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The predominant site of hematopoieses at birth and after birth.
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– Bone Marrow
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Located below the diaphragm and behind the stomach, sequesters damaged and senescent cells and pits intracellular inclusions.
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– Spleen
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Located beneath the diaphragm in the abdominal cavity, conjugates bilirubin and sequesters membrane-damaged RBCs, gathers, transfers, and eliminates substances via the bile, and removes cellular and debris from blood.
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– Liver
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Stores about 1/3 of the total platelet count.
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– Spleen
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Iron ingested from the diet.
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- Ferric and ferrous
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Iron that has just been absorbed in the mucosal cells.
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–Ferrous
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Iron bound to transferrin.
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– Ferric
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Iron in storage.
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– Ferric
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Iron released from the mucosal cells.
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– Ferrous
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Iron in the mitochondria.
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– Ferrous
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Monoferric transferring binds to most circulating iron and are abundant in plasma. T/F
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– False
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Transferrin receptors are located on all cells except for mature RBCs. T/F
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– True
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Iron in storage is in the form of ferritin or hemosiderin in the macrophage of the reticuloendothelial system. T/F
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– True
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The body has the tenacity to conserve Fe but has no compensatory mechanism for Fe overload. T/F
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– True
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In the medullaryphase of the fetal hematopoietic development, the liver plays a major role in hematopoiesis: the spleen, kidney, thymus, and lymph nodes are also involved in hematopoiesis. T/F
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–False
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