may be Rhesus positive?
a. Group A
b. Group B
c. Group O
d. All of the above *
e. None of the above


Blood 5, Haemolytic mismatch reaction

Haemolysis means:
a. Formation of red cells in the bone marrow
b. Breaking up of red cells for any reason *
c. Breaking up of red cells specifically caused by immunological reactions
d. Anaemia

If a person is Blood group A, which naturally occurring immunoglobulin (Ig)
will be in their plasma?
a. Anti A Ig A
b. Anti A Ig G
c. Anti B Ig A *
d. Anti B Ig G

Agglutination of donated red blood cells in a transfusion mismatch reaction is
caused by:
a. Haemolysis
b. Autoimmunity
c. Reactions between the donated antigens on the donated red blood cells and the
antibodies in the recipient’s plasma *
d. Reactions between the donated antigens on the donated red blood cells and the
lymphocytes in the recipient’s plasma


Blood 6, ABO groups and transfusions

If only ABO groupings are considered, which blood group is the universal donor?
a. A
b. B
c. AB
d. O *

If only ABO groupings are considered, which blood group is the universal recipient?
a. A
b. B
c. AB *
d. O

In theory, which blood group is the universal donor?
a. A Rh +
b. B Rh -
c. AB Rh +
d. O Rh - *