Capillaries
Sickle-cell anemia
Sickle-cell anemia.
C. Sickle-cell anemia
The red blood cells have a sickle shape, hence the name. They receive this shape from a protein in normal blood cells that is mutated. They carry less blood and block veins and capillaries easily.
C. Sickle-cell anemia
No, crescent-shaped blood cells are a characteristic of sickle cell disease, not cancer. Sickle cells can cause various complications by blocking blood flow and oxygen delivery to tissues, but they do not directly cause cancer.
Abnormal crescent-shaped blood cells are known as sickle cells, which are characteristic of sickle cell disease. This genetic condition causes red blood cells to become rigid and curved, leading to blockages in blood vessels and reduced oxygen delivery to tissues. Sickle cell disease can result in pain, organ damage, and other serious complications.
Spherocytosis
what are the ailments of the blood vessels
This occurs because a genetic mutation changes the shape of the red blood Cell from a normally flat disk to a curved or sickle shaped disk. This altered shape ends up restricting and reducing the normal passage - flow - of RBC's through the Capillaries.
Spherocytosis