Question

True or False:

1.) Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder

2.) If the person has just one allele (trait) of sickle cell disorder, it is enough to develop the symptoms

3.) Aggregated sickle cells may block blood flow in blood vessels

4.) Codocytes are typical both for sickle cell anemia

5.) Sickle cell disease is characterized by polychromatic erythrocytes

Answer 1

1. true [ people who have the disease inherit 2 copies of the gene one from each parents]
2. false [ people with sickle cell trait are healthy but they pass their defect trait to their children ]
3. true [ blocked blood vessels cause pain ,serious infections, and organ damage ]
4. true
5. false [ it is characterized by drepanocytes and polychromasia ]