A normal women whose father was a hemophilia marries a normal man. What is the chance of hemophilia in their children?

Q: What blood type is considered the universal donor? O O- AB+ A+ O AB-

A: The ABO blood group system is used to denote the presence of one, both, or neither of the A and B…

Q: Define the term hemophilia ?

A: Introduction  X linked inheritance is based on the sex chromosome (X chromosome). This inheritance…

Q: What happens when an individual receives a transfusion with an incompatible blood type?

A: The blood is a fluid connective tissue formed of liquid portion plasma, and the solid portion called…

Q: Explain why severe thrombocytopenia can be lifethreatening.

A: Thrombocytopenia is the shortage of platelets in the blood. It can be either due to the synthesis of…

Q: One of your patients, a six-year-old girl who suffers from Sickle cell anemia, an inherited blood…

A: Sickle cell anemia is a rare genetic disorder that follows an autosomal recessive inheritance…

Q: will either have the disease or not (but they won't ever be carriers) X"X' x"Y = female, normal =…

A: Hemophilia is a hereditary bleeding disorder in which people that have it lack blood clotting factor…

Q: Briefly discuss the relationship between leukaemia and lymphoma.

A: Leukemia is a blood cancer. It is a cancer of blood-forming tissue that leads to a decrease in the…

Q: Why is an individual with type AB blood called a universal recipient?

A: There are four types of blood group: A, B, AB, and O. The O is the universal donor and AB is the…

Q: Explain the terms: colorblindness, Haemophilia & Sickle-cell anaemia.

A: Human genetic disorder are the diseases which are transfered from generations to generation are…

Q: Fill in the blank:  Normally, the most numerous white blood cells are _______________________.

A: White blood cells, also called leukocytes are one of the three major types of formed elements of…

Q: how Life cycle of Red Blood cell works?

A: Hematologic system comprises blood, blood vessels, and blood-forming organs. Blood is a fluid…

Q: What causes hemolytic disease of the newborn (erythroblastosis fetalis)? Why does the condition not…

A: Rhesus factor (Rh) is an antigen present on the red blood cells of humans and some other primates.…

Q: Define the terms: leukocytosis,leukopenia, polycythemia, anemia

A: The whole blood composed of 55% of plasma and 45% of formed elements. The whole of blood plasma is…

Q: What genotype do you need to have sickle cell anemia?

A: Genes are the sequence of nucleotides that encode a particular protein.

Q: Explain the difference between sickle-cell anemia and sickle-cell trait.

A: Sickle cell anemia is a disease that inherited from parents of a person. The body of person with…

Q: Describe the three stages of hemostasis.

A: Hemostasis is the mechanism leading to blood vessel bleeding. It is a procedure including several…

Q: Why are men more prone to hemophilia than women? Elaborate.

A: Hemophilia is a disorder related to blood that causes blood to clot improperly. A deficiency of…

Q: Expand the term CBSG.

A: A short form of a phrase or word is termed as its abbreviation. It contains group of words or…

Q: How would you differentiate sickle cell anemia from thalassemia? Also, describe the connection…

A: Hemoglobin is a protein that carries oxygen in our RBCs and comprises two chains, the alpha chain…

Q: Male Female I Hemophilia A I Hemophilia B 申中卓中 Color-blind 田 田: Hemophilic and color-blind O None O…

A: The cross, which involves the inheritance of two genes, is called the dihybrid cross. According to…

Q: Blood type AB+ has D antigen?

A: The blood is the fluid connective tissue that involves in the transport of oxygen, carbondioxide,…

Q: The brother of a woman's father has haemophilia. Her father was unaffected, but she worries that she…

A: Since you have posted a multiple questions, we solve the first question for you. To get the…

Q: What could it mean, If your White Blood Cell count is more than 1,500?

A: To carry the transport of water, nutrients oxygen, multicellular organisms have a transport system.…

Q: What does the term hematocrit mean? a) The number of white blood cells in the blood b) The number…

A: Blood is a type of connective tissue, liquid in its form which flows in the blood vessels of the…

Q: Could a person with type O- blood safely receive a blood transfusion of AB- blood?

A: Blood type is given on the basis of presence or absence of antigens or antibodies.  Transfer of…

Q: What is a red blood cell

A: Blood: Blood is a fluid that circulates in the body to transport the nutrients and oxygen (O2) to…

Q: Define what is meant by the following statement: Multiple myeloma is heterogeneous.

A: Myeloma is a type of cancer of blood cells. Here a special type of blood cell or White blood cell…

Q: What happen to a person suffering from hemophili?

A: A disease is a particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the function or structure of…

Q: A person wWith type A+ blood gets a transfusion with type O- blood. What is most likely to happen to…

A: (B) Nothing because the donor's blood is compatible with recipient's blood.

Q: How is hemophiliatreated? Why is hemophiliarare in females?

A: Hemophilia is usually an inherited bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot properly. This…

Q: Clots in arteries can cause heart attacks and strokes. Why,then, does it make sense to treat people…

A: Blood coagulation or more commonly called blood clotting refers to the process that inhibits…

Q: What type of anemia will likely result to systemic hemosiderosis?     microcytic macrocytic…

A: Anemia is defined as a reduction in red cell mass or hemoglobin content of the blood that is less…

Q: What advantage do people with sickle cell trait have? How is this advantage responsible of people in…

A: Sickel cell anaemia is a genetic disorder in which the RBCs of a person becomes sickel shaped due to…

Q: why are the children of Rh positive mothers not at risk for this  disease erythroblastosis fetalis?

A: When a woman is pregnant, it’s possible that her baby’s blood type is not very compatible with her…

Q: Why can someone with blood type AB receive blood of any type? Why can an individual with blood type…

A: Like the colour of a person's skin, blood groups are inherited. The four main blood groups are A, B,…

Q: What is homeostatic regulation of hematopoiesis?

A: Hematopoiesis is the production of all of the cellular components of blood and blood plasma. It…

Q: How does leukaemia cause a low white blood cell count?

A: The number of white blood cells in the blood is determined on the basis of white blood cells. The…

Q: If the hemoglobin content of blood is below normal, will the hematocrit ratio always be below normal…

A: The human blood consists of various different components. They are as follows: 1. RBC 2.WBC.…

Q: What Rh antigen is present in the red blood cells of this type of blood?

A: Answer- Rh antigens is the rhesus factor Protein) that is present on the surface of RBC in those…

Q: What is a blood clot?

A: Answer: Blood = It is the connective tissue present in all vertebrates where it transports the…

Q: Difference between heomophilla and sickle-cell anemia?

A: The disease or disorder is a sickness or illness characterized by specific symptoms and signs. There…

Hematology

Hematology is the branch of biology. Hematology is the medical field that deals with the treatment of blood disorders and cancers, such as hemophilia, leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle-cell anemia. Hematologists and hematopathologists are medical professionals who specialize in illnesses of the blood and its components.