Diagnostic Terms

Question 1

anemia

Answer 1

reduced numbers of red blood cells, hemoglobin, or packed red blood cels in the blood resulting in a diminished ability of red blood cells to transport oxygen to the tissues

Question 2

aplastic anemia

Answer 2

bone marrow cannot produce red blood cells

Question 3

pernicious anemia

Answer 3

an inadequate supply of vitamin b12 causing red blood cells to become large, varied in shape and reduced in number

Question 4

erythroblastosis fetalis

Answer 4

a disorder that results from incompatibility of a fetus with Rh positive blood and a motor with Rh negative blood causing red blood cell destruction in the fetus; a blood transfusion is necessary to save the fetus

Question 5

Rh factor

Answer 5

the antigen on the surface of RBCs of the Rh blood group system

Question 6

hemochromatosis

Answer 6

hereditary disorder with excessive buildup of iron deposits in the body

Question 7

myelodysplasia

Answer 7

disorder within bone marrow by proliferation of abnormal stem cells

Question 8

lymphoma

Answer 8

any neoplastic disorder o lymph tissue

Question 9

mononucleosis

Answer 9

condition caused by Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and characterized by an increase in mononuclear cells in the blood along with enlarged lymph nodes, fatigue and sore throat

Question 10

septicemia

Answer 10

systemic disease caused by infection with microorganisms and their toxins in circulating blood