What is the percent transferrin saturation for a male patient with total serum iron of 63 mg/dL and TIBC of 420 mg/dL?
Is the answer within the reference value?
A. 15%, outside RV
B. 0.15%, inside RV
C. 0.15% outside RV
D. 15%, inside RV
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Below are several of the many steps in the process from absorption and transport of iron to incorporation into heme.
Place them in proper order.
i. Transferrin picks up ferric iron.
ii. Iron is transferred to the mitochondria.
iii. DMT1 transports ferrous iron into the enterocyte.
iv. Ferroportin transports iron from enterocyte to plasma.
v. The transferrin receptor transports iron into the cell.
A. iii, ii, iv, i, v
B. v, iv, i, ii, iii
C. ii, i, v, iii, iv
D. iii, iv, i, v, ii
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