2 MIDTERMS - HEMATOLOGY Flashcards
- Scientific study of blood and its component
Help physicians diagnose abnormalities in the
blood.
HEMATOLOGY
- Standard procedure of blood collection using
lancets & needles of varying gauges.
PHLEBOTOMY
Types of phlebotomy:
– capillaries
Skin puncture
Types of phlebotomy:
- veins
Ø Venipuncture
Types of phlebotomy:
– arteries
Ø Arterial puncture
Pale yellow liquid- intravascular/extracellular
* Water, sugar, fat, protein and salt solution
plasma
55% of a normal human’s blood volume
plasma
- Transports RBC, WBC and platelets
through the blood vessels - Remove waste products of metabolism
plasma
- Anucleated cells produced from the bone
marrow
RED BLOOD CELLS (ERYTHROCYTES)
Transport oxygen (lungs à tissues)
Ø Transport carbon dioxide (back to
lungs)
RED BLOOD CELLS (ERYTHROCYTES)
gas transporting protein molecule
Hemoglobin
– low number of RBCs
Anemia
– high number of RBCs
Ø Polycythemia
RBC in a test tube is called:
Hematocrit
Normal Hematocrit in female
37% - 47%
Normal Hematocrit in male
42% - 52%
- Nucleated cells that lacks hemoglobin
- Acts as defense against infection
WHITE BLOOD CELLS (LEUKOCYTES)
- Most numerous
- Multi-lobed nucleus
- Pale lilac granules
NEUTROPHIL
Function:
Ø Immune defense – Protects the body
from infection by killing and ingesting
bacteria, fungi and foreign bodies.
NEUTROPHIL
- Spherical nucleus
- “Robin’s egg blue” cytoplasm
LYMPHOCYTE