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Blood – Practice Questions
Complete the cross-matching table for the different combinations of donor and recipient blood
In the reaction grid, mark a “+” for a safe transfusion, and a “—“ for an unsafe transfusion leading
to agglutination.
(Reminder: a safe transfusion will depend on the antigens of the donor’s blood and the antibodies of
the recipient’s blood.)
Recipient’s Blood
RBC Antigens
Reactions with donor’s blood
Plasma
Antibodies
Donor Type O
Donor Type A
Donor Type B
Donor Type AB
None (Type O)
Anti-B
B (Type B)
A & B (Type
AB)
Match the following blood types (on the right) to the correct description/characteristic on the right.
(Blood type options can be used more than once.)
_________
1. The blood type that has no antigens.
A. Blood type B
_________
2. The blood type that possesses the A antigen
only.
B. Blood type A
_________
3. The blood type that can receive blood types
B and O
C. Blood type O
_________
4. The blood type that has no antibodies.
D. Blood type AB
_________
5. The blood type known as the universal
donor.
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6. The blood type known as the universal
recipient.
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Match the following blood cell types (on the right) to the correct function/characteristic on the left.
(Cell type options can be used more than once; more than one may be correct for a given function.)
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1. Transports oxygen bound to
hemoglobin.
A. eosinophils
_____
2. Active phagocytes that increase
rapidly during acute infection.
B. lymphocytes
_____
3. Kill parasitic worms.
C. erythrocytes
_____
4. Transport carbon dioxide.
D. monocytes
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5. Active phagocytes that become
macrophages.
E. neutrophils
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6. Include B and T cell types.
F. basophils
_____
7. Contain histamine.
G. leukocytes
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8. Increase during allergy attacks.
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9. Produce antibodies.
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10. Long-term “clean-up team” (chronic
infections).
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