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Dionne Warwick sang 'Anyone Who Had a Heart' and Carly Simon nearly sang 'You're So Vein'. It's unlikely either of them appears in these quizzes, but you might learn a lot about the organ that keeps us alive, and the life blood circulating around our bodies.
31 Cardiovascular System quizzes and 315 Cardiovascular System trivia questions.
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All About Blood
  All About Blood   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz about your blood!
Average, 15 Qns, crisw, Sep 26 22
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Sep 26 22
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  Heart Physiology 101   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The human heart is one of the largest, most powerful organs in your body. This quiz will test your overall knowledge of your heart and cardiovascular physiology. Have fun learning about your hardest working muscle!
Average, 10 Qns, Dr.Duodenum, May 12 15
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  The Cardiovascular System   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you know about the cardiovascular system?
Average, 10 Qns, Morrigan716, Jan 22 22
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Morrigan716 gold member
Jan 22 22
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  Kickstart My i-Heart editor best quiz   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
What happens when cheesy retro pop tunes meet cardiology? Take this quiz and find out. Don't forget your glass of wine!
Average, 10 Qns, Squisher, Jul 13 10
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  Hematology   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you know about hematology?
Average, 10 Qns, Morrigan716, Jun 10 21
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Jun 10 21
11536 plays
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  Bloody Vessels   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is about the different blood vessels in the circulatory system.
Tough, 10 Qns, jamesf, Jul 02 19
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Jul 02 19
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  Cardiovascular Match-It    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Here are ten common terms that relate to the cardiovascular system in the human body. Just match the definition to the correct term!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, apathy100, Jul 17 18
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apathy100 gold member
Jul 17 18
803 plays
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  The Red River of Life   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Coursing through the blood vessels of the average adult, is about five liters of priceless, life sustaining fluid - blood...How well do you know this "Red River of Life"?
Average, 10 Qns, yency, Feb 04 12
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  Blood Donation   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A little bit of information on the process of donating blood. Enjoy.
Average, 10 Qns, timence, Oct 30 15
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  Fascinating Cardiovascular Facts   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is my attempt to cover the highlights of the human cardiovascular system in ten questions.
Average, 10 Qns, wjames, Apr 17 18
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Apr 17 18
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trivia question Quick Question
Human beings are generally divided into four main blood types. Three of those are O, A, and B. What is the fourth type?

From Quiz "I'm Not Sure You're My Type"




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  You're So Vein   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For the purposes of this quiz, you are a vein. These questions will show how much you know about yourself, your structure and your job. Have fun - it won't be in "vein"!
Average, 10 Qns, nilknarf710, Mar 25 24
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Mar 25 24
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  It's Your Heart   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A few questions about that all important human heart upon whose function human life is entirely dependent. Unless you know your cardio-vascular anatomy this will be tough. Hopefully the explanations will be informative.
Difficult, 10 Qns, YOMD39, Mar 03 15
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  Anatomy And Physiology Of Blood    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Lets see how much you really think you know about the content of human blood.
Tough, 10 Qns, mednurse, Oct 03 19
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Oct 03 19
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  A Lesson in Cardiovascular Disorders   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is the third quiz in my "Lessons" series. It involves the heart and blood vessels. It is a very important subject when it comes to anatomy. Hope you enjoy it?
Average, 10 Qns, mdemma, Mar 13 18
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Mar 13 18
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  I'm Not Sure You're My Type   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Facts and fun-facts about human blood types and blood components.
Average, 10 Qns, cowboybluedog, Jul 21 14
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  Ruby's Bloody Adventure    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ruby is a red blood cell and she's off on an adventure!
Average, 10 Qns, AcrylicInk, Mar 20 18
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Mar 20 18
338 plays
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  Antibodies and Compatibility in Blood Banking   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is more on blood banking for blood bankers. A little bit of history, but more on antibodies and compatibility testing.
Average, 10 Qns, lateonenite, Mar 12 20
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Mar 12 20
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  Blood Bank and Haematology Collide   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is very much from the blood banker's perspective. Some ABO and Rh questions, but mostly associated haematology questions that impact blood banking and vice versa.
Tough, 10 Qns, lateonenite, Apr 07 07
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  The Structure of the Heart   popular trivia quiz  
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See how much you know about the structure of the organ that keeps your blood pumping; the heart! This quiz is based on a lecture I received as part of my third year of an Anatomy degree, so may be quite in depth.
Tough, 10 Qns, reeshy, Nov 25 10
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So You Want to Be a Blood Donor
  So You Want to Be a Blood Donor    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Donating blood is one of the best things you can do to help your fellow man. This quiz deals with donating blood in the United States, but the basic principles are the same everywhere.
Easier, 10 Qns, daver852, Oct 24 23
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Oct 24 23
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  Red Cell Antigens    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on red cell antigens and blood group systems. Enjoy!
Tough, 10 Qns, lateonenite, Aug 25 07
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  It's Your Blood    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A previous quiz was 'It's Your Heart'. The heart is the pump that forces BLOOD throughout the body. Thus, this is a quiz about human blood.Probably a little tough but explanations may be interesting.
Tough, 10 Qns, YOMD39, Sep 29 20
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Sep 29 20
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  The Anatomy of the Human Heart   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz tests your knowledge of the internal and external anatomy of the human heart.
Average, 10 Qns, JustiNana, Nov 07 13
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  A Thin Line    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz will check your knowledge of the "thin lines" that transport your blood and the other parts of your circulatory system.
Average, 10 Qns, bernie73, Mar 07 18
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Mar 07 18
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  The Amazing Heart and the Blood that it Pumps   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Answer ten questions concering the heart and the "river of life" - blood.
Tough, 10 Qns, jacko3006, Dec 19 21
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Dec 19 21
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  You're So Vein!    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Where are all these veins and arteries? We all have them but do you know where they are located?
Average, 10 Qns, dcpddc478, Mar 18 18
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Mar 18 18
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  The Galloping Gourmet Vampire Style - Part II    
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 10 Qns
A lot of people liked my "Sam the Vampire Man" quiz on hematology---so I did another. It wasn't easy but was a labor of love. All for you!
Average, 10 Qns, TIGEY, Aug 23 21
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  The Humble Red Blood Cell    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about those so important red cells floating around our bodies!
Tough, 10 Qns, bwfc10, Jun 20 19
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Jun 20 19
215 plays
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  Your Blood    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here ae some questions about your blood.
Difficult, 10 Qns, s.k.o.l.940, Feb 21 22
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Feb 21 22
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  Change of Heart    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about the heart, and its transplantation.
Tough, 10 Qns, goofyfoot009, Oct 05 11
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  It Was In Vein    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Do you know veins or was it in vein? You think you know a lot about veins, but do you know the differences among animals?
Difficult, 10 Qns, HappyScooter, Nov 30 09
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Cardiovascular System Trivia Questions

