Blood Flashcards
T-cell lymphocytes develop in the ?
Thymus
======= marrow is fatty tissue that replaces red marrow as part of a normal aging change.
Yellow
What is the 2nd most numerous WBC and is mostly nucleus with a trace amount of blue cytoplasm around the edges
Lymphocytes
What type of lymphocytes contain small red/magenta cytoplasmic granules?
Large granular
What does Mean Cell Volume represent?
The average RBC size
What is one stage less mature than a segmented neutrophil?
Banded
What type of cell has the same function as a neutrophil, but is found in guinea pigs, rabbits, birds, reptiles, and amphibians?
Heterophil
What type of WBC has pale staining cytoplasm and a segmented nucleus that is dense violet chromatin
Neutrophil
What is a neutrophil precursor that is the first stage to leave the proliferation pool.
metamyelocyte
This type of WBC has dark purple cytoplasmic granules with a long ribbon-like nucleus
Basophils
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a =======.
Megakaryocyte
The ====== is the connective tissue network of the bone marrow
Stroma
How does a megakaryocyte nucelus divide?
Endomitosis
A cell that is actively making proteins will have a cytoplasm that stains what color?
Blue
It is an abnormal finding if you find nucleated RBCs in ========
Mammals
======= is the least numerous formed element in blood
Basophils
This type of WBC has bright reddish-orange and occasionally retroactive granules that contain arginine-rich proteins
Eosinophils
An acid type that stains basic proteins red/orange.
Eosin
In what species does their basophils have lavender granules
Cat
===== is a formed element that is a small discoid cytoplasmic fragment.
Platelet
Canine RBCs are biconcave discs with a central =======.
Pallor
In avians, reptiles, amphibians, a platelet is called what?
Thrombocytes
A RBC that is one stage back in development
Polychromatophil
What type if marrow contains hematopoietic tissue and stores iron.
Red
What type of tissue is bone marrow derived from?
Mesenchymal
In bone marrow, a ===== stores iron, moderates hematopoiesis, and regulates bone formation.
Macrophages
In birds, B-cell lymphocytes develop in the =============.
Bursa of fibricius
What is the most numerous formed element in blood?
RBC
What type of cell is a precursor for a tissue macrophage?
Monocytes
What approximate percentage of body weight is blood?
10%
What is the difference between serum and plasm?
Plasma- is what is in the vasculature and contains all its clotting factors
Serum- what is left behind after a clot forms
