, hemoglobin _________ that has a particularly high affinity for oxygen. After birth, the infant's fetal RBCs are rapidly destroyed and replaced by hemoglobin A-containing RBCs. When the immature infant liver cannot keep pace with the demands to rid the body of hemoglobin breakdown products, the infant's tissues become yellowed, or ________. Genetic factors lead to several congenital diseases concerning the blood. An anemia in which RBCs become sharp and "logjam" in the blood vessels under conditions of low-oxygen tension in the blood is _______ anemia. Bleeder's disease, or ________, is a result of a deficiency of certain clotting factors. Diet is important to normal blood formation. Women are particularly prone to ________- deficiency anemia because of their monthly menses. A decreased efficiency of the gastric mucosa makes elderly individuals particularly susceptible to ________ anemia as a result of a lack of intrinsic factor, which is necessary for vitamin _______ absorption. An important problem in aged individuals is their tendency to form undesirable clots, or ________. Both the young and the elderly are at risk for cancer of the blood, or ______.