Exam 5: The Erythrocyte

In a nonanemic adult,what is the normal range for peripheral blood reticulocytes?

Increased hemoglobin affinity for oxygen correlates to which of the following?

What is the primary mechanism by which erythropoietin affects RBC production?

What growth factor influences the production of the erythrocyte?

The deformability of the RBC membrane is attributed to which of the following?

Which metabolic pathway protects hemoglobin from oxidation via NADH?

The heme moiety produced during intravascular hemolysis is excreted by the body as:

The abnormal increased influx of sodium and water in stomatocytes results from a defect in:

Where does normal extravascular hemolysis take place?

Polychromatophilic red blood cells are commonly called what cell type?

The average RBC is what size?

Red blood cell production begins with what cell?

Of the following,who would have the highest concentration of erythropoietin?

The production of 2,3-BPG occurs in which erythrocytic metabolic pathway?

A reticulocyte count is 6%.This result is:

Which pathway produces the energy required for proper RBC function from ~90% of the consumed glucose:

What analyte can help to differentiate between intravascular and extravascular hemolysis?

The life span of a normal erythrocyte is about:

Explain how the body catabolizes hemoglobin in both extravascular and intravascular hemolysis.