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WorksheetsB / HB - Heredity - Genetics Intro (Sickle Cell)
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the function of the red blood cells?
a)
carry oxygen and carbon dioxide
b)
fight infection
c)
circulates cells and maintains blood pressure and body temperature
d)
stops bleeding by clumping and clotting
2.
How is the blood different between someone with and someone without sickle cell disease? (RBC = red blood cell & WBC = white blood cell)
a)
There are fewer RBC is a normal person
b)
There are more WBC in a normal person
c)
The RBC are disc-shaped in a normal person
3.
True or False: A patient can have anemia without having sickle cell disease.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
A low level of RBC is called (RBC = red blood cell & WBC = white blood cell)
a)
sickle cell disease
b)
anemia
c)
infection
d)
normal
5.
Which of the following is NOT a symptom of sickle cell disease?
a)
frequent infections
b)
yellowed eyes
c)
avascular necrosis
d)
hypoglycemia
6.
In Sickle Cell Anemia, which protein is affected by a mutation?
a)
Insulin
b)
Hemoglobin
c)
Glucagon
d)
Red blood cell
7.
Another name for Red Blood Cells (RBC).
a)
Thrombocytes
b)
Leukocytes
c)
Erythrocytes
d)
Eosinophils
8.
A condition in which the blood is deficient (lacking or low) in red blood cells (RBC), in hemoglobin, or in total volume.
a)
Sickle Cell Anemia
b)
Anemia
c)
Hemophilia
d)
Hemophelia
9.
People with sickle cell anemia are born with it?
a)
False
b)
True
10.
How's sickle cell disease diagnosed?
a)
blood test
b)
blood vessel
c)
chest pain
d)
head aches
11.
There isn't a cure for Sickle cell anemia
a)
False, gene therapy can be used.
b)
True.
c)
False, blood transplants can be used
d)
False, heart transplants can be used
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