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UC NURS8022 EXAM 2 HEMATOLOGY
Questions With 100% Verified Answers.
HEMATOPOIESIS - answer✔THE PROCESS OF BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION
WHERE ARE RED BLOOD CELLS MADE? - answer✔ADULTS: BONE MARROW
CHILDREN: LIVER AND/OR SPLEEN
WHAT ARE THE TWO STAGES OF HEMATOPOIESIS? - answer✔MITOSIS
(PROLIFERATION)
MATURATION (DIFFERENTIATION)
WHERE IS ADULT ACTIVE BONE MARROW FOUND? - answer✔PELVIC BONES
VERTEBRAE
CRANIUM
MANDIBLE
STERNUM
RIBS
HUMERUS
FEMUR
HEMATOPOIESIS PROCESS - answer✔STEM CELLS-->DIFFERENTIATION-->KEEPS
SOME AS STEM CELLS-->MYELOID/PROGENITOR CELLS-->RBC'S
DO INFANTS HAVE INCREASED OR DECREASED WBC/RBC COUNTS AT BIRTH? -
answer✔ELEVATED
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR BONE MARROW? - answer✔MYELOID TISSUE
WHAT HORMONE STIMULATES ERYTHROCYTE PRODUCTION? -
answer✔ERYTHROPOIETIN
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WHAT IS ERYTHROPOIESIS? - answer✔DEVELOPMENT OF RBC'S
ERYTHROCYTES DERIVED FROM? - answer✔ERYTHROBLASTS
WHAT CONVERTS YELLOW BONE MARROW TO HEMATOPOIETIC RED MARROW? -
answer✔ERYTHROPOIETIN
WHERE IS ERYTHROPOIETIN PRODUCED? - answer✔PERTIBULAR CELLS OF
KIDNEY
WHAT FEEDBACK LOOP IS USED IN ERYTHROPOIESIS? - answer✔NEGATIVE
FEEDBACK LOOP
WHEN IS ERYTHROPOIETIN RELEASED? - answer✔IN RESPONSE TO LOW RENAL
OXYGENATION
HOW FAST CAN ERYTHROPOIETIN INCREASE RBC PRODUCTION? - answer✔24
HOURS
INCREASED RBC NUMBER IN 5 DAYS
WHAT IS ERYTHROPOIETIN LIFE SPAN? - answer✔4-12 HOURS
ERYTHROPOIETIN IS ALWAYS PRESENT WHERE? - answer✔IN THE PLASMA
WHAT TYPES OF PATIENTS ARE GIVEN ERYTHROPOIETIN? - answer✔DIALYSIS
AND CHEMO PATIENTS
THESE PT'S ARE ANEMIC, SO GIVEN EPO TO STIMULATE ERYTHROPOIESIS
GIVEN SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK
GOAL TO INCREASE HEMATOCRIT TO 33%
WHAT IS THE LAST IMMATURE FORM OF THE ERYTHROBLAST? -
answer✔RETICULOCYTE
MEASURING A RETICULOCYTE COUNT IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF WHAT? -
answer✔ERYTHROPOIESIS (NEW RBC'S BEING MADE)
WHAT IS HEMOGLOBIN? - answer✔OXYGEN CARRYING PORTION OF THE RBC'S
NORMAL HEMOGLOBIN - answer✔13-16GM/DL
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WHAT MOLECULE IS ATTACHED TO HEME ON HEMOGLOBIN? - answer✔OXYGEN
EACH HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE HAS HOW MANY GLOBIN CHAINS? - answer✔2
EACH HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE HAS HOW MANY COMPLEXES OF IRON AND
HEME? - answer✔4
WHERE IS HEME SYNTHESIZED? - answer✔MITOCHONDRIA
HEME CARRIES HOW MANY OXYGEN MOLECULES? - answer✔1
EVERY MOLECULE OF HEMOGLOBIN CARRIES HOW MANY OXYGEN? - answer✔4
WHAT IS GLOBIN? - answer✔PROTEIN THAT CONTAINS HEME
MOST COMMON GLOBIN CHAIN? - answer✔HGB-A
2 ALPHA CHAINS
2 BETA CHAINS
WHAT DO RBC'S USE FOR ENERGY? - answer✔GLYCOLYSIS
DO RBC'S HAVE MITOCHONDRIA? - answer✔NO
THUS, NO ATP
TRANSFERRIN TURNS TO WHAT? - answer✔FERRITIN
G6PD DOES WHAT? - answer✔PROTECTS RBC'S AGAINST OXIDATIVE STRESS
WHAT IS ANEMIA? - answer✔REDUCTION IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
ERYTHROCYTES IN THE CIRCULATING BLOOD
ANISOCYTOSIS? - answer✔RBC'S ARE VARIOUS SIZES
POIKLOCYTOSIS? - answer✔RBC'S ARE VARIOUS SHAPES
IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA PATHO - answer✔INADEQUATE DIETARY INTAKE
BLOOD LOSS
PARASITE INFECTIONS
MENORRHAGIA*
UC NURS8022 EXAM 2 HEMATOLOGY
Questions With 100% Verified Answers.
