Ch. 8 - Erythrocyte Production and Destruction Flashcards
The body’s response to diminished oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood
Anemia
Major cytoplasmic component of mature RBCs for the attachment of oxygen
Hemoglobin
2 functionally identifiable erythroid progenitors
- Burst-forming unit-erythroid (BFU-E)
- Colony-forming unit-erythroid (CFU-E)
3 erythroid precursors
- pronormoblast
- basophilic normoblast
- polychromatophilic normoblast
How many mature RBCs result from a single pronormoblast?
8
Stains used in examining peripheral blood film or bone marrow smear
Modified Romanowsky stain: Wright or Wright-Giemsa
Maturation sequence of RBCs (rubriblastic)
- rubriblast
- prorubricyte
- rubricyte
- metarubricyte
- polychromatophilic erythrocyte
- erythrocyte
3 erythroid precursors capable of mitotic division
- pronormoblast
- basophilic normoblast
- polychromatophilic normoblast
First erythroid precursor without nucleoli
Polychomatophilic normoblast
Small fragments of nucleus that are left behind if the pseudopod-like projection is pinched off before the entire nucleus is enveloped by cell membrane
Howell-Jolly bodies
Erythroid precursor during which the nucleus is ejected
Orthochromic normoblast
2 erythroid maturation stages without nucleus
- Polychromatic erythrocyte
- erythrocyte
Enzyme in polychomatophilic erythrocyte that digests ribosomes
Endoribonuclease
Residual ribosomes in polychromatophilic erythrocytes that appear as a mesh of small blue strands or blue dots
Reticulum
Stained polychromatophilic erythrocytes with reticulum
Reticulocytes
2 characteristics of the membrane of the erythrocyte responsible for oxygen delivery
- flexible
- deformable