Blood Disorders

Which of the following genotypes shows a CARRIER for a trait?

• X^BX^b

• X^bX^b

• X^BX^B

• X^bY

Colorblindness is a recessive X-linked disorder.

Which genotype represents a male with normal vision?

• X^N Y^N

• Xⁿ Yⁿ

• X^N Y

• Xⁿ Y

A localized clotted mass of blood found in an organ, tissue or space. It is caused by a traumatic injury, such as a blow, that can cause a blood vessel to rupture

• Sickle Cell Anemia

• Hematoma

• Septicemia

• Aneurysm

A cancerous or malignant conditions in which there is a great increase in the number of white blood cells

• Leukemia

• Angina Pectoris

• Polycythemia

• Arrhythmia

A hereditary disease in which the blood clots slowly or abnormally. This causes prolonged bleeding with even minor cuts and bumps

• Anemia

• Hemophilia

• Embolism

• Atherosclerosis

High blood pressure

• Heart Failure

• Atherosclerosis

• Myocardial Infarction

• Hypertension

Bleeding from blood vessels within the brain

• Myocardial Infarction

• Cerebral Hemorrhage

• Arrhythmia

• Aneurysm

The ballooning out of an artery, accompanied by the thinning arterial wall, caused by weakening of the blood vessel

• Aneurysm

• Hematoma

• Sickle cell anemia

• Coronary Artery Disease

People with sickle cell anemia are born with it.

• True

• False

Sickle-shaped red blood cells don't move easily through blood vessels.

• True

• False