What does the term Rh+ mean? What does the term Rh– mean?

Q: What is the normal human white blood cell count?

A: Blood is fluid connective tissue with plasma which is fluid matrix and it has no fibres. Red blood…

Q: What is eryhthropoietin and what does it do?

A: Erythropoietin is a hormone formed basically by the kidneys, with a small measure made by the liver.…

Q: How are laboratory tests used to detect anemia and polycythemia?

A: Anemia is a condition characterized by low hemoglobin or red blood cells in the blood.  Hemoglobin a…

Q: What happens when an individual receives a transfusion with an incompatible blood type?

A: The blood is a fluid connective tissue formed of liquid portion plasma, and the solid portion called…

Q: What conditions might produce a decreased red blood cell percentage?

A: The circulatory system consists of the central organ called heart, blood vessels and the blood. The…

Q: What is the most common ABO blood type? What is the least common?

A: Step 1 Blood groups are specific erythrocyte phenotypes or allotypes found in human beings and…

Q: Why is an individual with type O blood called a universal donor?

A: Blood is the fluid connective tissue derived from the mesoderm. It is slightly alkaline with a pH of…

Q: What is the significance of lower-than-normal or higher-than- normal hematocrit?

A: HEMATOCRIT:- It is a blood test that measures the number of RBCs (red blood cells) in a person.

Q: How is hematocrit determined?

A: Hematocrit is the volume occupied by red blood cells or the packed cell volume in the blood. The…

Q: If a mother contain Rh negative blood and child in his womb contain Rh positive blood, what problems…

A: The Rh factor is the protein that is found on the surface of the red blood cells. The presence of…

Q: What are the genotypes and alleles produced for Blood Type Rh positive and Rh negative?

A: Introduction :- Rh blood group system, a technique for defining blood groups based on the presence…

Q: What is the significance of lower-than-normal or higherthan- normal hematocrit?

A: A low hematocrit means that the percentage of red blood cells is below the lower limits of normal…

Q: Why are malignant disorders of white blood cells commonly associated with bone marrow depression?

A: Impaired white blood cells lead to the reduced immunity of the body. The white blood cells or…

Q: What’s in plasma?

A: Blood plasma is the yellow coloured fluid present in the blood which can be obtained through…

Q: List the three major classes of plasma proteins. Which one is missing from blood serum?

A: Classes of Plasma proteins: Albumins ~ regulates the osmotic pressure of the blood. Globulins ~…

Q: What are some symptoms and signs of anaemia?

A: A lowered ability of the blood to carry oxygen, decrease in the total amount of red blood cells…

Q: Where does hematopoiesisoccur?

A: Hematopoiesis simply is the formation of all of the cellular components of both blood and blood…

Q: How do someone get sickle cell anemia and How long can a person live with sickle cell disease?

A: Sickle cell anemia is a genetic condition of the red blood cells, wherein the shape of the red blood…

Q: What does hematocrit measure?

A: Ans: Hematocrit: This is referred to as the volumes of blood which contain red blood cells.

Q: What is idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura?

A: Thrombocytopenias are blood disorders characterized by low platelet counts. The term idiopathic…

Q: What is a hematocrit used for?

A: The cell is the functional self-contained unit of all life forms. Blood is the main transport medium…

Q: What do the designations F+, F−, F′, and Hfr mean?

A: A plasmid is an extracellular, double-stranded, circular Deoxyribonucleic acid present in an…

Q: What is the difference between serum and plasma?

A: Blood plasma consists of a high concentration of water along with proteins such as albumin,…

Q: What is a differential white blood cell count ?

A: White blood cells are also referred as a Leukocytes, they do not contain hemoglobin and they have a…

Q: What happens if thalassemia is not treated?

A: Thalassemia is an inheritable blood disorder in which abnormal hemoglobin are produced.

Q: What is the difference between a differential white blood cell count and a total white blood cell…

A: White blood cells are also called leukocytes. All these white blood cells have a nucleus. They are…

Q: What is HLA?

A: Antigen processing and presentation is a process where the larger foreign particles are processed…

Q: What conditions might produce an increased red blood cell percentage?

A: Red blood cells are cells which are produced in the bone marrow and are oval in shape. They contain…

Q: what is RBS?

A: Blood glucose can be defined as the amount of glucose present in blood circulation. Averagely blood…

Q: What is the RH factor? What symobol signifies the presence of the RH antigen in a blood type?

A: Blood transfusions can be done only between donors and recipients who have compatible types. The…

Q: What is a TBC and what important roles does it play?

A: Introduction: Some regions of a protein called domains are the regions with distinct and…

Q: Which factors are present in serum and plasma?

A: Serum :- serum is the fluid part of the blood. Serum is mainly made up of water. Plasma :- plasma is…

Q: What is the red blood cell count ? Per microliter

A: Answer- in a Healthy Male the RBC count is 5.4 million RBC count per microliter,   healthy Female…

Q: What is responsible for the ABO and Rh blood types, and why does transfusion of an incompatible…

A: Blood is a bodily fluid found in humans and other animals that transfers metabolic waste products…

Q: What are the signs and symptoms of hemolytic anemia?    Can hemolytic anemia be cured?

A: Hemolytic anemia involves the destruction (hemolysis) of erythrocytes. It can be inherited from the…

Q: What does anaemic mean?

A: Anaemia is a condition in which you lack enough healthy red blood cells to carry enough oxygen to…

Q: How does sickle cell anemia work?

A: Sickle cell anemia:   Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disorder of red blood cells. In this disorder,…

Q: How many punnett squares are possible for each blood type (A,B, AB, O)?

A: Blood grouping is a technique of assigning a particular group to the group on the basis of types of…

Q: Explain what is megaloblastic anemia? and what is the diffrence between it and the normal anemia and…

A: Megaloblastic anemia:This one type of anemia,a blood disorder in which the number proof red blood…

Q: How does leukaemia cause a low white blood cell count?

A: The number of white blood cells in the blood is determined on the basis of white blood cells. The…

Q: What is the composition of serum globulins?

A: Human blood serum 7% protein, two third part of this is albumin and other third part is globulin.…

Q: Which one change is the cause of sickle – cell anaemia ?

A: Sickle cell anemia is also known as sickle cell hemoglobin (HbS). It is a red blood cell disorder…

Q: What is the hematocrit , and how is it determined?

A: The blood is the type of connective tissue whose cells are suspended in a liquid extracellular…

Q: When is Pernicious anemia caused?

A: Anemia refers to a condition that involves lack of erythrocytes that carry oxygen in the body. The…

Hematology

Hematology is the branch of biology. Hematology is the medical field that deals with the treatment of blood disorders and cancers, such as hemophilia, leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle-cell anemia. Hematologists and hematopathologists are medical professionals who specialize in illnesses of the blood and its components.