1. What is the scientific term for a red blood cell?

From Quiz
The Humble Red Blood Cell

Answer: Erythrocyte

Erythrocyte comes from the Greek erythros (red) and -cyte (cell). Most red cells appear as flexible, bi-concave discs with a diameter of six micrometres but there are abnormal cell shapes and sizes.

2. Ruby is a red blood cell. Where was she created?

From Quiz Ruby's Bloody Adventure

Answer: In bone marrow

It took about seven days for Ruby to grow and mature in bone marrow, and then she was sent off into the bloodstream. A hormone called erythropoietin controls how many red blood cells are produced. The cells are disc-shaped, but they can change shape easily to fit through different blood vessels.

3. The human cardiovascular system is subdivided into two subsystems, one to serve another major body system and one for the rest of the body. Which are these subsystems?

From Quiz Fascinating Cardiovascular Facts

Answer: Pulmonary and Systemic

Pulmonary circulation takes oxygen-depleted blood to the lungs, where carbon dioxide is released and oxygen is absorbed, then the now oxygenated blood is returned to the heart. The heart then sends that blood out to the rest of the body, via the systemic circulation system, through the left ventricle and the aorta.

4. How many chambers are in the average human heart?

From Quiz A Thin Line

Answer: four

The average human heart has four chambers. The right side of the heart has the right atrium on top leading to the right ventricle. The left side of the heart has the left atrium on top leading to the left ventricle. Typically you would not have a opening between the two atria or the two ventricles. Different types of animals have different numbers of chambers in the heart. Mammals, which includes humans, have four chambers. Reptiles and amphibians have three chambers--two atriums and one ventricle through which both oxygenated and deoxygenated blood passes. Fish have two chambered hearts, with one atrium and one ventricle.

5. As a vein, you are a special blood vessel. You have an important job to do. What sort of blood do most veins carry?

From Quiz You're So Vein

Answer: deoxygenated blood/to the heart

The body uses oxygenated blood to help the organs operate. When the organs use the oxygen, the blood is sent back to get more oxygen - and the cycle begins again. The veins carry deoxygenated blood to the heart, to be replenished.

6. What is the name of the septum that separates the left and right ventricles?

From Quiz The Anatomy of the Human Heart

Answer: Interventricular septum

The word Septum is the Latin term for wall, the prefix Inter- means between. Interventricular septum is the wall between the ventricles.

7. Human beings are generally divided into four main blood types. Three of those are O, A, and B. What is the fourth type?

