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MCRT- Labs
Key Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anemia | abnormal condition characterized by a reduction in the number of circulating red blood cells or the amount of normal hemoglobin available to carry oxygen |
| Bands | immature neutrophils that have banned its shape of the nucleus |
| Erythrocytes | red blood cell |
| Hyperglycemia | abnormal increase in serum glucose |
| Hyperkalemia | greater than normal amounts of potassium in the blood |
| Hypernatremia | greater than normal concentration of sodium in the blood; caused by excessive loss of water and electrolytes owing to polyurea, diarrhea, excessive sweating, or inadequate water intake |
| Hypochloremia | decreasing the chloride level in the blood serum below the normal range |
| Hypoglycemia | less than normal amount of glucose in the blood, usually caused by administration of too much insulin, excessive secretion of insulin by the islet cells of the pancreas, or by dietary deficiency (normal blood glucose levels range from 70 to 105 mg/dL) |
| Hypokalemia | condition in which an inadequate amount of potassium, the major intracellular cation, is found in the circulating bloodstream you |
| Hyponatremia | less than normal concentration of sodium in the blood, caused by inadequate excretion of water or by excessive water in the circulating blood stream |
| Leukocytes | white blood cell, one of the formed elements of the circulating blood system |
| Leukocytosis | abnormal increase in the number of circulating white blood cells |
| Leukopenia | abnormal decrease in white blood cells |
| Neutropenia | abnormal decrease in the number of neutrophils in the blood |
| Neutrophilia | elevation of the absolute value of neutrophils |
| Polycythemia | abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes in the blood; term secondary if attributable to defined causes other than direct stimulation of the bone marrow, such as occurs in chronic hypoxemia |
| Pseudoneutrophilia | segmented neutrophils stored in some blood vessels that respond to a marginated process process |
| Segs | mature neutrophils (named for the shape of the nucleus) |
| Thrombocytes | platelets |
| Thrombocytopenia | abnormal condition in which the number of blood platelets is reduced, usually associated with neoplastic diseases or an immune response to drug |
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