PDCI Ch 8 Med Terms

Question 0

The blood study that determines the amount of pigment present in RBCs is called

Answer 0

Hemoglobin

Question 1

Procedure of counting the number of leukocytes in the blood is called

Answer 1

White blood count (WBC)

Question 2

Blood study that determines packed red blood cell volume

Answer 2

Hematocrit (Hct)

Question 3

Classification of WBCs is performed in a

Answer 3

Differential count

Question 4

What tests are used to classify types of anemia?

Answer 4

Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH)
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)

Question 5

Hodgkin’s disease is a malignant type of

Answer 5

Lymphoma

Question 6

Microcytosis

Answer 6

Small red blood cell

Question 7

Poikilocytosis

Answer 7

Large, irregular RBCs

Question 8

Neutrophil

Answer 8

Polymorphonuclear WBC

Question 9

Monocyte

Answer 9

WBC termed “one cell”

Question 10

Eosinophil

Answer 10

WBC with rose-stained granules

Question 11

Lymphocyte

Answer 11

Agranulocyte (WBC with one loned nucleus) activity in immunity

Question 12

Basophil

Answer 12

WBC with dark stained granules

Question 13

Platelet

Answer 13

Thrombocyte

Question 14

Erythrocyte

Answer 14

RBC

Question 15

Granulocyte

Answer 15

WBC with granules

Question 16

Anisocytosis

Answer 16

RBCs of unequal size

Question 17

Macrocytosis

Answer 17

Large red blood cells