1. Blood and Immunity Pick your line-up and create your team name!
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Blood and Immunity
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2. What is the scientific name for a white blood cell?
Questions:
What is the scientific name for a white blood cell?
Answer: Leukocytes
What happens when a blood sample is centrifuged?
Answer: It separates into layers.

3. Questions: Plasma 55% Erythrocytes 45%
This blood sample has been centrifuged identify the following: 1) name each layer and identify all components & 2) list average percentage.
Plasma 55% #1
Buffy Coat =
Leukocytes &
Thrombocytes, less
Than 1% #2 #3
Erythrocytes 45%

4. Identify the cells in the picture below.
Questions:
Answer: Erythrocytes
Identify the cells in the picture below.

5. Identify the component of blood in the picture.
Questions:
Identify the component of blood in the picture.
Answer: Platelets
If a blood sample is centrifuged, which layers settles on top?
Answer: Plasma

6. Which blood cell carries hemoglobin? Name the four blood types?
Questions:
Which blood cell carries hemoglobin?
Answer: Erythrocytes
Name the four blood types?
Answer: A, B, AB, O

7. Identify the blood type.
Questions:
Identify the blood type.
Answer: Type AB
Red blood cells
Plasma

8. Which blood cell is best described by the following?
Questions:
Which blood cell is best described by the following?
Biconcave disk
No nucleus
Oxygen transporter
Answer: Erythrocytes
Which blood component is involved in clotting?
Answer: Platelets

9. Which lymphocytes produce antibodies?
Questions:
What is an antigen?
Answer: Protein located on a cell’s surface which will cause production of antibodies
Which lymphocytes produce antibodies?
Answer: B cells (plasma)

10. Identify the structure below ?
Questions:
What type of immunity would a vaccine provide? Natural/Artificial Active/Passive
Answer: Artificially acquired active immunity
Identify the structure below ?
Answer: Antibody

11. What type of blood cells is targeted by HIV?
Questions:
What type of blood cells is targeted by HIV?
Answer: Helper T cells
Which type is known as the universal donor?
Answer: Type O

12. Identify the two types of leukocytes.
Questions:
Identify the two types of leukocytes.
Answer: Granulocytes & Agranulocytes
What is the function of a phagocyte?
Answer: engulf cells

13. Study the picture indicate which bracket illustrate specific immunity.
Questions:
Study the picture indicate which bracket illustrate specific immunity.
Answer: A

14. Which letter indicates the antigen ?
Questions:
Which letter indicates the antigen ?
Answer: B

15. Questions:
Injured cells release a chemical distress signal to attract phagocytes.
Answer: Chemotaxis
What is the pH of blood?
Answer:

16. What is the function of a memory cell?
Questions:
What is a pathogen?
Answer: any disease causing agent
What is the function of a memory cell?
Answer: to fight future infections

17. Which type of T cell is responsible for signaling B cells to stop?
Questions:
Which type of T cell is responsible for signaling B cells to stop?
What is leukemia?
Answer: Overproduction of WBC
Answer: Suppressor T cells

18. In a blood sample which occurs in the smallest amount
Questions:
In a blood sample which occurs in the smallest amount
RBC
WBC&platelets
plasma ?
Answer: WBC & platelets
What occurs in the process known as diapedesis?
Answer: WBCs squeeze between cells of blood vessel walls

19. What does the following allelic combination indicate, IAiO?
Questions:
What does the following allelic combination indicate, IAiO?
Answer: heterozygous type A blood
What would be the allelic combination for type AB blood?
Answer: IAIB

20. Questions:
A blood typing test show no agglutination in the anti-sera B well, but agglutination in anti-sera A or Rh wells. What is the blood type?
Answer: A+
A blood typing test show agglutination in the anti-sera B well, but no agglutination in anti-sera A or Rh wells. What is the blood type?
Answer: B-

21. Questions: Answer: Leukocyte Identify the cell in the picture below.
How are platelets formed?
A giant cell called a megakaryocyte (yes, you must have said this name to get the question right!) bursts and the fragments form platetlets

22. Questions: IA IB iO IAiO IBiO
On a separate sheet of paper, construct a Punnett square illustrating the possible offspring of a type AB man and an O woman? IA IB iO
IAiO
IBiO

23. Questions: IB iO IBiO iOiO
Predict the possible offspring combinations of a heterozygous B type man and an O woman?
2/4 type B or 50% 2/4 type O or 50% IB iO
IBiO
iOiO

24. Questions: IB iO IA IAIB IAiO IBiO iOiO
Predict the possible offspring combinations of a heterozygous B type man and an heterozygous A type woman?
1/4 type B or 25%, 1/4 type O or 25%, 1/4 type AB or 25% , 1/4 type A or 25% IB iO IA
IAIB
IAiO
IBiO
iOiO

25. Antigens Present on RBC Antibodies Present in Plasma
Questions:
Copy down the
table and complete
the empty cells
Blood Type
Antigens Present on RBC
Antibodies Present in Plasma A
Anti-B B
Anti-A AB
Both A &B
Neither
Anti-A nor Anti B O
A nor B
Anti-A & Anti-B

26. Questions: Name two other functions of platelets besides clotting.
When is erythropoietin released & what does it do in the body?
Answer: it is released when low oxygen levels are detected by liver & kidneys… stimulates bone marrow to make more RBCs
Name two other functions of platelets besides clotting.
Answer: phagocytize bacteria & attract WBCs to site of inflammation

27. Name two functions of plasma?
Questions:
Name two functions of plasma?
Answer:
Transport nutrients & gases
Helps regulate fluid & electrolyte balance
Helps maintain stable pH
What is hemopoiesis (or hematopoiesis) and where does it occur?
Answer: blood cells formation… occurs in the bone marrow

28. Questions:
What is the name of this process and what is occurring in each of the three stages below?
Answer: Hemostasis (stoppage of bleeding)

29. Questions: Mark each cell with a X or a  Blood Type of Donor
Blood Type of Recipient
A B AB O A B AB O
Unsuccessful transfusion
Successful transfusion

30. Why is hemoglobin an important part of RBCs?
Questions:
Why is hemoglobin an important part of RBCs?
Answer: they can carry oxygen

31. Questions:
Use the before and after to identify the type of simulated blood
Answer: AB- (anti-sera contains antibodies, wells A & B agglutinated, therefore antigen A and B must have been present in order to react with anti-sera)
Before:
Blood Sample
only
After:
Blood Sample
+ Anti-Sera A, B
and Rh