Hematologic System Disorders and Treatments - Overview & Red Blood Cell Disorders and Treatment (Fixed)

Question 1

Blood disorders can indicate medical problems that either reside within another ____ or are strictly connected to the ____

Answer 1

• Body System

* Blood Cells

Question 2

Some blood disorders due to bone marrow disease can be severe. This is because they affect ____ and they impact various blood cell functions throughout the body

Answer 2

Blood cell formation

Question 3

Anemia

Answer 3

Low red blood cell (RBC) or hemoglobin concentration

Question 4

Anemia can be caused by blood ____, ____, or ____

Answer 4

• Blood loss
• Destruction of RBCs
• Inadequate blood cell production

Question 5

Blood loss, or hemorrhage, can occur after ____ or ____

Answer 5

• Trauma (such as a car accident)

* Surgery

Question 6

____ or ____ in the gastrointestinal tract can bleed as well

Answer 6

• Ulcers

* Tumors

Question 7

The symptoms of anemia happen because of a lack of adequate ____ available to carry oxygen to the body’s tissues

Answer 7

RBCs

Question 8

The acute treatment of anemia is a correction of the underlying problem and transfusion of ____

Answer 8

• Transfusion of red blood cells