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A veces yo ______ (querer) pizza.

Define Anemia 

Blood Smear Evaluation Please define the seven types of red blood cell morphologic abnormalities you would expect to see on a blood smear slide of an anemic patient? [2 points each] Acanthocytes Keratocytes Spherocytes Leptocytes  Basophilic stippling Howell-Jolly bodies Nucleated Erythrocytes

What are the two components that make up a hemogram also refered to as a complete blood cell count?

List two of three RBC inclusions that might show up on a blood smear.  Receive an extra point if you name all 3.

Ejection fraction increases after endurance training primarily due to a decrease in ESV.

What is the term for a crushed RBC?

Plasma volume decreases after endurance training (due to chronic sweating), but red blood cell production increases.

Loss in fat free mass that accompanies aging is called sarcopenia.