What is your spleen? -Answer - capable of producing RBCs duringfetal development
- filtration
- has a rich supply oflymphocytes, monocytes, and stored immuneglobulins
- stores RBCs and approximately 1/3 oftotal mass of platelets
Where is your spleen located? -Answer ULQ next to kidney
What is lymph fluid? -Answer - circulates through vasculature
- pale yellow interstitial fluid that hasdiffused through lymphatic capillary walls
- produces all procoagulants essential tohemostasis and blood coagulation
- stores iron
Answer triponon MI
BNP HF
Can you live w out your spleen? - Answer yes
What does lymphatic fluid do? - Answer - stores excess iron
What does edematist mean? - Answer multipule sites of edema
The study of blood and blood froming tissues - Answer - bone marrow
- spleen
- blood
- lymph system
Do we do BP on arms with masectomys? - Answer no -> lymphedema
What are the deficiencies in those w/ anemia? - Ans - erythrocytes (RBCs)
, - quality/quantity of Hgb
Which gender has higher Hgb levels? - Ans men -> women menstruate
How does someone develop anemia? - Ans - poor bleeding
-birth
- iron deficiency
- diet not enriched w/ iron
- SCD
- tissue hypoxia
What is the diagnosis of anemia based off of? - Ans - CBC
- reticulocyte count
- peripheral blood smear
What is respiration/gas exchange? -Answer The hemoglobin from the alveoli/gas
exchange brings oxygen to tissues, organs, and everything. If we have low Hgb- > low
perfusion.
What are the clinical manifestations of anemia? -Answer - diminished blood flow to skin
(cool, weaker pulses LE, delayed cap refill)
- pallor (eyelids)
- jaundice (elevated bilirubin)
- pruritus (kidney, unable to make urethral protein)
- pika
Where does lymph fluid circulate through? -Answer special vasculature
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