Blood Notes Review

The fluid in which blood cells float and travel around the body.

• Plasma

• Bile

• Saline solution

• Saliva

True or false: Water is more viscous than blood.

• True

• False

True or false: Human blood is blue when it is lacking in oxygen.

• True

• False

Match the blood cell categories with their descriptions.

• Clotting elements

• Platelets

• White blood cells

• Leukocytes

• Red blood cells

• Erythrocytes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The primary function of erythrocytes (red blood cells) is to...

• Regulate body temperature

• Fight infection

• Transport carbon dioxide around the body

• Transport oxygen around the body

Which best describes the shape of a red blood cell?

• Cubic

• Spherical

• Long and thin

• Biconcave (like an inner tube)

True or false: The biconcave shape of red blood cells allows for greater surface area to carry oxygen molecules.

• True

• False

Which type of blood cell would have a nucleus?

• Erythrocyte (red blood cell)

• Leukocyte (white blood cell)

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The protein that allows red blood cells to carry oxygen molecules.

• Hemoglobin

• "A" antigen

• "B" antigen

• "Rh" antigen

What is the function of leukocytes (white blood cells)?

• Carry oxygen

• Carry carbon dioxide

• Fight infection

• Regulate body temperature

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