American Public University. SCIN 132 Week 3 Quiz. A Graded.Question 1 of 32
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The pH of a liquid is a measure of its acidity or
... [Show More] alkalinity. The normal range of pH of blood is:
A. 2.0 to 3.0
B. 3.55 to 4.55
C. 4.35 to 4.45
D. 5.0 to 6.0
E. 7.45 to 7.55
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Question 2 of 32
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Which of the following is/are correct in describing thrombosis:
A. A condition characterized by excessive numbers of platelets that increases the risk for
excessive clot formation, a condition known as thrombosis.
B. Thrombosis is a very common, always harmless condition that occurs in the body.
C. A thrombosis is always harmless because the thrombus which is formed always stays
in a blood vessel precisely where it formed.
D. The blood stream contains several different anticoagulants that will result in the
complete, normal breakdown of a thrombus.
E. Two of the above are correct.
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Question 3 of 32
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What is meant by the term anemia?
A. There are only approximately four or five causes of anemia.
B. Anemia exists when the platelet count is so low that blood does not clot as quickly as
it should.
C. Anemia is defined as a deficiency in the number of red blood cells and/or hemoglobin.
D. Anemia is said to exist when the total white blood cell is too low.
E. Anemia always results from some very simple cause.
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Question 4 of 32
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Which of the following is/are important in the process named coagulation?
A. Neither an excess number of platelets nor having many too few platelets in the blood
stream will cause any serious reaction.
B. Coagulation is a very simple and straight-forward series of only two or three steps.
C. A process which can reverse coagulation, named anticoagulation, can only occur
when one or more medications are administered to the body.
D. Coagulation is a complicated cascade of reactions that result in the formation of a
mesh of fibrin.
E. Coagulation can only occur in the presence of two or three different “clotting factors.”
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Question 5 of 32
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In case an American needs an emergency blood transfusion, blood with the following blood
type(s) can be given without fear of agglutination?
A. O+
B. AB+
C. AB-
D. Blood with the same blood type as the person needing the transfusion.
E. Either C or D can be given.
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and Rh blood type if possible. Blood with the blood type O- can also be given because there
are no antigens on the surface its erythrocytes.
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Question 6 of 32
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The specific fibers which spread the electrical impulse to the cardiac muscle fibers are called:
A. vagus nerve fibers
B. depolarizing sites
C. AV fibers
D. Purkinje fibers
E. bundle branches
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Question 7 of 32
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Which of the following statements are considered to be normal?
A. Normal heart rates vary from 30 beats/minute up to 200 beats/minute. [Show Less]