Anatomy Flashcards
What transporters are on RBCs?
Cl-/HCO3- antiporters
Function of Cl-/HCO3- antiporters?
Export HCO3- and transport CO2 from tissues to lungs
Varying sizes of RBCs
Anisocytosis
Varying shapes of RBCs
Poikilocytosis
Immature RBC
Reticulocyte
Bluish color on Wright-Giemsa stain of reticulocyte
Residual ribosomal RNA
What do dense granules of platelets contain?
ADP and calcium
What do a-granules of platelets contain?
vWF, fibrinogen, and fibronectin
Where is 1/3 of platelet pool stored?
Spleen
vWF receptor
GpIb
Fibrinogen receptor
GpIIb/IIIa
Hypersegmented neutrophils are seen in what condition?
Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency
Immature neutrophil
Band cell
Increased band cells are seen in what conditions?
Infections or CML
What do increased band cells reflect?
Myeloid proliferation
What are neutrophil chemotactic agents?
C5a, IL-8, LTB4, kallikrein, platelet-activating factor
Organelle within neutrophil that has azurophilic granules
Lysosome
Activates macrophages
IFN-y
Which MHC molecule is used by macrophages?
MHC-II
Where are histiocytes found?
In connective tissue
Where are Kupffer cells found?
In liver