cardiac, pulmonary, hematology, renal
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Hematopoiesis - correct answer ✔blood cell formation
Fetus- liver and spleen
Adult- bone marrow
Anemia - correct answer ✔A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin,
or in total volume.
Erythropoiesis - correct answer ✔formation of red blood cells
In kidney in response to hypoxia
macrocytic normochromic anemia - correct answer ✔Large RBC's, normal hemoglobin
Folic acid or Vitamin B12 deficiency
microcytic hypochromic anemia - correct answer ✔small, abnormally shaped erythrocytes that are not
able to carry normal hemoglobin
Thalassemia- mediterranean
normocytic normochromic anemia - correct answer ✔Characterized by red cells that are relatively
normal in size and normal hemoglobin
Aplastic, hemorrhagic, hemolytic, sickle cell
, iron deficiency anemia - correct answer ✔anemia resulting when there is not enough iron to build
hemoglobin for red blood cells
Affects children, poverty, child bearing age
Erythrocytes - correct answer ✔red blood cells
Most abundant cell in the body
Responsible for tissue oxygenation
Mitotic division- 100-120 days
sickle cell anemia - correct answer ✔A genetic disorder in which erythroctyes take on an abnormal
curved or "sickle" shape (Hb-s)
Thalassemia - correct answer ✔Inherited defect in the ability to produce hemoglobin, usually seen in
persons of Mediterranean background.
pernicious anemia - correct answer ✔Lack of mature erythrocytes caused by inability to absorb vitamin
B12 into the bloodstream
hemolytic anemia - correct answer ✔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) - correct answer ✔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