Rosdahl, Kowalski:Textbook of Basic Nursing

Pre-Lecture Quiz, Chapter 23

True/False 1. The purpose of the blood circulation is to carry nutrients and oxygen to body cells and to return with accumulated waste products to be eliminated by renal and respiratory system. 2. Swollen glands are a sign of the lymph nodes trying to rid the body of these pathogens. 3. Hemorrhage from an artery comes in a steady flow and hemorrhage from a vein comes in “spurts.” 4. Removal of spleen from the body can lead to serious ill effects and dysfunction of the body. 5. Blood clotting protects the body from losing vital plasma fluid and blood cells by sealing off broken blood vessels.

Fill-in-the-Blank 1. Crossmatching is a laboratory test of donor and recipient cells to check for______. 2. Hemostasis refers to the stoppage of______. 3. The pulmonary circulation allows blood to be ______for distribution to the systemic circulation. 4. Vitamin ______is necessary for the formation of prothrombin and other clotting factors. 5. Blood is composed of ______and formed and unformed elements, including RBCs, WBCs, and thrombocytes.