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Clin Path
Exam 1
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Pathology
Graduate
01/31/2012

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Term
Fluid component of blood?
Definition
Plasma
Term
Fluid component of blood that is harvested AFTER coagulation of blood?
Definition
Serum
Term
Reproducibility, nearly the same result every time
Definition
Analytical precision
Term
Closeness to true value
Definition
Analytical accuracy
Term
4 main causes of leukocytosis?
Definition
Inflammatory
Stress (steroids)
Fight or Flight
Neoplastic
Term
Hallmark of acute inflammatory response?
Definition
Left shift
Term
A left shift tells us it is what kind of inflammatory disorder?
Definition
Acute
Term
When you have anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia combined
Definition
Aplastic anemia
Term
Regenerative anemias are usually caused by?
Definition
Blood loss
or Hemolysis
Term
The best semi-quantitative evidence of increased erythropoiesis (except in horse)
Definition
Reticulocytosis
Term
Spherocytosis
Definition
Immune mediated!
Term
After acute blood loss reticulocytosis begins _____days and peaks at _____ days.
Definition
3-4
7-10
Term
Most common cause of non-regenerative anemias?
Definition
Inflammatory disease
Term
In most cases with acute blood loss you would also expect:
Definition
Hypoproteinemia
Term
For hemolytic anemias, extravascular hemolysis results in?
Definition
Icterus
Term
For hemolytic anemias, intravascular hemolysis results in?
Definition
Hemoglobinuria
Term
In a red top test tube, the clot activator gives you what?
Definition
Serum
Term
In a lavendar top test tube, the EDTA does what?
Definition
Chelates Ca
Term
Citrate in a blue test tube top binds what?
Definition
Ca
Term
For a grey test tube ______ binds Ca and leaves you with ______.
Definition
Oxalate
Plasma
Term
Green test tubes leave you with blood plasma and contain _______.
Definition
Heparin
(activates anti-thrombin)
Term
The presence of ghost cells in a blood film strongly suggests?
Definition
Complement mediated hemolysis
Term
The presence of howell jolly bodies in a blood film suggests?
Definition
Increased erythropoiesis
Term
Acanthocytes in a canine blood film can suggest what conditions?
Definition
Hemangiosarcoma
Hepatic and renal disorders
Abnormal lipid content
Budding fragmentation
Term
Basophillic stippling in a blood film suggests?
Definition
Regenerative anemia (cattle)
Lead poisoning (dogs)
Term
List 2 types of non neoplastic monocytosis:
Definition
Inflammation
Glucocorticoid Induced
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