** Bone marrow can distinguish between IDA and ACD **
Anisocytosis
Poikilocytosis - ANSWER✅✅✅Variation in RBC size
Variation in RBC shape
Anthrax - ANSWER✅✅✅Bioweapon
Microorganism responsible: gram + spore-forming aerobic rod Bacillus anthracis
CM: Prodromal symptoms then brief period of improvement followed by rapid onset of high fever,
severe respiratory distress, shock and death within 24-36 hours
Aplastic Anemia - ANSWER✅✅✅Type of Normocytic-Normochromic Anemias
Red bone marrow is replaced with fat; results in pancytopenia because there are less hematopoietic
cells
Most often caused by autoimmune
S&S: hypoxemia, pallor, weakness, dyspnea, fever
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Diagnose via bone marrow biopsy
B Cells - ANSWER✅✅✅• Made in bone marrow; activated B cells create plasma cells which turn into
antibodies
• Responsible for humoral immunity that is mediated by circulating antibodies
• Antibodies bind to antigens on bacteria and viruses
▪ Produce memory cells - able to respond more rapidly and efficiently
Bacterial infection - ANSWER✅✅✅Gram-negative vs gram-positive
Attach through pili - various transmission routes - result In direct confrontation with individual's defense
mechanisms
▪ Secrete inflammatory mediators; contribute to local inflammatory response
Bioweapons - ANSWER✅✅✅Anthrax
Botulism
Plague
Smallpox
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