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Physioex Review Sheet Exercise 11 Essay

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REVIEW SHEET
EXERCISE 11
Blood Analysis

NAME:
LAB TIME/DATE:

Hematocrit Determination
1. Hematocrit values are usually ( *higher / lower ) in healthy males, compared to healthy females.
Give one possible explanation for this.

2. Living at high elevations will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( *increase / decrease ).
Explain your answer.

3. Long-term athletic training will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( *increase / decrease ).
4. What is anemia?
Condition where inadequate oxygen is delivered to the body’s cells.
5. Anemia will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( increase / *decrease ).
6. Pernicious anemia is due to a lack of vitamin -- B12
7. How does deficiency of intrinsic factor lead to pernicious anemia? …show more content…

female with iron deficiency anemia: 8 gms /100ml blood
16. Explain your answer to (c) above.
Higher than normal RBCs.
17. Explain your answer to (d) above.
Not enough iron to use in hemoglobin production.
18. Complete the following questions to describe hemoglobin.
How many polypeptide chains form the globin portion of the molecule? 4
Each heme group contains an atom of the element. Iron.
How many heme groups are contained in one molecule of hemoglobin? 4
Each hemoglobin molecule can transport __4___ molecules of oxygen.
What color is oxyhemoglobin? Bright red
19. Hemoglobin values rise in COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Give a possible explanation for this.

20. Hemoglobin values decrease in renal disease. Give a possible explanation for this.
Kidneys make hormone erythropoietin which stimulates RBC production. Kidney failure or disease decrease secretion of hormone.

Blood Typing
21. Define the following terms. agglutinogen: antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin agglutinen: substance that causes particles to coagulate to form a thickened mass gene allele:
22. What is the most common ABO blood type in the United States? O
23. What is the least common ABO blood type in the United States? AB
24. Most Americans are Rh ( positive / negative ).
25. Erythroblastosis fetalis is an uncommon condition in newborn infants. In this condition, the baby is Rh (

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