W2 Flashcards
RBC: NUCLEUS
ANUCLEATE
RBC: SHAPE
BICONCAVE/DISCOID
RBC CONTAINS REDDISH PROTEIN CALLED
HEMOGLOBIN
RBC: COLOR AND SIZE
SALMON PINK, 7-8MM
RBC: ZONE OF PALLOR
1/3 OF CENTER
LOSS OF OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY
DECREASED RBC COUNT
DECREASED RBC HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION
ANEMIA
INCREASED RBC COUNT CAUSING HYPERVISCOCITY
INCREASED RBC COUNT
INCREASED RBC MASS
POLYCTHEMIA
RELIES ON DRABKIN REAGENT
HEMOGLOBIN
WEAK SOLUTION OF POTASSIUM CYANIDE AND POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE
USED FOR MEASUREMENT OF HEMOGLOBIN
DRABKIN REAGENT
RATIO OF THE VOLUME OF PACKED RBCS TO VOLUME OF WHOLE BLOOD
HEMATOCRIT
NORMAL RATIO OF HCT
50%
HCT IS ALSO CALLED
PACKED CELL VOLUME/ PCV
IT IS EXCLUDED FROM HCT DETERMINATION
BUFFY COAT
THIS IS USED TO EVALUATE AND CLASSIFY VARIOUS TYPES OF ANEMIAS ACCORDING TO RBC INDICES
HEMATOCRIT/PCV
THE PERCENTAGE OF RBC IN A VOLUME OF WHOLE BLOOD
HEMATOCRIT
USES RBC COUNT, HGB AND HCT
-MEAN CELL VOLUME/MCV
-MEAN CELL HEMOGLOBIN/MCH
-MEAN CELL HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION/MCHC
RBC INDICES
RBC INDICES
- MCV
- MCH
3.MCHC
4.RDW
MCV IS RECORDED IN WHAT UNIT
FEMTOLITERS (fL)
RBC INDICES THAT REFLECTS THE RBC DIAMETER ON A WRIGHT STAINED BLOOD FILM
MCV
MCHC IS RECORDED IN WHAT UNIT
GRAMS PER DECILITER (g/dL)
RBC INDICES THAT REFLECTS THE RBC STAINING INTENSITY
MCHC
RBC INDICES THAT REFLECTS THE RBCs CENTRAL PALLOR
MCHC
MCH IS RECORDED IN WHAT UNIT
PICOGRAMS (pg)
RBC INDICES THAT EXPRESSES THE MASS OF HEMOGLOBIN PER CELL
MCH