Chapter 1 (Monthly) Flashcards
Study of formed elements of blood and blood forming tissues
Hematology
worms in blood
Athanasius Kircher
describes blood as composite of 4 humours
Hippocrates
platelet as “petites plaque”
Giulio Bizzozero
account of RBCs
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
published the 1st quantitative results of blood cell analysis
Karl Vierordt
develop Wrights stain
Improvements in the methods of blood examination
James Homer
Blood is _____ of total body weight
6-8%
Blood is approximately __ liters
5
CBC will include 5 parameters:
RBC count WBC count differential WBC count hemoglobin determination hematocrit determination
if manual CBC what should be done
all 5 parameters should be done
if automated, machine wil give you the results for _____
CBC will include five parameters
platelet count
blood cell indices
blood cell indices
- MCV (mean cell/corpuscular volume),
- MCHC (mean cell hemoglobin concentration),
- MCH (mean cell Hb)
- RDW
when diagnosis cannot be done by means of lab test, ________ will be done
bone marrow aspiration
Fragments of megakaryocytes
platelets
normal platelet count
150-400k per mm3 blood
time for blood components to separate w centrifuge
3-5 mins
thick Buffy coat means there is a ________
problem
_____ is from clotted blood, has no clotting factors (used up in the clotting process)
Serum
______ is from anticoagulated blood, has clotting factors
Plasma
Makes up about 55% of blood’s volume
Plasma
91% of plasma
water
7% of plasma
blood proteins
2% of plasma
nutrients and electrolytes
Makes up about 45% of blood’s volume
cellular components of blood
normal WBC count
7000-9000 mm3 blood
normal RBC count
5M mm3 blood
Unclotted portion of blood
plasma
Appearance of plasma
Pale Yellow fluid
Components of plasma
Water
Proteins
Other substances
Plasma proteins
ALBUMIN
GLOBULIN
FIBRINOGEN
Percentage of Albumin in plasma
58%
Contributes to the osmotic pressure
ALBUMIN
The water balance between blood and tissues is determined by the ________
movement of water into and out of the blood by osmosis.
Albumin also functions as ______ for hormones
transport molecules
Percentage of globulin in plasma
38%
Also part of the immune system
GLOBULIN
Globulin also functions as for hormones
transport molecules
Helps in the formation of blood clot
GLOBULIN
A clotting factor
FIBRINOGEN
Percentage of fibrinogen in plasma
4%
Fibrinogen is converted into ______ during activation of clotting factors
fibrin
FORMED ELEMENTS
RED BLOOD CELLS
WHITE BLOOD CELLS
PLATELET OR THROMBOCYTES
Size of RBC
6-8 micrometer (diameter)
normal RBC count
4-6 million/µL