From Quiz I'm Not Sure You're My Type

Answer: AB

The four human blood types, O, A, B and AB, are immunologically distinct and genetically determined erythrocyte antigens. In smaller words (and, overly simplistic), that would be: individual components of each human's immune system travel within their blood serum and characteristics of that serum are inherited.

8. What is meant by the term hypertension?

From Quiz A Lesson in Cardiovascular Disorders

Answer: High blood pressure.

Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. Increased activity and high metabolism usually is related to hyperthyroidism. A decreased ability to focus on the things around you is often related to ADHD.

9. What is the term for the heart's internal pacemaker?

From Quiz The Amazing Heart and the Blood that it Pumps

Answer: sinoatrial node

The sinoatrial node is located in the right atrium, and sends electrical impulses further down to the atrioventricular node.

10. The tail vein is a common place to collect a blood sample from what species?

From Quiz It Was In Vein

Answer: Bovine

The tail vein is the site of choice for collection of blood from cattle, bovines. They are regularly handled in restraint chutes. This makes lifting the tail for access to the vein easy.

11. What is the A1 antigen?

From Quiz Red Cell Antigens

Answer: N-acetyl-D-galactosamine

D-galactose is the B antigen. Both A1 and B are part of the ABO blood group system, the most important in transfusion medicine. Acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme primarily known to degrade acetylcholine, exists as a dimer on the red cell surface and forms what is known as the Cartwright antigen. The Cartwright blood system has two antithetical antigens, Yt(a) and Yt(b), formed by an amino acid substitution at position 353 of histidine (Yt(a)) and asparagine (Yt(b)). The enzyme is active on the red cell membrane, however its function in this setting is unknown. As a trivia note, a form of acetylcholinesterase is found in the Pacific Torpedo ray, Torpedo californica. Glycophorin A is one half of the MNSs (more strictly, the MNS) blood group system, the M and N antigens. Glycophorin B forms the S and s antigens. The M and N antigens are a result of two amino acid substitutions. The M antigen has a serine and glycine and positions 1 and 5, respectively, while the N antigen has leucine and glutamic acid.

12. What is the difference between an artery and a vein?

From Quiz Bloody Vessels

Answer: Arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins towards the heart.

Most, but not all, arteries carry oxygenated blood: the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood (to the lungs) and the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood, and the vessels of the umbilical cord are another exception.

13. What blood type is compatible for the transfusion of red cells in an O Rh (D) negative individual?

From Quiz Antibodies and Compatibility in Blood Banking

Answer: O Rh (D) negative

Only O negative should be transfused in an O negative individual. O negative donors are the universal donors. This blood type can be given to people with any of the other blood groups without risking an adverse event. O positive can be transfused, however there is a risk of the recipient developing an antibody to the Rh D antigen. A Rh (D) negative will cause an acute haemolytic transfusion reaction because the recipient's circulating anti-A will react with the transfused A cells. The patient will die if given group A red cells.

14. What "naturally occurring" ABO antibodies are present in a person with group A blood?

From Quiz Blood Bank and Haematology Collide

Answer: Anti-B antibodies

Anti-B antibodies will be present in the person. This is usually after six months of age. They are referred to as "naturally occurring" as if they arise spontaneously but are thought to be a cross-reactivity of the antibodies for capsular antigens of bacteria in the gut with the ABO blood group antigens. The ABO antibodies are always against the antigen the red cells do not express. That means that group A people have anti B, group B have anti-A, group O have anti-A and anti-B and group AB have no antibodies. For the purists, group O individuals have a combined anti-A/B as well as anti-A and anti-B. Group AB individuals may well have antibodies to sub-groups of A antigens. Let me get to that in another quiz.

15. Which international organisation coordinates the regular donation of blood in several countries?

From Quiz Blood Donation

Answer: The Red Cross

It is officially known as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Red Crescent is used in place of the cross for Islamic countries). As of 2002, they operate in over 175 countries worldwide. in Israel, the Red Cross becomes the Magen David Adom, or Red Star of David. In Canada, donations are dealt with by the Canadian Blood Services.

16. This is the most common type of white blood cell.

From Quiz Anatomy And Physiology Of Blood

Answer: Neutrophil

Neutrophils account for fifty five percent of white blood cells.

17. What is the medical specialty concerning the cardiovascular system?

From Quiz The Cardiovascular System

Answer: cardiology & cardiologist

The physicians who treat problems of the cardiovascular systen include the cardiologist, the interventional cardiologist, and the cardiac surgeon. The vessels are treated by vascular surgeons, also called cardiovascular surgeons.

18. What is hematology the study of?

From Quiz Hematology

Answer: Blood

Blood is the mechanism that moves nutrients, gases, hormones, and cells throughout the body.

