| decrease # of neutrophils |
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| decrease # of platelets |
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| T or F: most of the iron released from destroyed red blood cells (in
the spleen) is lost. |
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| 60-80% of total body iron is stored in circulating red blood cells,
the rest is bound to __________ and is stored as __________. |
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| What form is iron stored as in the spleen, liver, and bone marrow? |
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| What molecule stores iron? |
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| What enzyme transports iron? |
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| Iron is absorbed via a receptor mechanism in its _______ form. |
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| Iron is absorbed in the intestine in the ______ form. |
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| Iron is a component of the _______ moiety of hemoglobin. |
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| What part of filtered hemoglobin is converted into blirubin? |
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| Iron deficiency anemia is characterized by _______________. |
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| Which portion of hemoglobin is the binding portion? |
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| Adult hemoglobin has __ globin peptides, __ alpha and __ beta. |
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| This accounts for 90% of the dry weight of the RBC. |
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| RBC formation requires these three specific nutrients. |
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| RBC formation is stimulated by ________ which is produced in the
kidney. |
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| This cell has an average life span of 120 days, biconcave disk shape,
thin center. |
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| Most growth factors (ie interluekins) are produced in the bone marrow.
Which one is the exception and where is it formed? |
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| Mature blood cells are descendants of pluripotent hematopoietic stem
cells. Two major cell lineages are formed. What two are they and what do
they give rise to? |
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| If hematopoetic bone marrow is destroyed, ___________ _________ may
resume in the _______, _______, and _________ _______. |
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| ____________ hematopoesis subsides after birth and the __________
_______ remains the primary blood-forming organ. |
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| Hematopoeisis occurs in ____________ in the bone marrow of flat bones
only. |
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| Hematopoesis occurs in ____________ in the bone marrow (flat and long
bones), the thymus and lymph nodes? |
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| Hematopoesis occurs in __________ in the liver, bone marrow, spleen
and lymph nodes? |
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| What makes up plasma? |
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| What percent of plasma is water? |
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| What cells are contained in blood? |
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| What two things make up the composition of blood? |
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| What disease? Marked underdevelopment, chronic anemia, jaundice,
multiple organ infarcts, severe bone, spleen pain, intellectual
impariment, recurrent infection, heart failure |
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| The onset of symptoms for SC anemia first appear at what age? |
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| In Sickle cell anemia, RBC's are _________ sickled if they are
deoxygenated, and they are _________ sickled if HbS polymerizes. |
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| this disease characterized by abnormal Hemoglobin (HbS) that
polymerizes at LOW O2 tension; induced by: fever, acidosis, dehydration,
hypoxia. |
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| Sickle cell anemia is most common among what population? |
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| What type of anemia: inherited, point mutation, Hb beta chain, N6
point mutation, result=abnormal hemoglobin |
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| Spherocytosis is what class of abnormal hematopoiesis? |
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| Sickle cell anemia and thallassemia are what class of abnormal
hematopoiesis? |
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| T or F: Folic acid sups can be taken orally. |
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| spina bifida, anencephaly are associated w/ what? |
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| What symptom does vit b12 def have that folic acid def. Doesn't? |
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| the medications dilantin, methotrexate, and 5-FU (yes that's F. U.)
are causes of what? |
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| What tx modifications should you take when treating a pt. W/ vit b12
deficiency? |
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| What is the a common finding in both folic acid def. And vit b12 def.?
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| What is the second cause of Vit B12 deficiency? |
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| What disease: spinal cord neuropathy associated, also could be
associated with autoimmunity to parietal cells |
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| T or f: vit b12 deficiency can be corrected with oral supplementation
of vit b12 |
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| The most common cause of B12 deficiency anemia |
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| Lack of intrinsic factor causes what? |
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| What does Vit. B12 bind to? |
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| Symptoms of this include: immature megaloblasts released into
circulation; decreased RBC formation, Macrocytic anemia, hypersegmentation
of neutrophils. |
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