UTA Nurs 5315 Exam 2 questions and answers

Name 5 types of immunity - answer-Natural Immunity, Acquired Immunity, Passive acquired immunity, Humoral immunity, Cell-Mediated immunity Macrocytic Anemias - answer-Pernicious anemia, Folate Deficiency Anemia, Microcytic Anemias - answer-Iron Deficiency Anemia Neonate Platelets - answer-Are equal to adult levels and remain so through childhood During childhood the functioning bone marrow is limited to the vertebrae, ribs, sternum, pelvis, scapulae, skull and proximal ends of the femur and humerus. - answer-A degree of hematopoiesis occurs in the liver and spleen in children. Fetal hemoglobin has a greater affinity for oxygen than adult hemoglobin. Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn - answer-This is an anemia which occurs in a newborn secondary to an immune destruction of the RBCs from the mother's antibodies Sickle Cell Disease - answer-- presence of the abnormal hgb, Hgb S. - Hemoglobin S is formed because of a genetic mutation which results in the replacement of glutamate amino acid with a valine amino acid in the β-globin hemoglobin cha