ERYTHROCYTES THAT ARE ABNORMALLY LARGE IN SIZE, BUT INADEQUATE IN NUMBER

RESULTS FROM INJURY TO OR DESTRUCTION OF THE BONE MARROW, LEADING TO POOR OR NO FORMATION OF ERYTHROCYTES

HARDENING OR THICKENING OF THE ARTERIAL WALLS, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ELASTICITY AND CONTRACTILITY

FOREIGN SUBSTANCE CIRCULATING IN THE BLOODSTREAM

ABNORMAL, CRESCENT-SHAPED ERYTHROCYTES THAT CARRY LESS OXYGEN, BREAK EASILY, AND BLOCK BLOOD VESSELS

HEART MUSCLES DO NO BEAT ADEQUATELY TO SUPPLY THE BLOOD NEEDS OF THE BODY

THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS

INADEQUATE AMOUNT OF IRON TO FORM HEMOGLOBIN IN ERYTHROCYTES

BALLOONING OUT OF THE WALL OF A BLOOD VESSEL

BLOCKAGE IN CORONARY ARTERIES CUTS OFF BLOOD FLOW TO HEART

LACK OF PLASMA PROTEIN REQUIRED FOR CLOTTING

FATTY PLAQUES DEPOSITED ON THE WALLS OF THE ARTERIES

CAN BE CAUSED BY PROLONGED SITTING, STANDING, OR IMMOBILITY

TERM USED TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS WHO ARE SUSPECTED OF HAVING MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA

WHAT ARE THE 3 MOST COMMON SITES OF ANEURYSMS?

IF A THROMBUS FORMS IN A VEIN DEEP WITHIN A MUSCLE IT IS KNOWN AS

PATIENTS WITH CHF MAY HAVE A COUGH ACCOMPANIED BY

LACK OF OXYGEN SUPPLY IS KNOWN AS

A THROMBUS THAT FORMS NEAR THE SKIN IS KNOWN AS

USED TO REMOVE OR COMPRESS FATTY DEPOSITS, OR TO INSERT A STENT TO ALLOW BLOOD FLOW

PERNICIOUS ANEMIA IS CAUSED BY A LACK OF

IF THE HEART STOPS, THIS SHOULD BE DONE IMMEDIATELY

PEOPLE WITH PERNICIOUS ANEMIA CAN NOT ABSORB THIS VITAMIN ADEQUATELY

CRUSHING CHEST PAIN, DYSPNEA, & AN IMPENDING SENSE OF DOOM ARE ALL S/S OF

HYPERTENSION IS A SYSTOLIC PRESSURE OVER _____ AND A DIASTOLIC PRESSURE OVER ______

FEVER, FREQUENT INFECTIONS, BLEEDING GUMS, AND JOINT PAIN ARE ALL S/S OF

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE POSSIBLE TREATMENTS FOR LEUKEMIA

DECREASED BLOOD FLOW CAUSED BY VARICOSE VEINS IS KNOWN AS

ASIDE FROM REMOVING THE CAUSE, THIS ANEMIA IS USUALLY FATAL