Hematology

Question 1

1. The most common hemoglobin type found in adult humans is a tetramer called _____, which consists of 4 subunit proteins: two α and two β subunits.
2. The abbreviation for it is ____.

Answer 1

1. hemoglobin A, or
2. HbA

Question 2

What is hemoglobin S (HbS)?

Answer 2

an abnormal version of beta-globin

Question 3

What does “HbS” stand for?

Answer 3

hemoglobin S

Question 4

What does “HBB” stand for?

Answer 4

beta globin, a.k.a.

hemoglobin beta, a.k.a

haemoglobin subunit beta

Question 5

What is beta globin?

Answer 5

a globin protein.

2 beta globins and 2 alpha globins combine to form the ‘heterotetramer’ called Hemoglobin

Question 6

the HBB gene is found on human chromosome #:

Answer 6

11

Question 7

Lymph from the Ovaries/testes drain to the ____ lymph nodes.

Answer 7

para-aortic lymph nodes

Question 8

Lymph from the vulva, scrotum, and Distal 1/3 vagina, drain to the ____ nodes.

Answer 8

superficial inguinal nodes

Question 9

Lymph from the Proximal 2/3 vagina, uterus drain to the ____ nodes

Answer 9

hypogastric, external iliac, obturator

Question 10

List the veins encountered, from the *Left *ovary/testis, to the IVC.

Answer 10

Left ovary/testis –> left Gonadal vein –> left Renal vein –> IVC

*(Remember [L for Long]. Longer path from Left nut to IVC, than from Right nut to IVC.)

Question 11

List the veins encountered, from the Right* *ovary/testis, to the IVC.

Answer 11

Right ovary/testis –> right gonadal vein –> IVC

Question 12

What does GPIb stand for?

Answer 12

Glycoprotein Ib (GPIb)

Question 13

What is Glycoprotein Ib? Where is it found

Answer 13

GPIb, also known as CD42, it is a component of the GPIb-V-IX membrane receptor complex found on **platelets. **

Question 14

What is polycythemia?

Answer 14

a disease state in which the proportion of blood volume, that is occupied by red blood cells, ↑↑↑.