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Hematology Exam 1
Hematopoiesis, terminology, normal white cell morphology, counting blood cells, red cell maturation
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Undergraduate 3
09/02/2014
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Term
emia
 Definition
in blood
Term
cytosis
 Definition
increase of cells
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cytopenia
 Definition
decrease of cells
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medullary
 Definition
bone marrow
Term
opathy
 Definition
disease
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megaly
 Definition
enlarged
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myeloid
 Definition
white cell
Term
meta
 Definition
change
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heme
 Definition
blood
Term
philia
 Definition
increase or love of
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intravascular
 Definition
inside vessel
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extravascular
 Definition
outside of vessel
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hypo
 Definition
decrease, lower
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hyper
 Definition
increase, higher
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plasia
 Definition
formation
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poly
 Definition
many
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erythroid
 Definition
red cell
Term
lysis
 Definition
break up
Term
MCV
 Definition
mean cell volume-indicates RBC size
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MCH
 Definition
mean cell hemoglobin-weight of hemoglobin contained in RBC
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MCHC
 Definition
mean cell hemoglobin content-average concentration of hemoglobin in RBC
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CFU
 Definition
Colony-forming unit
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CSF
 Definition
Colony-stimulating factor
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G
 Definition
granulocyte
Term
M
 Definition
monocyte or macrophage
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CFU-S (spleen)
 Definition
same as CFU-GEMM
Term
slide too blue
 Definition
too much stain
too little buffer
reagents too alkaline
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slide too pink
 Definition
too little stain
too much buffer
reagents too acid
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WBC normal
 Definition
4500 to 11500 cells/uL
4.5 x 10^3 - 11.5 x 0^3/uL or mm3
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Platelet normal
 Definition
150,000-450,000 cells/uL
150 x 10^3/uL
Term
RBC normal-male
 Definition
4.5-6.0 x 10^6/uL
Term
RBC normal-female
 Definition
4.0-5.4 x 10^6/uL
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RBC normal-newborn
 Definition
5-6 million
Term
hemacytometer counts calculation
 Definition
cells counted x dilution factor x depth factor/area counted based on 1 large square
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corrected WBC
 Definition
WBC x 100/NRBC + 100
Term
nucleus-2-5 lobes thin filaments
chromatin-coarsely clumped
cytoplasm-pale pink, cream, colorless
granules-secondary abundant
 Definition
seg
Term
nucleus-constricted, chromatin visible
chromatin-coarsely clumped
cytoplasm-pale blue to pink
granules-secondary abundant
 Definition
band
Term
nucleus-round to oval, slightly indented
chromatin-condensed to deeply condensed
cytoplasm-scant to moderate;sky blue
granules-maybe few azurophilic
 Definition
Lymph
Term
nucleus-variable-round to horseshoe or kidney, folded w/brainlike convolutions
chromatin-moderately clumped, lacy
cytoplasm-blue-gray, maybe pseudopods or vacuoles
granules-many fine granules "ground glass"
 Definition
mono
Term
nucleus-2-3 lobes thin filaments
chromatin-coarsely clumped
cytoplasm-cream to pink, maybe irregular borders
granules-abundant red to orange, round secondary
 Definition
eos
Term
nucleus-usually 2 lobes thin filaments
chromatin-coarsely clumped
cytoplasm-lavender to colorless
granules-secondary-lavender to dark purple, uneven dist may obscure nucleus or wash out look like empty areas of cytoplasm
 Definition
baso
Term
platelet estimate w/ anemia
 Definition
avg#platelets/field x total RBC count/200 RBCs/field
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quick platelet estimate
 Definition
avg # platelets/field x 20,000
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