Physiology: Blood Web Quest



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|Blood Web Quest |[pic] |

|All web links can be found at: | |

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|Directions: |Click on the link below to learn about the blood & follow the instructions. |

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|(1) What year was the first modern human to human blood transfusion performed?_________ |

|(2)What year were platelets discovered? ______________ (3) By whom? ________________ |

|(4) What scientist was able to perform the first transfusion using crossmatching, and over the next several years successfully used the |

|procedure in 128 cases? ________________________ |

|(5) When were human blood groups discovered? _______________ Which scientists discovered the 4 human blood types? |

|____________________________________________ |

|(6) What characteristic of human blood was discovered in 1940? ______________________ |

|(7) In what year was the first blood depot established and why was it established? |

|____________________________________________________________________________ |

|Next, click on this link to learn all about the blood groups: |

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|(8) ABO blood groups are defined by specific, inherited molecules known as _____________ that are found on the surface of ____________ |

|blood cells. |

|(9) A person has a natural immunity or antibody to protect themselves from other blood types. |

|What antibody(ies) does a person with blood type O have?____________________________ |

|(9) List the most common blood types in the United States. _______ and _______. |

|(10) In the U.S., what is the percentage of people with type AB-?__________________. |

|Next, click on this link to learn all about the components of Blood: |

|(11) Blood is a mixture of ___________________ and _____________________. |

|(12) The cellular material can be divided into ________________, ________________, and ________________. |

|(13) Red blood cells, called _____________________, make up __________ % of blood and they contain ______________ which functions to |

|_________________________________. |

|(14) White blood cells, called ___________________, have the primary job of _____________________________________________________. |

|There are 3 types of WBC _________________, ___________________, and ________________________. |

|(15) Platelets, called _____________, are responsible for _____________________. They perform this function 2 ways, by either |

|______________________ or by producing a protein called _________________ that _________________________________________________. |

|(16) Plasma is __________________ it is made up of about 90% __________________, the other 10% in a combination of |

|_______________________, ____________________, _______________, _________________, ________________, __________________, ______________,|

|________________, _________________, and ____________________. |

|Directions: |Go to the following web site on blood types by typing in this address: |

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|(17) Complete the chart: |

|ABO |

|blood group |

|antigen |

|A |

|antigen |

|B |

|antibody |

|anti-A |

|antibody |

|anti-B |

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|A |

|yes |

|no |

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|B |

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|no |

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|no |

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|yes |

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|AB |

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|yes |

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|(18) If a person has Type B blood, what antigens and antibodies are present in their blood? |

|antigen(s) _________________ antibody(ies) _________________________ |

|(19) If a person has Type AB blood, what antigens and antibodies are present in their blood? |

|antigen(s) _________________ antibody(ies) _________________________ |

|(20) A person with which blood type is a universal donor? Why? ___________________ |

|_____________________________________________________________________ |

|(21) A person with which blood type is a universal receiver? Why? ___________________ |

|____________________________________________________________________ |

|Analyzing Genetic Inheritance Patterns: |

|(22) According to the genetic inheritance chart, can a person who is Type O blood, have a parent with type A blood? _____________ |

|Explain why or why not? _________________________________________________________________________ |

|(23) According to the chart, what are the possible blood types of a child with 2 parents that have type AB blood. |

|________________________________________________________ |

|(24) (think about) How is the concept of secretors relevant to Forensic Science? __________ |

|__________________________________________________________________________ |

|(25) Blood typing cannot be used to determine paternity. What other tests must be used? Name and describe them. |

|__________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ |

|_______________________________________________________________________ |

|_______________________________________________________________________  |

Play the Blood Typing Game:

Fill in the chart below to indicate the patient that came into the emergency room, what blood type they had and which blood you selected for the transfusion.

|Description of Patient |Patient’s Blood Type |Blood Type Given In Transfusion |

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1. Were there any patients who could have received more than one type of blood? If so, which and what other types could have been used besides the type you chose? _________ ________________________________________________________________________

2. Besides blood type, what other information might a doctor need to know before giving a patient a blood transfusion? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________Use a ‘google search’ to complete the following items. Give the web address where the information was located.

26. Complete the pie graph of each type of cell and the percentages contained in the average human's blood.

Web Address: ___________________________________________________________

Components of Human Blood

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27. Blood Types in Human Populations

Use different colors to make the chart & graph correspond.

Web Address: _____________________________________________________

Pie chart Bar graph

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