Intro

Question 1

What is pathology?

Answer 1

Study of disease

Question 2

What is anatomic pathology?

Answer 2

Gross, microscopic and molecular examination of organs/tissues/biopsies

Question 3

What is clinical pathology?

Answer 3

Dx based on lab analysis of bodily fluids

Question 4

Where is the site of adult haematopoiesis?

Answer 4

Bone bmarrow

Question 5

Describe the basic stages from stem cells to RBCs

Answer 5

Stem cells
Determination - what type of cell is being produced
Expansion - proliferation
Maturation - becoming functional

Question 6

What is the function of erhythrocytes, leukocytes and plasma?

Answer 6

RBC = transports O2 from lungs to peripheral tissue
WBC = defensive role, destroy infecting organisms and remove dead/damged tissues
Plasma = carry food and waste products in circulatin

Question 7

Which WBCs are granulocytes?

Answer 7

Neutrophils (PMN)
Basophils
Eosinophils

Question 8

What are the two types of neutrophils?

Answer 8

Band cells (immature)
Segmented neutrophils (mature)

Question 9

Which is the smallest leukocyte?

Answer 9

Lymphocyte (large nucleus)

Question 10

Which cells produce thrombocytes/platelets?

Answer 10

Megakaryocytes

Question 11

What is the difference between monocytes and macrophages?

Answer 11

Monocytes are in blood Become macrophages in tissue