Strom: structure and function of RBCs

Question 1

what stains eosinophils?

Answer 1

eosin

Question 2

what stains basophils?

Answer 2

methylene blue

Question 3

lifespan of neutrophils?

Answer 3

less than 1 day

Question 4

this type of cell makes up 40-70% of leukocytes

Answer 4

neutrophils

Question 5

what is essential in evaluating any infectious disease?

Answer 5

knowing the neutrophil count

Question 6

cells with few or no cytoplasmic granules

Answer 6

monocytes or lymphocytes

Question 7

cytosis means?

Answer 7

increase in cell number

Question 8

20-30% of blood leukocytes?

Answer 8

lymphocytes

Question 9

these cells have a concentration 100x that of white cells

Answer 9

platelets

Question 10

lifespan of platelets?

Answer 10

10 days

Question 11

immature neutrophils with round nuclei?

Answer 11

myelocytes

Question 12

immature neutrophils with horseshoe shaped nuclei?

Answer 12

bands

Question 13

increased cytoplasmic granules in neutrophils?

Answer 13

toxic granulation

Question 14

the “steel cable” of RBCs are known as? and they anchor to what on the plasma membrane?

Answer 14

Spectrin; anchors to ankyrin

Question 15

rbc x mean cell volume

Answer 15

hematocrit

Question 16

Hgb/RBC

Answer 16

MCH (mean cell hemoglobin)

Question 17

Hgb/Hct

Answer 17

MCHC (mean cell hemoglobin concentration)

Question 18

what does the hematology analyzer not count?

Answer 18

bands, blasts, red cell fragments, platelet clumps