The Blood Connective Tissue Function

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What is the liquid portion of circulating blood called?

  • Serum
  • Plasma (correct)
  • Erythrocytes
  • Leukocytes

Where does the process of blood cell formation take place?

  • Red bone marrow (correct)
  • Liver
  • Spleen
  • Yellow bone marrow

Which component of blood carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues?

  • Thrombocytes
  • Leukocytes
  • Plasma
  • Erythrocytes (correct)

What is the percentage of cells in the composition of blood?

<p>45 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of blood cell formation?

<p>Hematopoiesis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of blood cell is responsible for clotting and minimizing bleeding from ruptured blood vessels?

<p>Platelets (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the liquid portion of circulating blood from which serum is formed upon clotting?

<p>Plasma (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does the process of blood cell formation, known as hemopoiesis, primarily take place?

<p>Red bone marrow (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the percentage of blood volume occupied by cells and platelets?

<p>~45% (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the total approximate volume of blood in a 70 kg man?

<p>~7.0L (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of the scolex in a tapeworm?

<p>To attach to the intestinal mucosa of the host (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which order of Cestodes would you find parasites with a scolex bearing four suckers or acetabula?

<p>Cyclophyllidea (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does continuous generation of body segments (proglottids) occur in a tapeworm?

<p>Neck (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the region where a tapeworm's trunk comprises a chain of proglottids or segments?

<p>Trunk (strobila) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which class do Cestodes belong to?

<p>Cestoidea (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where are the adult tapeworms mainly found in humans?

<p>Small intestine (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for tapeworms having both male and female sex organs in each mature segment?

<p>Hermaphrodites (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the embryo inside the tapeworm egg?

<p>Oncosphere (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tapeworms follow a life cycle involving two hosts: a definitive host and an intermediate host?

<p>Cestodes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of tapeworms does the uterus release operculated eggs generating ciliated larvae?

<p>Pseudophyllidean tapeworms (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tapeworm solely requires humans as hosts?

<p>Hymenolepis (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does Diphyllobothrium Latum typically reside in the human body?

<p>Small intestine (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tapeworm is the largest infecting humans?

<p>Diphyllobothrium Latum (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tapeworm is the smallest infecting humans?

<p>Hymenolepis nana (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where is diphyllobothriasis caused by Diphyllobothrium most prevalent?

<p>Central and Northern Europe (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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