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____ defined as a deficit of red cells, - (ANSWER)anemia
___, defined as an excess of red cells shown in - (ANSWER)polycythemia
An anemic patient has __due to the low oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood. -
(ANSWER)tissue hypoxia
In contrast to an anemic patiatent, a patient with polycythemia has increased ____and volume
due to the increase in number of RBCs. - (ANSWER)blood viscosity
Aplastic anemia is a ____that is characterized by a reduction of hematopoietic tissue in the bone
marrow, fatty marrow replacement, and pancytopenia. The decrease in functional bone marrow
mass is usually caused by toxic, radiant, or immunologic injury to the bone marrow stem cells,
which causes a decrease in red cells, white cells, and platelets, or pancytopenia -
(ANSWER)stem cell disorder
, The anemia of chronic renal failure occurs primarily from failure of the renal endocrine function,
which causes impaired ___and bone marrow compensation, and secondarily from failure of the
renal excretory function, leading to hemolysis, bone marrow cell depression, and blood loss -
(ANSWER)erythropoietin production
The anemia resulting from a deficiency of either vitamin B12 (cobalamin) or folate is caused by
a disruption in ____ of the blast cells in the bone marrow. - (ANSWER)DNA synthesis
Anemia B12 and Folat leads to a disruption which produces very large abnormal bone marrow
cells called - (ANSWER)megaloblasts
Iron deficiency, the most common nutritional deficiency in the world, is the most common cause
of anemia. Iron deficiency results in the unavailability of iron for ____. -
(ANSWER)hemoglobin synthesis
Hemolytic anemias are characterized by decreased red cell survival rates. The ______are
examples of a type of anemia caused by decreased red cell survival rates -
(ANSWER)thalassemias