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UC NURS8022 EXAM 2 HEMATOLOGY

HEMATOPOIESIS - answer THE PROCESS OF BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION

WHERE ARE RED BLOOD CELLS MADE? - answer ADULTS: BONE MARROW
CHILDREN: LIVER AND/OR SPLEEN

WHAT ARE THE TWO STAGES OF HEMATOPOIESIS? – answer MITOSIS
(PROLIFERATION)
MATURATION (DIFFERENTIATION)

WHERE IS ADULT ACTIVE BONE MARROW FOUND? – answer PELVIC BONES
VERTEBRAE
CRANIUM
MANDIBLE
STERNUM
RIBS
HUMERUS
FEMUR

HEMATOPOIESIS PROCESS – answer STEM CELLS-->DIFFERENTIATION--
>KEEPS SOME AS STEM CELLS-->MYELOID/PROGENITOR CELLS-->RBC'S

DO INFANTS HAVE INCREASED OR DECREASED WBC/RBC COUNTS AT BIRTH? -
answerELEVATED

WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR BONE MARROW? - answerMYELOID TISSUE

WHAT HORMONE STIMULATES ERYTHROCYTE PRODUCTION? -
answerERYTHROPOIETIN

WHAT IS ERYTHROPOIESIS? - answerDEVELOPMENT OF RBC'S

ERYTHROCYTES DERIVED FROM? - answerERYTHROBLASTS

WHAT CONVERTS YELLOW BONE MARROW TO HEMATOPOIETIC RED
MARROW? - answerERYTHROPOIETIN

WHERE IS ERYTHROPOIETIN PRODUCED? - answerPERTIBULAR CELLS OF
KIDNEY

WHAT FEEDBACK LOOP IS USED IN ERYTHROPOIESIS? - answerNEGATIVE
FEEDBACK LOOP

,WHEN IS ERYTHROPOIETIN RELEASED? - answerIN RESPONSE TO LOW RENAL
OXYGENATION

HOW FAST CAN ERYTHROPOIETIN INCREASE RBC PRODUCTION? - answer24
HOURS
INCREASED RBC NUMBER IN 5 DAYS

WHAT IS ERYTHROPOIETIN LIFE SPAN? - answer4-12 HOURS

ERYTHROPOIETIN IS ALWAYS PRESENT WHERE? - answerIN THE PLASMA

WHAT TYPES OF PATIENTS ARE GIVEN ERYTHROPOIETIN? - answerDIALYSIS
AND CHEMO PATIENTS

THESE PT'S ARE ANEMIC, SO GIVEN EPO TO STIMULATE ERYTHROPOIESIS

GIVEN SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK
GOAL TO INCREASE HEMATOCRIT TO 33%

WHAT IS THE LAST IMMATURE FORM OF THE ERYTHROBLAST? -
answerRETICULOCYTE

MEASURING A RETICULOCYTE COUNT IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF WHAT? -
answerERYTHROPOIESIS (NEW RBC'S BEING MADE)

WHAT IS HEMOGLOBIN? - answerOXYGEN CARRYING PORTION OF THE RBC'S

NORMAL HEMOGLOBIN - answer13-16GM/DL

WHAT MOLECULE IS ATTACHED TO HEME ON HEMOGLOBIN? - answerOXYGEN

EACH HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE HAS HOW MANY GLOBIN CHAINS? - answer2

EACH HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE HAS HOW MANY COMPLEXES OF IRON AND
HEME? - answer4

WHERE IS HEME SYNTHESIZED? - answerMITOCHONDRIA

HEME CARRIES HOW MANY OXYGEN MOLECULES? - answer1

EVERY MOLECULE OF HEMOGLOBIN CARRIES HOW MANY OXYGEN? - answer4

WHAT IS GLOBIN? - answerPROTEIN THAT CONTAINS HEME

MOST COMMON GLOBIN CHAIN? - answerHGB-A

, 2 ALPHA CHAINS
2 BETA CHAINS

WHAT DO RBC'S USE FOR ENERGY? - answerGLYCOLYSIS

DO RBC'S HAVE MITOCHONDRIA? - answerNO

THUS, NO ATP

TRANSFERRIN TURNS TO WHAT? - answerFERRITIN

G6PD DOES WHAT? - answerPROTECTS RBC'S AGAINST OXIDATIVE STRESS

WHAT IS ANEMIA? - answerREDUCTION IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
ERYTHROCYTES IN THE CIRCULATING BLOOD

ANISOCYTOSIS? - answerRBC'S ARE VARIOUS SIZES

POIKLOCYTOSIS? - answerRBC'S ARE VARIOUS SHAPES

IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA PATHO - answerINADEQUATE DIETARY INTAKE
BLOOD LOSS
PARASITE INFECTIONS
MENORRHAGIA*
GI BLEED*

IRON-DEFICIENCY CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS - answerCOGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
IN CHILDREN
NO SYMPTOMS MILD ANEMIA
DYSNPLEA
PICA* (PREGNANT LADIES)

LAB VALUES FOR IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA - answerLOW FERRITIN (MOST
SENSITIVE TEST FOR IDA)
LOW SERUM IRON
HIGH TIBC****

IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH IRON TO BIND TO TRANSFERRIN, WILL THE TIBC BE
HIGH OR LOW? - answerHIGH TIBC

SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA PATHO - answerPROBLEM WITH HEME
DEFECT IN MITOCHONDRIAL HEME SYNTHESIS*
DYSFUNCTIONAL HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS*

SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS - answerIRON OVERLOAD

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