INTRODUCTION TO HEMATOLOGY Flashcards
(62 cards)
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describe worms in the blood
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Athanasius Kircher
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worms in the blood (year?)
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1657
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gave an account to RBC
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1674)
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described platelets as “petites plaques”
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Giulio Bizzozero (late 1800s)
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Wright stain
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James Homer Wright (1902)
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it is polychromatic, a mixture of acid and basic dyes
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Wright’s Romanowsky-type stain
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Dys
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abnormal
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a
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without
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blast
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young/ nucleated/ immature cell
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cyte
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cell
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chomic
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color
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ferro/ferric
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iron
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hypo
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decreased
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micro
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small
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hyper
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increased
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macro
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large
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oid
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like
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iso
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equal
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myelo
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marrow
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normo
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normal
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FBC
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Full Blood Count
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fL
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femtoliter
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Hg/Hgb
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Hemoglobion
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MCH
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Mean Cell Hemoglobin
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HCT
Hematocrit
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MCV
Mean Cell Volume
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CBC
Complete Blood Count
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MCHC
Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration
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pg
picogram
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RBC Indices/Parameters
MCV, MCH, MCHC
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Weight of hgb in RBC
MCH
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T/F: Volume of RBC is directly proportional to the size of RBC
T
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MCV
directly proportional to the size of RBC
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average concentration of hgb in RBC
MCHC
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What is the yellow layer on the top of centrifuged blood using non-anticoagulated tube (red top)?
serum
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Blood is __% liquid and __% solid.
Liquid: 55%
Solid: 45%
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What is the yellow layer on the top of centrifuged blood using a tube with anticoagulant (lavender top)?
plasma
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45% of blood is composed of?
cells (buffy coat + packed rbc)
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55% of blood is composed of?
plasma
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Blood volume of infants
250-350 ml
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T/F : In centrifuged blood, buffy coat contains all of the blood cells.
F: RBC is not included in buffy coat, only the WBC and platelets.
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T/F: RBC is the heaviest blood cell which is why it settles at the bottom?
T
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it is the liquid component of blood in an anticoagulated tube
plasma
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Normal blood volume for adult male
5-6 L
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90-95% of plasma is composed of?
water
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5-10% of plasma is composed of?
chemical constituents
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Normal blood volume for adult female
4-5 L
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Viscosity of blood
3.5-4.5x thicker
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color of arterial blood
bright red
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color of venous blood
dark red
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pH of blood
7.35-7.45
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pH of arterial blood
7.45
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pH of venous blood
7.35
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Specific gravity of a whole blood
1.045-1.66
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Specific gravity of serum
1.024-1.028
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Specific gravity of plasma
1.025-1.029
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Give the basic hematological methods
a. CBC
b. Reticulocyte Count
c. Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
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Test to check the activity of bone marrow
Reticulocyte Count
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Most commonly performed test in hematology
Complete Blood Count (CBC)
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check if the px has inflammation
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
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