Ch5 Diseases and Conditions of Blood

Question 1

Anemia

Answer 1

blood produces a lower than normal amount of healthy red blood cells (common in females b/c of menstruation)

Question 2

Iron Deficiency Anemia

Answer 2

the body can’t make new RBCs due to dietary deficient Iron intake

Question 3

Aplastic Anemia

Answer 3

bone marrow is not able to produce RBCs (usually due to chemo; needs blood transfusion)

Question 4

Hemolytic Anemia

Answer 4

destruction of RBCs; blood cells destroyed faster than can be made (needs blood transfusion)

Question 5

Sickle-Cell Anemia

Answer 5

genetic disorder where bone marrow produces mis-shaped RBCs (crescent moon shaped cells, very painful)

Question 6

Hemophilia

Answer 6

genetic disorder where you cannot clot properly (thrombocytes)

Question 7

Leukemia

Answer 7

cancer of the bone marrow where WBCs are over-produced & don’t function properly

Question 8

Multiple Myeloma

Answer 8

malignant cancer in bone marrow which produces abnormal plasma cells

Question 9

Polycythemia

Answer 9

excessive production of RBCs… also bone marrow disorder… not cancerous