Abnormal RBCs Flashcards by Briana Lanzarotta | Brainscape

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Anisocytosis

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Variation in size

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Poikilocytosis

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Variation in shape

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Burr cells aka?

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Echinocytes

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Stomatocytes

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increased permeability to sodium or artifact

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Which cells are seen as artifacts?

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Burr and Stomatocytes

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Acanthocytes aka?

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Spur cells

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Tear drop cells aka?

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Dacrocytes

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Target cells aka?

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Codocytes

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Sickle cells aka?

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Drepanocytes

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Spur cells shape description

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point blob, irregular

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Tear drops are seen as

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macrophage leftovers

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Target cells formed due to

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increased RBC surface membrane

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Elliptocytes description

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darker and skinner than ovaloytes

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Schistocytes aka?

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RBC fragments

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Spherocyte; central pallar or no?

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No central pallar

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Spherocyte increased?

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Increased MCHC makes a darker appearance

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Polychromasia increased?

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Increase in polychromatophilic RBCs

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Polychromasia what color?

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blue/ purple tinged RBCs

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Basophilic stipplings composed of?

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aggregated ribosomes

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Basophilic stipplings covers how much of the cell?

A

Throughout the cell

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Pappenheimer bodies composed of?

A

Iron granules

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Pappenheimer bodies confirmed by which stain?

A

Prussian blue stain

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Pappernheimer bodies covers how much of the cell?

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in clusters, multiple areas

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Howell-Jolly bodies composed of?

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DNA remnants

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Howell-Jolly bodies cover how much of the cell?

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One spot, a circular dot

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Heinz bodies is apart of which pathway?

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Heinz bodies composed of?

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Denatured/ precipitation hemoglobin

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Heinz bodies only seen on what stain?

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Supravital stain

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HGB C crystals composed of?

A

Precipitation hemoglobin C

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Cabot Ring composed of?

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Remnants of mitotic spindle fibers

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Agglutination composed of?

A

Cold agglutinins

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Agglutination causes?

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High MCV (size) and low RBC counts

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Rouleaux seen in?

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Patients with high proteins

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Rouleaux does what with plasma?

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Replaces plasma with saline

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Which proteins seen in rouleaux?

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Fibrinogen and Igs

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