N339 Exam 3.4 Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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N339 Exam 3.4 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers


Question: ____ defined as a deficit of red cells,


Ans: anemia


Question: ___, defined as an excess of red cells shown in


Ans: polycythemia


Question: An anemic patient has __due to the low oxygen-carrying capacity
of the blood.


Ans: tissue hypoxia


Question: In contrast to an anemic patiatent, a patient with polycythemia has
increased ____and volume due to the increase in number of RBCs.


Ans: blood viscosity


Question: 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

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Ans: stem cell disorder


Question: 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


Ans: erythropoietin production


Question: 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.


Ans: DNA synthesis


Question: Anemia B12 and Folat leads to a disruption which produces very
large abnormal bone marrow cells called


Ans: megaloblasts


Question: 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 ____.


Ans: hemoglobin synthesis




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