PBS 3.1 - Sickle Cell Anemia

In Sickle Cell Anemia, which protein is affected by a mutation?

• Insulin
• Hemoglobin
• Glucagon
• Red blood cell

The pale yellow fluid portion of whole blood that consists of water and its dissolved constituents including, sugars, lipids, metabolic waste products, amino acids, hormones, and vitamins.

• White Blood Cells
• Red Blood Cells
• Blood Plasma
• Tissue Fluid

Any of the hemoglobin-containing cells that carry oxygen to the tissues and are responsible for the red color of vertebrate blood.

• Platelets
• White Blood Cell
• Thrombocyte
• Erythrocyte

Any of the blood cells that are colorless, lack hemoglobin, contain a nucleus, and include the lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils.

• Red Blood Cells
• Thrombocytes
• Erythrocytes
• Leukocytes

This disease is characterized by the destruction of red blood cells and by episodic blocking of blood vessels by the adherence of misshapen red blood cells to the vascular endothelium.

• Hemophilia
• Best disease
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Anemia

A minute colorless anucleate disklike body of mammalian blood that assists in blood clotting by adhering to other platelets and to damaged epithelium.

• Thrombocytes
• Erythrocytes
• Leukocytes

Another name for Red Blood Cells.

• Thrombocytes
• Leukocytes
• Erythrocytes
• Eosinophils

A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume.

• Sickle Cell Anemia
• Anemia
• Hemophilia

Which macromolecule is this?

• Amino Acid
• Monosaccharide
• Fatty Acid
• Nucleic Acid

The percent of the volume of whole blood that is composed of red blood cells as determined by separation of red blood cells from the plasma usually by centrifugation.

• Hematosis
• Hematocrit
• Hemorrhage
• Erythr