Ch 9 Lab Proc Book

Question 1

Common causes of increased plasma protein levels include …

Answer 1

Dehydration

Question 2

Plasma that appears to have a red tinge in a spun microhematocrit tube is referred to as …

Answer 2

Hemolyzed

Question 3

Plasma that appears to have a yellow tinge in a spun microhematocrit tube is referred to as …

Answer 3

Icteric

Question 4

Plasma that appears milky in a spun microhematocrit tube is referred to as …

Answer 4

Lipemic

Question 5

The instrument that is used to measure the total protein content of a sample is the …

Answer 5

Refractometer

Question 6

What can cause a false decrease in packed cell volume?

Answer 6

Low blood-to-anticoagulant ratio

Question 7

The normal packed cell volume in dogs is about …

Answer 7

45%

Question 8

A canine patient with a PCV of 38% and a RBC count of 6.5 x 10^6/µL has an MCV of …

Answer 8

58 fL

Question 9

The unit of measure for MCHC is …

Answer 9

g/dL

Question 10

An estimate of the total red blood cell count can be obtained by dividing the ________ by 6.

Answer 10

PCV

Question 11

The determination of erythrocytes is helpful for the classification of?

Answer 11

certain kinds of anemia

Question 12

The erythrocytes indices include?

Answer 12

MCV, MCH, AND MCHC - mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration

Question 13

MCV is?

Answer 13

the measure of the average size of the erythrocyte

Question 14

MCV is calculated by?

Answer 14

dividing the PCV by the RBC concentration and multiplying by 10. The unit volume is the femtoliter fL