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NR507- Midterm Advanced Patho- cardiac, pulmonary, hematology, renal-questions with answers
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NR507- Midterm Advanced Patho-cardiac, pulmonary, hematology, renal-
questions with ANSWERS
Hematopoiesis - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ blood cell formation
Fetus- liver and spleen
Adult- bone marrow
Anemia - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells,
in hemoglobin, or in total volume.
Erythropoiesis - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ formation of red blood cells
In kidney in response to hypoxia
macrocytic normochromic anemia - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Large RBC's, normal hemoglobin
Folic acid or Vitamin B12 deficiency
microcytic hypochromic anemia - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ small, abnormally shaped
erythrocytes that are not able to carry normal hemoglobin
Thalassemia- mediterranean
normocytic normochromic anemia - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Characterized by red cells that are
relatively normal in size and normal hemoglobin
Aplastic, hemorrhagic, hemolytic, sickle cell
iron deficiency anemia - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ anemia resulting when there is not enough
iron to build hemoglobin for red blood cells
Affects children, poverty, child bearing age
, Erythrocytes - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ red blood cells
Most abundant cell in the body
Responsible for tissue oxygenation
Mitotic division- 100-120 days
sickle cell anemia - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ A genetic disorder in which erythroctyes take on an
abnormal curved or "sickle" shape (Hb-s)
Thalassemia - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Inherited defect in the ability to produce hemoglobin,
usually seen in persons of Mediterranean background.
pernicious anemia - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Lack of mature erythrocytes caused by inability to
absorb vitamin B12 into the bloodstream
hemolytic anemia - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Characterized by an inadequate number of
circulating red blood cells due to the premature destruction of red blood cells by the spleen
Pancytopenia- reduction in all 3 types of blood cells (RBC, WBC, Plt)
Erythropoietin (EPO) - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Hormone secreted by the kidney to stimulate
the production of red blood cells by bone marrow
In response to hypoxia
In the fetus the liver produces this
Hemoglobin - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries
oxygen for delivery to cells
4 molecules of O2
Made of polypeptide, heme, iron
anemia due to gastrectomy - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Iron def anemia is major cause after this
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