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Study Guide for Heme
Hematology & Coagulation study stack from CEG
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the main function of an erythrocyte? | |
| Briefly describe the synthesis of hemoglobin. | |
| Discuss the properties and function of hemoglobin. | |
| Hemoglobin Reference Ranges | Newborns: 16.5-21.5 Adult Males: 14.0-18.0 Adult Females: 12.0-16.0 |
| What is the Cyanmethemoglobin Method? | |
| What is the Oxyhemoglobin Method? | |
| What may cause false elevated hemoglobin values and methods to obtain to the correct value? | |
| Hematocrit Reference Ranges | Newborns: 44-72 Adult Males: 40-54 Adult Females: 38-47 |
| Describe the procedure for doing a manual hematocrit. (Including the units) | Two capillary tubes, well-mixed whole blood, clay sealant, specialized centrifuge; carefully calibrated and timed, read result from chart. Column = % |
| How does hemolysis affect the hematocrit? | |
| How does an increased white blood cell count affect hematocrit? | |
| Normocytic definition | |
| Macrocytic definition | |
| Microcytic definition | |
| Normochromic definition | |
| Hypochromic definition | |
| MCV (Mean Corpuscular Volume) definition | |
| MCH (Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin) definition | |
| MCHC (Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration) definition | |
| RDW (Red cell Distribution Width) definition | |
| Formula for MCV | |
| Formula for MCH | |
| Formula for MCHC | |
| When MCHC and MCV are decreased | |
| Disease states that cause abnormal indices | |
| Anisocytosis definition and clinical significance | |
| Poikilocytosis definition and clinical significance | |
| Elliptocyte definition and clinical significance | |
| Spherocyte definition and clinical significance | |
| Target Cell definition and clinical significance | |
| Drepanocyte definition and clinical significance | |
| Stomatocyte definition and clinical significance | |
| Schistocyte definition and clinical significance | |
| Acanthrocyte definition and clinical significance | |
| Rouleaux definition and clinical significance | |
| Dacrocyte definition and clinical significance | |
| Polychromasia definition and clinical significance | |
| Sickle Cell definition and clinical significance | |
| Burr Cell definition and clinical significance | |
| Basophilic Stippling definition and clinical significance | |
| Howell-Jolly Bodies definition and clinical significance | |
| Siderotic Granules definition and clinical significance | |
| Pappenheimer Bodies definition and clinical significance | |
| Reticulocyte definition and clinical significance | |
| Heinz Bodies definition and clinical significance | |
| Cabot Rings definition and clinical significance | |
| Malarial Organisms definition and clinical significance | |
| Anemia definition | |
| Polycythemia definition | |
| Erythrocytosis definition | |
| Pancytopenia defintion | |
| Intracellular Hemolytic Anemia ? | |
| Extracellular Hemolytic Anemia ? | |
| Thalasemia | |
| Sickle Cell Trait | |
| Sickle Cell Anemia | |
| Aplastic Anemia | |
| Spherocytes are seen in what diseases? | |
| Iron Deficiency Anemia laboratory findings | |
| Pernicious Anemia laboratory findings | |
| Aplastic Anemia laboratory findings | |
| Liver Disease laboratory findings | |
| Significance of Nucleated Red Blood Cells in a peripheral blood smear | |
| Function of a Leukocyte | |
| T-Lymphocytes | |
| B-Lymphocytes | |
| Pelger-Huet Anomaly | |
| Smudge Cell definition and clinical significance | |
| Auer Rods definition and clinical significance | |
| Hypersegmentation definition and clinical significance | |
| Shift to the Left | |
| Shift to the Right | |
| Toxic Granulation definition and clinical significance | |
| Dohle Bodies definition and clinical significance | |
| Reactive Lymphocytes definition and clinical significance | |
| Acute Leukemia on a blood smear | |
| Chronic Leukemia on a blood smear | |
| Infectious Mononucleosis on a blood smear | |
| Chemotherapy on a blood smear | |
| Allergic Reaction on a blood smear | |
| Chronic Leukemia | |
| Acute Leukemia | |
| Multiple Myeloma | |
| Hematopoiesis definition | |
| Chromatin definition | |
| N/C (Nucleus/Cytoplasm Ratio) definition | |
| Stem Cell definition | |
| Mitosis definition | |
| Nucleolus | |
| Erythropoietin | |
| Origin of Blood Cells | |
| Segmented Neutrophils | |
| Monocytes | |
| Lymphocytes | |
| Thrombocytes | |
| Erythrocytes | |
| Neutrophilic Band | |
| Eosinophil | |
| Basophil | |
| Neubauer Hemacytometer | |
| Why is a humidity chamber used | |
| Manual White Count | |
| Manual Platelet Count | |
| Dirty or Scratched Coverslip - manual count effect | |
| Air Bubbles - manual count effect | |
| Underfilling the Chamber - manual count effect | |
| Overfilling the Chamber - manual count effect | |
| Blotting Excess Fluid with Tissue - manual count effect | |
| Insufficient time for cells to settle - manual count effect | |
| Hypotonic vs Hypertonic Fluid - manual count effect | |
| Improperly Made Dilutions - manual count effect | |
| Indirect Platelet Count | |
| Westergren Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate |