CELLS IN PAP'S Flashcards
Largest and most mature with pyknotic nuclei
(30-60 u)
A. INTERMEDIATE
CELLS
B. SUPERFICIAL CELLS
C.PARABASAL CELLS
D. BASAL CELLS
E. ENDOMETRIAL
CELLS
F. ENDOCERVICAL GLANDULAR CELL
B. SUPERFICIAL CELLS
Medium sized cells 20-30 u**
**Polyhedral cells with basophilic cytoplasm with vacuoles
A. INTERMEDIATE
CELLS
B. SUPERFICIAL CELLS
C.PARABASAL CELLS
D. BASAL CELLS
E. ENDOMETRIAL
CELLS
F. ENDOCERVICAL GLANDULAR CELL
A. INTERMEDIATE
CELLS
Polyhedral flat cells and cytoplasm may be acidophilic or basophilic
A. INTERMEDIATE
CELLS
B. SUPERFICIAL CELLS
C.PARABASAL CELLS
D. BASAL CELLS
E. ENDOMETRIAL
CELLS
F. ENDOCERVICAL GLANDULAR CELL
B. SUPERFICIAL CELLS
**- intermediate cell, boat shaped cells with a tendency to fold or curl on edges. **
A. NAVICULAR
B. PREGNANCY CELLS
A. NAVICULAR
round to oval with translucent basophilic cytoplasm observed greatest at the center of the cell due to glycogen accumulation
A. NAVICULAR
B. PREGNANCY CELLS
B. PREGNANCY CELLS
Found in the latter half of menstrual
cycle, during pregnancy or menopause
A. NAVICULAR
B. PREGNANCY CELLS
c. intermediate
A. NAVICULAR
May suggest progesterone-estrogen
effect
A. NAVICULAR
B. PREGNANCY CELLS
c. intermediate
A. NAVICULAR
4 cells that NORMALLY SHED
- SUPERFICIAL CELLS
- INTERMEDIATE
- PARABASAL CELLS
- ENDOMETRIAL
- Smallest and SHED TRAUMATICALLY
- 13-20 u
A. parabasal
B. endometrial
c. endocervical glandular
d. basal
d. basal
- Round to oval (15-30 u)
- With strongly basophilic cytoplasm
A. parabasal
B. endometrial
c. endocervical glandular
d. basal
A. parabasal
**Found from 2 weeks of age to puberty, after childbirth, abortion and after menopause **
A. parabasal
B. endometrial
c. endocervical glandular
d. basal
A. parabasal
Round to slightly oval cells with large nucleus occupying half or more of the cell volume, with strongly basophilic cytoplasm
A. parabasal
B. endometrial
c. endocervical glandular
d. basal
d. basal
Found only before pregnancy and ff> menopause
A. parabasal
B. endometrial
c. endocervical glandular
d. basal
d. basal
- **Found during and 1-4 days after menstruation
- Occurring in groups of 3 or more shed in
response to ovarian hormone**
A. parabasal
B. endometrial
c. endocervical glandular
d. basal
B. endometrial
**If seen in post-menopausal women it may
indicate possible endometrial carcinoma or
endometrial hyperplasia
**
A. parabasal
B. endometrial
c. endocervical glandular
d. basal
B. endometrial