Blood Flashcards
(42 cards)
serum vs plasma
essentialy same thing, serum doesn’t have fibrinogen/clot factor
What WBS is least commonly found?
Basophils
What WBC is most commonly found?
Neutrophils
polycythemia
increased concentration of erythrocytosis
anemia
decrease in number of healthy RBC or hemoglobin content
leukocytosis
high WBC
leukopenia
low WBC
thrombocytosis
high platelet
thrombopenia
low platlet
thrombopenia
shortage of all blood cells
basophilia
stain blue/purple
acidophilia
stain pink
erythrocyte
most abundant, biconcave disk with no nucleus
hypochromic
less color
anisocytosis
varied RBC size
poikilocytosis
varied RBC shape
microcytic
smaller size RBC
macrocytic
larger size RBC
schistocytes
damaged RBC
megaloblastic
unusually large, hypersegmented neutrophil
nonmegaloblastic
large RBC, absence of hypersegmented neutrophil
Reticulocyte
become mature RBC
monocyte
larger agranular, become macrophage
WBC contain
primary and secondary granulesnu