• While students work in pairs to complete labs, each student must submit their own
original work.
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PART A – BLOOD TESTS (9 marks)
1. (3 × 0.5 marks) Submit Table 5.1 (p. 67 of the lab manual). To do this, place a “Y”
or “N” in the boxes below depending on if agglutination (clumping) occurred for each
antibody. Then use this information to deduce the ABO blood type for each patient.
Carrie Y N Y A+
Tina Y Y Y AB+
Tricia N Y N B-
2. (3 x 0.5 marks) Take a photo of the picture that you drew of Slide K using the 40X
objective (p. 68 of the lab manual). For full marks, make sure that your drawing has
the following structures labeled for one of the cells present in the image: red blood
cell, platelet, white blood cell
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3. (2 x 1 mark) Classify Tricia’s blood as either “healthy” or “sickle-cell anemia.’
Justify your answer using 2 pieces of evidence collected from Slides I/J/K on p. 68
of the lab manual.
Choice: Sickle-Cell
Healthy or Sickle Cell Anemia
Reason 1: Tricia's blood had a much lower red blood cell count then normal
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blood
Tricia's red blood cells have a long, pointy sickle, non-oval shape
Reason 2: _____________________________________________________
4. Answer the questions below using the information collected from the “complete
blood count” (CBC) on p. 69 of the lab manual.
a. (1 mark) Some medical articles suggest that amphetamine overdose is linked
to leukocytosis. This leads to low white blood cell counts. Is there any
evidence of this in the CBC reports for Carrie, Tina, and Tricia?
Yes or NO
Select: YES
All the girls' blood had a lower white blood cell count than
Evidence: ___________________________________________________
normal, due to all of them also having a higher amphetamine
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dose than normal. (Tricia had a higher wbc because of her
sickle cell anemia)
b. (1 mark) Recall that Tricia may have a pre-existing medical condition known
as sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia often leads to an increase in white
blood cell and platelet counts while decreasing red blood cells counts, red
blood cell size, and hemoglobin. Is there any evidence from the CBC results to
suggest that this is in fact the case?
Yes or NO
Select: YES
Tricia's blood cell count did prove she has sickle cell anemia
Evidence: ___________________________________________________
because her wbc was higher than normal (13>11), her rbc was
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lower than normal (3.5<4.0), and her platelet count was higher
than normal (450>400).
c. (2 marks) Amphetamine levels between 0.02 and 0.05 mg/L are considered
to be appropriate for therapeutic or prescribed use (e.g. for people with
ADHD). Levels greater than 2.5 mg/L can be toxic and possibly fatal.
According to the blood work in the “medical folder,” amphetamine is present in
all 3 patients; however, the severity of the overdose appears to be different.
Speculate at least 2 reasons why Carrie, Tina and Tricia could have different
levels of amphetamines in their blood despite taking the same pills.
Reason 1: ____________________________________________________
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Reason 2: ____________________________________________________
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PART B – TREATMENT (16 marks)
5. (3 × 0.5 marks) Compare the IV fluid that you made (p. 70-71 of the lab manual) to
blood plasma in real blood. In the spaces below, list 3 ingredients that are present
in real blood plasma that were not present in the IV fluid that you made.
albumin
___________________ fibrinogen
___________________ globulin
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6. (3 marks) Complete the chart below using the information collected in Table 5.1 (p.
72 of the lab manual).
7. (6 x 0.5 marks) Match the heart anatomy in the chart below to the sticker label
present on the lab model (p. 73 of the lab manual).
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8. (10 x 0.5 marks) Use the information collected from the echocardiogram (p. 73 of the
lab manual), to track the pathway of blood through the heart. Start with the vena
cava and finish with the aorta. Remember to be as specific as possible.
9. (3 x 0.5 marks) Take a photo of the picture that you drew of Slide N using the 40X
objective (p. 74 of the lab manual). For full marks, make sure that your drawing has
the following characteristics labeled for one of the heart cells present in the image:
long tubular cells, branching, 1-3 nuclei per cell
10. (2 x 1 mark) Classify Tricia’s blood as either “healthy” or “heart attack.’ Justify your
answer using 2 pieces of evidence collected from Slides L/M/N on p. 74 of the lab
manual.
Tricia's heart tissue was long and branched like healthy a heart is
Reason 1: ________________________________________________________
supposed to be.
Tricia's heart tissue was rich and dense with cells, compared to the
Reason 2: ________________________________________________________
very stretched out, spacious cells of slide M which contained the
tissue affected by a heart attack