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Study Guide for Heme
Hematology & Coagulation study stack from CEG
Question | Answer |
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What is the main function of an erythrocyte? | |
Briefly describe the synthesis of hemoglobin. | |
Discuss the properties and function of hemoglobin. | |
Hemoglobin Reference Ranges | Newborns: 16.5-21.5 Adult Males: 14.0-18.0 Adult Females: 12.0-16.0 |
What is the Cyanmethemoglobin Method? | |
What is the Oxyhemoglobin Method? | |
What may cause false elevated hemoglobin values and methods to obtain to the correct value? | |
Hematocrit Reference Ranges | Newborns: 44-72 Adult Males: 40-54 Adult Females: 38-47 |
Describe the procedure for doing a manual hematocrit. (Including the units) | Two capillary tubes, well-mixed whole blood, clay sealant, specialized centrifuge; carefully calibrated and timed, read result from chart. Column = % |
How does hemolysis affect the hematocrit? | |
How does an increased white blood cell count affect hematocrit? | |
Normocytic definition | |
Macrocytic definition | |
Microcytic definition | |
Normochromic definition | |
Hypochromic definition | |
MCV (Mean Corpuscular Volume) definition | |
MCH (Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin) definition | |
MCHC (Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration) definition | |
RDW (Red cell Distribution Width) definition | |
Formula for MCV | |
Formula for MCH | |
Formula for MCHC | |
When MCHC and MCV are decreased | |
Disease states that cause abnormal indices | |
Anisocytosis definition and clinical significance | |
Poikilocytosis definition and clinical significance | |
Elliptocyte definition and clinical significance | |
Spherocyte definition and clinical significance | |
Target Cell definition and clinical significance | |
Drepanocyte definition and clinical significance | |
Stomatocyte definition and clinical significance | |
Schistocyte definition and clinical significance | |
Acanthrocyte definition and clinical significance | |
Rouleaux definition and clinical significance | |
Dacrocyte definition and clinical significance | |
Polychromasia definition and clinical significance | |
Sickle Cell definition and clinical significance | |
Burr Cell definition and clinical significance | |
Basophilic Stippling definition and clinical significance | |
Howell-Jolly Bodies definition and clinical significance | |
Siderotic Granules definition and clinical significance | |
Pappenheimer Bodies definition and clinical significance | |
Reticulocyte definition and clinical significance | |
Heinz Bodies definition and clinical significance | |
Cabot Rings definition and clinical significance | |
Malarial Organisms definition and clinical significance | |
Anemia definition | |
Polycythemia definition | |
Erythrocytosis definition | |
Pancytopenia defintion | |
Intracellular Hemolytic Anemia ? | |
Extracellular Hemolytic Anemia ? | |
Thalasemia | |
Sickle Cell Trait | |
Sickle Cell Anemia | |
Aplastic Anemia | |
Spherocytes are seen in what diseases? | |
Iron Deficiency Anemia laboratory findings | |
Pernicious Anemia laboratory findings | |
Aplastic Anemia laboratory findings | |
Liver Disease laboratory findings | |
Significance of Nucleated Red Blood Cells in a peripheral blood smear | |
Function of a Leukocyte | |
T-Lymphocytes | |
B-Lymphocytes | |
Pelger-Huet Anomaly | |
Smudge Cell definition and clinical significance | |
Auer Rods definition and clinical significance | |
Hypersegmentation definition and clinical significance | |
Shift to the Left | |
Shift to the Right | |
Toxic Granulation definition and clinical significance | |
Dohle Bodies definition and clinical significance | |
Reactive Lymphocytes definition and clinical significance | |
Acute Leukemia on a blood smear | |
Chronic Leukemia on a blood smear | |
Infectious Mononucleosis on a blood smear | |
Chemotherapy on a blood smear | |
Allergic Reaction on a blood smear | |
Chronic Leukemia | |
Acute Leukemia | |
Multiple Myeloma | |
Hematopoiesis definition | |
Chromatin definition | |
N/C (Nucleus/Cytoplasm Ratio) definition | |
Stem Cell definition | |
Mitosis definition | |
Nucleolus | |
Erythropoietin | |
Origin of Blood Cells | |
Segmented Neutrophils | |
Monocytes | |
Lymphocytes | |
Thrombocytes | |
Erythrocytes | |
Neutrophilic Band | |
Eosinophil | |
Basophil | |
Neubauer Hemacytometer | |
Why is a humidity chamber used | |
Manual White Count | |
Manual Platelet Count | |
Dirty or Scratched Coverslip - manual count effect | |
Air Bubbles - manual count effect | |
Underfilling the Chamber - manual count effect | |
Overfilling the Chamber - manual count effect | |
Blotting Excess Fluid with Tissue - manual count effect | |
Insufficient time for cells to settle - manual count effect | |
Hypotonic vs Hypertonic Fluid - manual count effect | |
Improperly Made Dilutions - manual count effect | |
Indirect Platelet Count | |
Westergren Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate |