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EXERCISE 11
Blood Analysis
NAME: ELIZABETH ZANDONA
Hematocrit Determination
1. Hematocrit values are usually ( higher / lower ) in healthy males, compared to healthy females.
Give one possible explanation for this. MALES HAVE A HIGHER BLOOD VOLUME?
2. Living at high elevations will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( increase / decrease ).
Explain your answer. INCREASE- THE DECREASE OF OXYGEN WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE OF RED BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION
3. Long-term athletic training will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( increase / decrease ). INCREASE
4. What is anemia? INADEQUATE O2 DELIVERED TO THE CELLS
5. Anemia will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( increase / decrease ). DECREASE
6. Pernicious anemia is due to a lack of vitamin? B12
7. How does deficiency of intrinsic factor lead to pernicious anemia? NECESSARY FOR THE ABSORPTION OF B12 OBAINTED VIA DIET. LACK OF B12 = ANEMIA
8. Why would a diet deficient in iron lead to anemia? IRON IN NECESSARY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RBC, LOW IRON= LOW RBC=ANEMIA
9. Which hormone, secreted by the kidney, is responsible for increased production of red blood cells? ERYTHROPOIETIN
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
10. Sickled red blood cells have an abnormal shape and do not tend to form stacks of cells (rouleaux formation). This would ( increase / decrease ) the sedimentation rate. DECREASE
11. Is the ESR test a specific test used to diagnose a disease? NO
12. The blood of a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy is given an ESR test. The results show a slower ESR from the previous month. What might this indicate about the patient’s disease? THAT THE CANCER IS DECREASING?
13. How can the ESR be useful in the evaluation of a patient complaining of chest pains? THE ESR IS ELEVATED IN PATIENTS HAVING A CONFIRMED M.I.
14. How can the ESR be useful in the evaluation of a female patient suffering from severe abdominal pains? ESR IS ELEVATED IN PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH P.I.D
Hemoglobin
EXERCISE 11
Blood Analysis
NAME: ELIZABETH ZANDONA
Hematocrit Determination
1. Hematocrit values are usually ( higher / lower ) in healthy males, compared to healthy females.
Give one possible explanation for this. MALES HAVE A HIGHER BLOOD VOLUME?
2. Living at high elevations will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( increase / decrease ).
Explain your answer. INCREASE- THE DECREASE OF OXYGEN WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE OF RED BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION
3. Long-term athletic training will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( increase / decrease ). INCREASE
4. What is anemia? INADEQUATE O2 DELIVERED TO THE CELLS
5. Anemia will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( increase / decrease ). DECREASE
6. Pernicious anemia is due to a lack of vitamin? B12
7. How does deficiency of intrinsic factor lead to pernicious anemia? NECESSARY FOR THE ABSORPTION OF B12 OBAINTED VIA DIET. LACK OF B12 = ANEMIA
8. Why would a diet deficient in iron lead to anemia? IRON IN NECESSARY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RBC, LOW IRON= LOW RBC=ANEMIA
9. Which hormone, secreted by the kidney, is responsible for increased production of red blood cells? ERYTHROPOIETIN
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
10. Sickled red blood cells have an abnormal shape and do not tend to form stacks of cells (rouleaux formation). This would ( increase / decrease ) the sedimentation rate. DECREASE
11. Is the ESR test a specific test used to diagnose a disease? NO
12. The blood of a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy is given an ESR test. The results show a slower ESR from the previous month. What might this indicate about the patient’s disease? THAT THE CANCER IS DECREASING?
13. How can the ESR be useful in the evaluation of a patient complaining of chest pains? THE ESR IS ELEVATED IN PATIENTS HAVING A CONFIRMED M.I.
14. How can the ESR be useful in the evaluation of a female patient suffering from severe abdominal pains? ESR IS ELEVATED IN PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH P.I.D
Hemoglobin