| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 09 01:49PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:OoydnbX5vtssnCL9nZ2dnUU7- > 1. The four major components of blood are plasma, red blood cells, > white blood cells, and what cells (or technically fragments) > responsible for clotting? platelets > 2. Red blood cells are formed in the bone marrow at a rate of > about 2,000,000 per second, while the same number of cells are > destroyed in two other organs. Name either of those. spleen > 4. The blood component called the Rh ["R.H."] factor consists of > certain genetically-determined types of protein on the surface > of red blood cells. What does Rh stand for? rhesus > 5. What is the name of the artery leading away from the heart > where oxygenated blood is sent to the body? aorta > 7. What scientist discovered the circulation of the blood? > He lived 1578-1657. Harvey > 8. Hemoglobin, the protein that transports oxygen through the blood, > consists of a smaller protein (globin) plus a molecule called > heme. Each molecule of heme includes one atom of what metal? iron > 10. One type of white blood cells is phagocytes, which destroy > bacteria and cell fragments in the blood. What does the prefix > phago- mean? eat > * Game 8, Round 6 - Literature - Modern Latin American Writing > 1. Name the author of "Kiss of the Spider Woman", which later > became a movie and a Broadway musical. Puig > is a semi-autobiographical story of a young writer who marries > an older relative. It was made into a 1990 film starring Keanu > Reeves and Barbara Hershey. Name the novel (in English). "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" > 5. Name the Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician who wrote > "Canto General" and "Memorial de Isla Negra" and won the 1971 > Nobel Prize for Literature. Pablo Neruda > 6. A well-known 1966 British-Italian film directed by Michelangelo > Antonioni was loosely based on a short story by Argentinian > writer Julio Cortázar ["Kor-TASS-ar"]. Name the film. "Blowup" > Cuban revolution -- that is, the first one -- in which he died in > 1895. One of his poems became the popular song "Guantanamera". > Havana's airport is named after him. Who was he? Jose Marti > 10. Name the Chilean author and journalist, who left the country > in 1975, and who wrote "The House of the Spirits", "Eva Luna", > and "Of Love and Shadows". Isabel Allende -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Jun 09 10:23PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. The four major components of blood are plasma, red blood cells, > white blood cells, and what cells (or technically fragments) > responsible for clotting? Platelets > 3. In the ABO blood type system, what blood type is the "universal > recipient", so called because a person with this blood can be > transfused with any other type? O negative; AB positive > of red blood cells. What does Rh stand for? > 5. What is the name of the artery leading away from the heart > where oxygenated blood is sent to the body? Aorta > 8. Hemoglobin, the protein that transports oxygen through the blood, > consists of a smaller protein (globin) plus a molecule called > heme. Each molecule of heme includes one atom of what metal? Iron > 10. Name the Chilean author and journalist, who left the country > in 1975, and who wrote "The House of the Spirits", "Eva Luna", > and "Of Love and Shadows". Pete Gayde |
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