Blood Questions
Answer the first 45 items with: a. Increase b. Decrease c. Stay the same

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

An increase in plasma levels of erythropoietin will cause blood viscosity to: The activation of plasminogen will cause the size of a blood clot to: Pooling of blood causes the likelihood of clot formation to: Dehydration would cause the hematocrit to: A decline in plasma albumin levels would cause plasma osmotic pressure to: An increase in plasma levels of EPO would cause RBC count to: Aspirin causes the likelihood of platelet activation to: A reduced ability to produce thrombin would cause the time required for blood clot formation to: A decrease in white blood cell count would cause the likelihood of an infection to:

10. A large decrease in RBC count would cause blood viscosity to: 11. During the body’s response to an acute bacterial infection, you would expect the neutrophil count to: 12. During the vascular spasm phase of hemostasis, the diameter of the affected blood vessel will: 13. If the liver was unable to produce normal quantities of plasma proteins, plasma osmotic pressure would: 14. A blocked bile duct would cause plasma levels of bilirubin to: 15. In response to a significant increase in altitude, the body’s production of erythropoietin will: 16. In response to a decrease in blood oxygen content, plasma levels of erythropoietin would: 17. As plasma osmotic pressure decreases, interstitial fluid formation will: 18. As the percentage of blood occupied by plasma increases, blood viscosity will: 19. During an acute bacterial infection, blood neutrophil count will: 20. Prostacyclin causes the likelihood of platelet plug formation to: 21. Plasmin causes plasma fibrin levels to: 22. An inability of the liver to secrete bile could cause plasma bilirubin levels to: 23. In response to infection, plasma leukocyte count would be expected to:

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