19. In the human adult, with a reasonably normal height and weight, what is the total blood volume in the body?

From Quiz It's Your Blood

Answer: 5.0 liters or about 5.3 quarts

The metric system is normally used for scientific measurements and by that system the total blood volume in the human adult is about 5 liters. This about 5.3 quarts.

20. What is the average weight of the adult human heart?

From Quiz It's Your Heart

Answer: 310 grams or about 11 ounces

The average adult human heart is about the size of a large man's closed fist and weighs about 310 grams or 11 ounces. This relatively small mass of special cardiac muscle, nerves, coronary vessels, smooth interior lining and valves beats an average of 60 to 80 times per minute without our even thinking about it. ((70 x 60) x (24)) amounts to more than 100,000 heart beats per day

21. Ruby and all the other red blood cells are suspended in a liquid along with white blood cells and platelets. What is the liquid called?

From Quiz Ruby's Bloody Adventure

Answer: Plasma

Blood is a tissue made of plasma. Platelets, white blood cells, and red blood cells float around in it and are carried around the body. Plasma is mostly made of water with proteins, nutrients, and a few other things suspended in it. Cytoplasm is the fluid inside cells and iron oxide is another name for rust.

22. Which blood vessel is designed to carry blood at high pressure, and so is relatively thick, elastic and muscular?

From Quiz Fascinating Cardiovascular Facts

Answer: Artery

A pulse can be felt where an artery, carrying oxygenated blood at high pressure, passes close to the surface of the skin. Bleeding from an artery tends to be bright red due to the high oxygen content and spurts due to the high pressure.

23. Most arteries carry oxygenated blood to various parts of the body. Which type of artery carries deoxygenated blood?

From Quiz A Thin Line

Answer: Pulmonary artery

The pulmonary arteries carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs where it receives a new supply of oxygen which it takes to the left atrium and ventricle and from there out to the rest of the body. The carotid artery carries blood to the head and neck. The radial arteries carry blood to the lower arms The descending artery is part of the aorta which is how blood leaves the left ventricle. The aorta is the largest artery in the human body.

24. What might be a reason that you would NOT be allowed to donate blood?

From Quiz So You Want to Be a Blood Donor

Answer: You had a tattoo two weeks ago

Many people enjoy getting tattoos, but it can be a risky procedure. There have been cases of diseases such as hepatitis being transmitted by tattoo needles. Where I live, one is not eligible to donate until a year has passed after getting a tattoo (other places may have a different waiting period). You may also be ineligible if you have traveled to certain countries, or have engaged in sexual activity that puts you at risk of having contracted the AIDS virus. Another common reason you might not be allowed to give blood is if you have taken aspirin or products containing aspirin recently as aspirin interferes the ability of the blood to clot properly.

25. The actual wall of the heart includes epicardium, endocardium, and what other layer?

From Quiz The Anatomy of the Human Heart

Answer: myocardium

Myocardium is the actual cardiac muscle and fibrous skeleton, the latter of which prevents the overstretching of the vessels and valves.

26. Which human blood type is known as the "universal donor"?

From Quiz I'm Not Sure You're My Type

Answer: O-

To say that O- (or, O Neg or Type O Rh D negative) blood is the "universal donor" is a broad generalization (often) said for the purposes of blood transfusion. as well as for good media sound bites. Since O- blood contains the LEAST antibodies it is anticipated that there should be the least chance of an immune reaction between the host and the transfused blood. This however applies to the transfusion of "whole blood" only.

27. What is the term for the amount of blood that leaves the left ventricle with each contraction?

From Quiz The Amazing Heart and the Blood that it Pumps

Answer: stroke volume

The average cardiac output is about 70ml of blood per heartbeat.

28. What vein is not present in your faithful old canine friend?

From Quiz It Was In Vein

Answer: Left azygous vein

Azygous is a term used to refer to something that is unpaired. The left azygous vein is present in pigs. Ruminants usually have the left azygous vein, but rarely both will persist. Dogs and most other common domesticated animals have the right azygous vein present.

29. What is the structure forming the antigen(s) of the Indian blood group system?

From Quiz Red Cell Antigens

Answer: CD44

The Indian blood group system is named from the distinct phenotype found on 4% of the population in India. It comprises of two antithetical antigens, In(a) and In(b), and is carried on the CD44 glycoprotein. CD (cluster of differentiation) markers are used to identify cell surface antigens on leukocytes, though these markers are present on cells of haematopoietic lineage. CD44 is involved in cell-to-cell interactions, cellular adhesion and migration. The Kell and Kidd glycoproteins are the components of the Kell and Kidd blood group systems, respectively.

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