Spleen workbook ex 3

Question 1

interruption in the blood supply to an area that may lead to necrosis of the area

Answer 1

infarcation

Question 2

chronic life shortening condition of unknown cause involving bone marrow elements, characterized by an increase in red blood cell mass and hemoglobin concentration

Answer 2

polycythemia vera

Question 3

acute infection caused by epstien-barr virus that most commonly affects teenagers and young adults, symptoms include fever, sore throat, enlarged lymph nodes, abnormal lymphocytes and hepatosplenomegaly

Answer 3

mononucleosis

Question 4

malignant disease of the lymphoid tissue seen in increases frequency in individuals more than 50 yrs old

Answer 4

non-hodkins lymphoma

Question 5

hereditary condition in which erythrocytes assume a spheroid shape

Answer 5

spherocytosis

Question 6

group of hereditary anemias occurring in Asian and Mediterranean populations

Answer 6

thalassemia

Question 7

one of the storage diseases in which fat and proteins are deposited abnormally in the body

Answer 7

Gauchers disease

Question 8

excess of red blood cells

Answer 8

polycethemia

Question 9

malignant disease that involves lymphoid tissue

Answer 9

hodgkin disease

Question 10

condition in sickle cell anemia in which the sickled cells interfere with oxygen transport, obstruct capillary blood flow, and cause fever and severe pain in the joints and abdomen

Answer 10

sickle cell crisis

Question 11

metabolic disorder marked by amyloid deposits in organs and tissue

Answer 11

amyloidosis

Question 12

enlargement of the spleen

Answer 12

splenomegaly

Question 13

inherited disorder transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait that causes an abnormality of the globin genes in hemoglobin

Answer 13

sickle cell anemia

Question 14

anemia resulting from hemolysis of red blood cells

Answer 14

hemolytic anemia

Question 15

anemia caused by antibodies produced by the patients own immune system

Answer 15

autoimmune hemolytic anemia