ch 18 pt 5 anatomy

Question 1

What is biliverdin?

Answer 1

Converted within macrophages into green pigment

Question 2

What is bilirubin?

Answer 2

Converted into yellowish pigment

Question 3

What is stercobilin?

Answer 3

Brown pigment in feces

Question 4

What is urobilin?

Answer 4

Yellow pigment of urine

Question 5

Anemia is what?

Answer 5

Is a sign of a problem rather than disease itself

Question 6

What causes anemia?

Answer 6

Erythrocytes is lower than normal or the oxygen-carrying capacity is reduced

Question 7

What is sickle-cell anemia?

Answer 7

RBC becomes crescent shaped when O2 levels are low

Question 8

What is thalassemia?

Answer 8

One globin chain is absent resulting in RBCs that are thin, delicate and deficient in hemoglobin

Question 9

What is aplastic anemia?

Answer 9

Destruction or inhibition of red bone marrow

Question 10

What is renal anemia?

Answer 10

Lack of EPO

Question 11

What is hemorrhagic anemia?

Answer 11

Rapid blood loss

Question 12

What is chronic hemorrhagic anemia?

Answer 12

Slight but persistent blood loss

Question 13

What is Iron-deficiency anemia?

Answer 13

Caused by hemorrhagic anemia, but also by low iron intake or impaired absorption; microcytes

Question 14

What is pernicious anemia?

Answer 14

Autoimmune disease that destroys stomach mucosa that produces intrinsic factor; macrocytes