1.

A donor with type O- can give blood to an AB+ recipient without a reaction, why can't an
AB+ donor give blood to an O- recipient without a reaction?
2. Rema is B negative and her husband is B positive. Their first child is born with
symptoms of hemolytic disease of the newborn (erythroblastosis fetalis). Rema admits
that at age sixteen she had terminated a pregnancy on the advice of her then boyfriend. Is
there a possible connection between the abortion and the illness of her newborn? Explain.
(5 marks)
3. Why would a person of blood type B-positive not be a good donor to an A-negative
person?
(4 marks)
4. After multiple transfusions, a weak transfusion reaction occurs. Is this likely to be caused
by the ABO antigens or other antigens? What should be done to avoid this type of
reaction? (2 marks)
5. Mrs. Carlyle is pregnant for the first time. Her blood type is Rh negative, her husband is
Rh positive. Ordinarily, the first such pregnancy causes no major problems, but baby
Carlyle is blue and cyanotic.
a. What is this condition of Rh incompatibility, called?
(1 mark)
b. Why is the baby cyanotic?
(2 marks)
c. Since this is Mrs. Carlyles first pregnancy, how can you account for the babys
problem?

(1 mark)

6. The Jones family let their dog Rooter lick their faces and kissed it on the mouth, not
realising that it had just explored the neighbourhood dump and trash cans. Later that
same day the veterinarian diagnosed Rooter as having pinworms. Three weeks later, a
blood test ordered for routine physicals for camp indicated that both the familys
daughters had blood eosinophil levels of over 3000 per cubic millimetre. Might there be a
connection between these events? If so explain.

(2 marks)

7. Use the following table of results of a differential white blood cell count to answer
the questions
White Blood Cells
Neutrophils

Percentage
76

Eosinophils
Basophils
Lymphocytes
Monocytes

2
0
20
2

a. Which of the white blood cell percentages is abnormal?

b. What may be the cause of the abnormal cell count?
8.