Practical Flashcards by Liz Haywood

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Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Seg

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Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Metamyelocyte (neutrophil)

Notice how the indentation is < 50% of the diameter of the cell

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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Teardrop

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Identify the maturation stage of the erythrocytic series

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Reticulocyte or retic for short

This is a Wright stain

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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Schistocytes

Literally just fragments

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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Blister cell

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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Hemoglobin SC crystals

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Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

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Trick question! It’s plasmodium species found in patients with malaria

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Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

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Basophilic stippling

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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Spherocytes

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Identify the maturation stage of the erythrocytic series

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Mature RBC

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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Acanthocytes

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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Bite cell

Remember, this is a type of schistocyte

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Identify the cells that comprise a normal WBC differential

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Seg
Monocytes
Lymphocytes
Bands
Eosinophils
Basophils

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Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

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Howell-Jolly bodies

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Identify the two maturation phases of the erythrocytic series

What is the one on the right? The left?

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R: rubriblast

L: prorubricyte

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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Rouleaux

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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Stomatocytes

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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Hemoglobin C crystals

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Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

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Cabot ring

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Identify the maturation stage of the erythrocytic series

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Rubricyte

aka polychromatic normoblast

N: round w/ quite condensed chromatin

C: gray-blue b/c of hemoglobinization

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Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Basophil

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Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

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Heinz bodies

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Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Myeloblast

Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

Promyelocyte

Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

Myelocyte (neutrophil)

Identify the maturation stage of the erythrocytic series

Metarubricyte - aka orthrochromic normoblast N: round w/ fully condensed chromatin; eccentrically placed

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

Target cells

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

Elliptocytes

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

Sickle cells

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

Ovalcyte

Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

Band

Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

Pappenheimer bodies - Look carefully at how they're clumped around the periphery of the cells

Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

Eosinophil

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

Burr cells (echinocytes)

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

RBC clumping (or RBC agglutination)