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The fluid matrix of blood is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Red blood cells are clinically known as:Read the answer and worked solution →White blood cells are clinically known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Platelets are also called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which test measures the percentage of red cells?Read the answer and worked solution →Stopping blood loss after vessel damage is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Hemostasis has how many steps?Read the answer and worked solution →What fraction of normal blood is erythrocytes?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do erythrocytes settle at the tube's bottom?Read the answer and worked solution →Packed cell volume refers to the volume of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which plasma protein group is known as antibodies?Read the answer and worked solution →Which organ produces fibrinogen?Read the answer and worked solution →How many types of erythrocyte are there?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leukocyte is second most common?Read the answer and worked solution →Which factor stabilises the growing platelet plug?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the first step of hemostasis?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leukocyte can survive for years?Read the answer and worked solution →Sickle shaped cells arise from abnormal:Read the answer and worked solution →Fibrinogen makes up what share of plasma protein?Read the answer and worked solution →Which B cells produce antibodies?Read the answer and worked solution →Match the blood termRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps of hemostasisRead the answer and worked solution →Order a spun blood sampleRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the formed elementsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about bloodRead the answer and worked solution →Count the blood factsRead the answer and worked solution →Lives long or lives shortRead the answer and worked solution →Blood bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The fluid matrix of blood is called:

  1. Plasma
  2. Platelet
  3. Pigment
  4. Protein
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Correct answer: A. Plasma

1. Blood is a connective tissue with a liquid matrix. 2. That liquid part has its own name. 3. The extracellular matrix, called plasma, makes blood unique among connective tissues. 4. So the answer is plasma. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 18 'Blood'_

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Red blood cells are clinically known as:

  1. Eosinophils
  2. Erythrocytes
  3. Endothelium
  4. Epithelium
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Correct answer: B. Erythrocytes

1. Each formed element has a clinical name. 2. The red cells take the Greek for red. 3. The hematocrit measures the percentage of RBCs, clinically known as erythrocytes. 4. So the answer is erythrocytes. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 18 'Blood'_

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White blood cells are clinically known as:

  1. Ligaments
  2. Lysosomes
  3. Leukocytes
  4. Lymph nodes
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Correct answer: C. Leukocytes

1. The red cells are erythrocytes. 2. The white cells take the Greek for white. 3. These are the WBCs, clinically known as leukocytes. 4. So the answer is leukocytes. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 18 'Blood'_

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