Polycythemia is:
1. a condition of too many red blood cells.
2. a condition of too few red blood cells.
3. caused by lack of iron in the diet.
4. the body's response to chronic hypoxemia.
a. 1, 2
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 4
d. 2, 4
C
The body's response to chronic hypoxemia is to produce too many red blood cells; this is polycythemia. Lack of iron in the diet could lead to anemia.
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