Ch 12 Lab Proc Book

Question 1

The type of stain that is used to prepare a reticulocyte count smear is …

Answer 1

Supravital

Question 2

If a reticulocyte smear from a cat has 5 punctate reticulocytes and 15 aggregate reticulocytes per 1000 red blood cells, then the reticulocyte count is recorded as …

Answer 2

1.5%

Question 3

If a reticulocyte smear from a dog has 25 reticulocytes per 1000 red blood cells, the reticulocyte is recorded as …

Answer 3

2.5%

Question 4

If 200 reticulocytes are counted per 1000 red blood cells and the total red blood cell count is 2.2 x 10^6 / µL, then the absolute value of reticulocytes is …

Answer 4

440,000

Question 5

If a canine patient has 10% reticulocytes and a packed cell volume of 32%, then corrected reticulocyte percentage is …

Answer 5

7.1%

Question 6

If a feline patient has 10% reticulocytes and a packed cell volume of 32%, then the corrected reticulocyte percentage is …

Answer 6

9.1%

Question 7

The calculation of the ratio of myeloid cells to erythroid cells in bone marrow requires counting and classifying at least _________ nucleated cells.

Answer 7

500

Question 8

A bone marrow sample from an adult animal that contains 80% fat is correctly described as …

Answer 8

Hypocellular

Question 9

A bone marrow sample from a juvenile animal that contains 50% fat is correctly described as …

Answer 9

Hypocellular

Question 10

The presence of hemosiderin in a bone marrow sample is evaluated with the use of ____________ stain.

Answer 10

Prussian Blue