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Cricks Blood Disorde

Cricks Blood Disorders Ch 14

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What medical condition features the lack of oxygen carrying ability among the body's red blood cells? anemia
What element found in the blood is often lacking- causing anemia? iron
What type of anemia is caused by a stomach disorder that prevents the body from absorbing vitamin B-12 from food? pernicious anemia
What is the medical term that describes anemia that is caused by bleeding? hemorrhagic anemia
What type of anemia is cause by the rupturing of the membrane of the RBCs? hemolytic anemia
What type of anemia is caused by the destruction of the red bone marrow by radiation, chemicals or cancer? aplastic anemia
What type of anemia features misshapen RBCs that don't carry oxygen well and tend to cause blood clots? sickle cell anemia
What blood disorder features a lack of blood clotting ability- making people who have this prone to excessive bleeding? hemophilia
What blood disorder develops when an Rh- mother carries an Rh+ baby, then is exposed to the Rh+ blood during delivery. HDN or hemolytic disease of newborn
What blood disorder involves the failure of white blood cells to function or form correctly? leukemia
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