🔴 Red Blood Cell Disorders
These cells carry oxygen throughout the body.
What are red blood cells?
These cells defend the body against infection.
What are white blood cells?
These cell fragments help stop bleeding.
What are platelets?
Caused by lack of iron → microcytic RBCs.
What is iron-deficiency anemia?
The fluid portion of blood.
What is plasma?
A genetic disorder causing misshaped RBCs.
What is sickle cell anemia?
A blood cancer involving overproduction of immature WBCs.
What is leukemia?
A disorder marked by a dangerously low platelet count.
What is thrombocytopenia?
Caused by vitamin B12 deficiency due to lack of intrinsic factor.
What is pernicious anemia?
Term for too few RBCs.
What is anemia?
This type of anemia is caused by chronic blood loss or poor iron intake.
What is iron-deficiency anemia?
A disorder where the body doesn’t have enough neutrophils.
What is neutropenia?
A genetic bleeding disorder due to missing clotting factor VIII.
What is hemophilia A?
A condition where RBCs are destroyed faster than they are made.
What is hemolytic anemia?
A WBC disorder affecting B-lymphocytes in children.
What is acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)?
This condition causes an overproduction of RBCs.
What is polycythemia vera?
Cancer of lymphatic tissue involving Reed-Sternberg cells.
What is Hodgkin lymphoma?
This condition causes clots to form throughout the body, using up clotting factors.
What is disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)?
Genetic anemia causing abnormal hemoglobin.
What is sickle cell anemia?
Term for increase in all blood cell types.
What is panmyelosis?
This rare disorder causes bone marrow failure to produce RBCs, WBCs, and platelets.
What is aplastic anemia?
This cancer involves malignant plasma cells in bone marrow.
What is multiple myeloma?
Platelet activation and aggregation are part of this process.
What is hemostasis?
Caused by bone marrow suppression, leading to pancytopenia.
What is aplastic anemia?
RBCs made too slowly due to kidney disease.
What is anemia of chronic disease?