HEMATOPOIESIS - answer✔THE PROCESS OF BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION
WHERE ARE RED BLOOD CELLS MADE? - answer✔ADULTS: BONE MARROW
CHILDREN: LIVER AND/OR SPLEEN
WHAT ARE THE TWO STAGES OF HEMATOPOIESIS? - answer✔MITOSIS
(PROLIFERATION)
MATURATION (DIFFERENTIATION)
WHERE IS ADULT ACTIVE BONE MARROW FOUND? - answer✔PELVIC BONES
VERTEBRAE
CRANIUM
MANDIBLE
STERNUM
RIBS
HUMERUS
FEMUR
HEMATOPOIESIS PROCESS - answer✔STEM CELLS-->DIFFERENTIATION-->KEEPS
SOME AS STEM CELLS-->MYELOID/PROGENITOR CELLS-->RBC'S
DO INFANTS HAVE INCREASED OR DECREASED WBC/RBC COUNTS AT BIRTH? -
answer✔ELEVATED
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR BONE MARROW? - answer✔MYELOID TISSUE
WHAT HORMONE STIMULATES ERYTHROCYTE PRODUCTION? -
answer✔ERYTHROPOIETIN
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WHAT IS ERYTHROPOIESIS? - answer✔DEVELOPMENT OF RBC'S
ERYTHROCYTES DERIVED FROM? - answer✔ERYTHROBLASTS
WHAT CONVERTS YELLOW BONE MARROW TO HEMATOPOIETIC RED MARROW? -
answer✔ERYTHROPOIETIN
WHERE IS ERYTHROPOIETIN PRODUCED? - answer✔PERTIBULAR CELLS OF
KIDNEY
WHAT FEEDBACK LOOP IS USED IN ERYTHROPOIESIS? - answer✔NEGATIVE
FEEDBACK LOOP
WHEN IS ERYTHROPOIETIN RELEASED? - answer✔IN RESPONSE TO LOW RENAL
OXYGENATION
HOW FAST CAN ERYTHROPOIETIN INCREASE RBC PRODUCTION? - answer✔24
HOURS
INCREASED RBC NUMBER IN 5 DAYS
WHAT IS ERYTHROPOIETIN LIFE SPAN? - answer✔4-12 HOURS
ERYTHROPOIETIN IS ALWAYS PRESENT WHERE? - answer✔IN THE PLASMA
WHAT TYPES OF PATIENTS ARE GIVEN ERYTHROPOIETIN? - answer✔DIALYSIS
AND CHEMO PATIENTS
THESE PT'S ARE ANEMIC, SO GIVEN EPO TO STIMULATE ERYTHROPOIESIS
GIVEN SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK
GOAL TO INCREASE HEMATOCRIT TO 33%
WHAT IS THE LAST IMMATURE FORM OF THE ERYTHROBLAST? -
answer✔RETICULOCYTE
MEASURING A RETICULOCYTE COUNT IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF WHAT? -
answer✔ERYTHROPOIESIS (NEW RBC'S BEING MADE)
WHAT IS HEMOGLOBIN? - answer✔OXYGEN CARRYING PORTION OF THE RBC'S
NORMAL HEMOGLOBIN - answer✔13-16GM/DL
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WHAT MOLECULE IS ATTACHED TO HEME ON HEMOGLOBIN? - answer✔OXYGEN
EACH HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE HAS HOW MANY GLOBIN CHAINS? - answer✔2
EACH HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE HAS HOW MANY COMPLEXES OF IRON AND
HEME? - answer✔4
WHERE IS HEME SYNTHESIZED? - answer✔MITOCHONDRIA
HEME CARRIES HOW MANY OXYGEN MOLECULES? - answer✔1
EVERY MOLECULE OF HEMOGLOBIN CARRIES HOW MANY OXYGEN? - answer✔4
WHAT IS GLOBIN? - answer✔PROTEIN THAT CONTAINS HEME
MOST COMMON GLOBIN CHAIN? - answer✔HGB-A
2 ALPHA CHAINS
2 BETA CHAINS
WHAT DO RBC'S USE FOR ENERGY? - answer✔GLYCOLYSIS
DO RBC'S HAVE MITOCHONDRIA? - answer✔NO
THUS, NO ATP
TRANSFERRIN TURNS TO WHAT? - answer✔FERRITIN
G6PD DOES WHAT? - answer✔PROTECTS RBC'S AGAINST OXIDATIVE STRESS
WHAT IS ANEMIA? - answer✔REDUCTION IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
ERYTHROCYTES IN THE CIRCULATING BLOOD
ANISOCYTOSIS? - answer✔RBC'S ARE VARIOUS SIZES
POIKLOCYTOSIS? - answer✔RBC'S ARE VARIOUS SHAPES
IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA PATHO - answer✔INADEQUATE DIETARY INTAKE
BLOOD LOSS
PARASITE INFECTIONS
MENORRHAGIA*
