A Patient's Anemia Is Described as Having Erythrocytes That Demonstrate

question 26

Multiple Choice

A patient's anemia is described as having erythrocytes that demonstrate poikilocytosis.The nurse would recognize the erythrocytes would be:

• A) pale in color.
• B) present in various sizes.
• C) able to assume various shapes.
• D) live only a few days.

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Definitions:

Uterus

A major female reproductive organ in which a fertilized egg implants and develops into a fetus.

Conceive

The act or process of becoming pregnant, involving the fertilization of an egg by sperm.

Intercourse

The physical act of sexual activity, especially involving penetration, between two individuals.

Pregnancy

is the condition of having a developing embryo or fetus in the uterus, marked by various physiological and hormonal changes.