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Blood and Genetics
Question | Answer |
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heomeostasis | Stops blood from bleeding |
hematopoiesis | Formation of blood cells |
Hemophillia | Excessive bleeding |
Leukemia | Cancer that is caused by an excess of white blood cells Cause is often unknown |
Monucleosis | B lymphocytes are infected and proliferate in an uncontrolled manner signs include sore throat, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, enlarged spleen, lethargy, fatigue cause: Epstein Barr Virus |
Embolism | Blood clot disorder. Happens a lot in lower leg. Clot roaming through vessels |
Jaundice | A disorder that may arise when a mother lacks an agglutinogen that is present on the RBCs of her fetus. The usual cause is an Rh incompatibility |
Multiple Myleoma | No known cause. Cancer of plasma cells |
Anemia | Blood has a low oxygen level. Iron supplements |
Trisomy 21 | Down syndrome. can be detected through geentic testing. more common in expecting mothers 35 years and older |
Werner syndrome | Werner syndrome is genetic recessive disorder. It is a type of progeria disease that occurs in adults ages twenty to thirty. People who are affected start to age rapidly beginning in their twenties and thirties and look as though they are twenty or more |