Chapter 17 - Blood Flashcards

Sickle Cell Anemia

Erythroblastosis Fetalis. Happens when Rh- woman is pregnant from Dad who is Rh+. Immature RBC

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Acute Monocytic Leukemia

Neutrophil

Lymphocyte

Eosinophill

Basophill

Monocyte
How do you diagnose disorder and disease?
Differential WBC Count
Amoeboid Motion
WBC abillity to wander through body tissues to reach sites of inflamation and destruction
Total WBC Count/Total RBC Count
Determines the total # of that cell type per unit volume of blood
Leukocytosis
WBC>11,000 cells/mm3 indicate bacterial or viral infection, metabollic disease or hemorrhage or poisoning by drugs
Hematocrit
Determined when anemia is suspected. % of RBC in whole blood sample
Artherosclerosis
Disease process where blood vessels become increasingly occluded or blocked by plaque, also attributes to heart disease
Cholesterol
Major component of smooth muscle plaque formed during atherosclerosis. HDL is degraded by liver, LDL travels to tissue and cells and is considered bad.