White Blood Cells

Question 1

What is the range for leukocyte?

Answer 1

4,800/mm3 - 10,800/mm3

Question 2

What is the difference between WBC and RBC?

Answer 2

RBC are only in the bloodstream and carry out their function to the blood

WBC are able to slip out of capillary vessels (diapedesis)

Question 3

What are the 5 most to least abundent WBC?

Answer 3

Neutrophils, Lympocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils and Basophils

Question 4

What are the 3 formed elements?

Answer 4

RBC, WBC and platelets

Question 5

WBC pneumonic:

Answer 5

Never let monekeys eat bananas

Question 6

What are the 2 agranular WBCs?

Answer 6

Lymphocytes and monocytes

Question 7

What are the 3 granulocyte WBCs?

Answer 7

Neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils

Question 8

What do neutrophils do?

Answer 8

Help kill bad bacteria

Question 9

Bands on neutrophils:
Segs on neutrophils:

Answer 9

Immature cells
Mature cells

Question 9

More bands on neutrophils = _____ shift

Answer 9

left

Question 10

What do eosinophils do?

Answer 10

Protect the body from parasite Worms, allergies (Wheezing) and any Weird things you don’t normally see

Question 11

What do basophils do?

Answer 11

Reduce inflammation

Question 12

Lymphocytes have 2 different types:

Answer 12

B lymphocytes
T lymphocytes

Question 12

What do lymphocytes do?

Answer 12

Fight viral and bacterial infections

Question 13

What do B lymphocytes do?

Answer 13

Produce antibodies that can attach to and destroy invading viruses or bacteria

Question 14

What do T lymphocytes do?

Answer 14

Work with the immune system to act directly against virus-infected cells and tumor cells

Question 15

What do monocytes do?

Answer 15

Destroy germs (viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa) and eliminate infected cells
They are a macrophage

Question 16

What do neutrophils look like?

Answer 16

Granules, multilobed nucleus, purple/blue

Question 17

What do eosinophils look like?

Answer 17

Granules, bilobed nucleus, red

Question 18

What do basophils look like?

Answer 18

Granules, bilobed nucleus, purpleish/dark blue

Question 19

What do lymphocytes look like?

Answer 19

Almost all of the nucleus fills the cell, pale blue 9smaller than monocyte)

Question 20

What do monocytes look like?

Answer 20

Almost all of the nucleus fills the cell, kidney-shaped nucleus, gray-blue

Question 21

What are interleukins?

Answer 21

A group of proteins produced by white blood cells and other cells in the body that regulate immune responses

Question 22

What are colony stimulating factors?

Answer 22

A group of glycoproteins that stimulate the production of blood cells, including white blood cells that fight infection

Question 23

What is leukocytosis?

Answer 23

High white blood cell count

Question 24

Acute myelocytic and lymphocytic:

Answer 24

Committed cells

Question 24

What are platelets?

Answer 24

Pieces of cells (they are NOT cells)

Question 24

What is lekopenia?

Answer 24

Low white blood cell count

Question 25

Myelocytic vs lymphocytic

Answer 25

Types of leukemia that start in different bone marrow cells

Question 26

Another word for platelets:

Answer 26

Thrombocytes

Question 27

Chronic myelocytic and lymphocytic:

Answer 27

Developmental pathway

Question 28

Platelet range:

Answer 28

150,000 - 300,000

Question 28

What do platelets do?

Answer 28

Help form clots to stop or prevent bleeding