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White Blood Cells
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
08/21/2013

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Term
Band
Definition
Immature
Term
Neutrophils
Definition

Most common and most abundant 

 

3-5 lobes

 

phagocytic and bactericidal abilities 

Term
Leukemia
Definition
Neoplastic cells in blood/bone marrow
Term
Hypersegmentation
Definition
5 or more lobes
Term
Hyposegmentation
Definition

Congenital defect 

 

3 or less lobes 

Term
Toxic Neutrophils
Definition

Larger than normal

 

cytoplasm may have vacuoles, basophilic granules, dohle bodies 

 

 

Term
Dohle bodies
Definition
Irregular shaped oval bodies found in cytoplasm of neutrophils
Term
WBCs
Definition

Originate in bone marrow 

 

Granulocytes

 

Agranulocytes 

Term
-philia
Definition
Increase
Term
-penia
Definition
Decrease
Term
Left Shift
Definition
Increase in number of immature neutrophils
Term
Eosinophils
Definition

Slighty larger than segmented neutrophils

 

Stain pink/red

 

Parasitocidal and phagocytic capabilities 

 

Help control allergic reactions 

Term
-cytosis
Definition
Increase
Term
Lymphocytes
Definition

Immunologic activity 

 

B - lymph nodes

 

T - blood

Term
Ehrlichia Species
Definition
Seen in cytoplasm of neutrophils and monocytes
Term
Identification of WBCs
Definition

Size

 

Characteristics of cytoplasm

 

Characteristics of nucleus

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