NR507 / NR 507 Advanced
Pathophysiology Midterm Exam |
Questions and Correct Answers|
Latest - Chamberlain
Question:
Hematopoiesis
Answer:
formation of blood cells
Question:
Where does blood cell formation occur in a fetus
Answer:
3 weeks - yolk
week 8 - fetal liver and spleen
5th month - bone marrow
,Question:
Blood cell formation in chidren 0-5 years old
Answer:
red marrow of all bones to make blood cells
Question:
blood cell formation in adults over 20
Answer:
red marrow in large bones
-illium, vertebrae, cranium, jaw, sternum, ribs, humerus, and femur
Question:
Erythropietin
Answer:
Produce: Kidney (small amount in liver)
Released: Kidney
Target: Bone Marrow
Functions: Stimulates bone marrow to produce more red blood cells
,Question:
hematopoietic stem cells
Answer:
The stem cells that give rise to RBC WBC and platelets through the process
of haematopoiesis.
Question:
How does a hematopoietic stem cell produce a red blood cell
Answer:
hematopoietic stem cells produces an undifferentiated hemocytoblast
- erythropoietin binds to it and creates a proerythroblast
- cell develops into an erythrocyte 7 days later
Question:
Erythrocyte function
Answer:
transport oxygen and carbon dioxide
, Question:
Erythrocyte life span
Answer:
120 days
Question:
anemia risk factors
Answer:
acute or chronic blood loss, increased hemolysis, inadequate dietary intake
or malabsorption, bone marrow suppression, age
Question:
function of hemoglobin
Answer:
In red blood cells, carries oxygen from the lungs to body's tissues and
returns carbon dioxide from tissues back to lungs. It also maintains the
shape of red blood cells.
Pathophysiology Midterm Exam |
Questions and Correct Answers|
Latest - Chamberlain
Question:
Hematopoiesis
Answer:
formation of blood cells
Question:
Where does blood cell formation occur in a fetus
Answer:
3 weeks - yolk
week 8 - fetal liver and spleen
5th month - bone marrow
,Question:
Blood cell formation in chidren 0-5 years old
Answer:
red marrow of all bones to make blood cells
Question:
blood cell formation in adults over 20
Answer:
red marrow in large bones
-illium, vertebrae, cranium, jaw, sternum, ribs, humerus, and femur
Question:
Erythropietin
Answer:
Produce: Kidney (small amount in liver)
Released: Kidney
Target: Bone Marrow
Functions: Stimulates bone marrow to produce more red blood cells
,Question:
hematopoietic stem cells
Answer:
The stem cells that give rise to RBC WBC and platelets through the process
of haematopoiesis.
Question:
How does a hematopoietic stem cell produce a red blood cell
Answer:
hematopoietic stem cells produces an undifferentiated hemocytoblast
- erythropoietin binds to it and creates a proerythroblast
- cell develops into an erythrocyte 7 days later
Question:
Erythrocyte function
Answer:
transport oxygen and carbon dioxide
, Question:
Erythrocyte life span
Answer:
120 days
Question:
anemia risk factors
Answer:
acute or chronic blood loss, increased hemolysis, inadequate dietary intake
or malabsorption, bone marrow suppression, age
Question:
function of hemoglobin
Answer:
In red blood cells, carries oxygen from the lungs to body's tissues and
returns carbon dioxide from tissues back to lungs. It also maintains the
shape of red blood cells.
