Diagnostic Cytology

Question 1

a hematologic stain that facilitates the differentiation of blood cell types

Answer 1

wright’s stain

Question 2

gold standard staining technique that is used for both thin and thick smears to examine blood for malaria parasites

Answer 2

Giemsa stain

Question 3

staining technique generally used to differentiate between and identify white blood cells, malaria parasites, and trypanosomas

Answer 3

Leishman’s stain

Question 4

special stain for mast cells

Answer 4

Toluidine blue

Question 5

for iron (Fe++) in tissue identification

Answer 5

Prussian blue stain

Question 6

for hematological specimens and more particularly blood smears

Answer 6

Field’s stain

Question 7

good for reticulocyte identification

Answer 7

Methylene blue stain

Question 8

staining of blood, bone marrow smears and clinical cytological specimens

Answer 8

May - Grunwald - Giemsa stain

Question 9

most common stain used for in house cytological examination

Answer 9

Diff-Quik

Question 10

study of cellular samples from fluid or tissue

Answer 10

Cytology

Question 11

most commonly evaluated by
the veterinarian or technician to
assist in determining if infectious
disease is the cause of dermatitis

Answer 11

Scrapings

Question 12

the least common type of cytological examination

Answer 12

Imprint cytology

Question 13

most common in evaluating mass lesions in skin, subcutaneous tissue, and tissue within thorax & abdomen

Answer 13

Fine needle aspirates

Question 14

small, round, high N/C ratios with large nucleoli and stippled chromatin

Answer 14

parabasal cells

Question 15

ovoid, more abundant volume of pale-blue cytoplasm

Answer 15

intermediate cells

Question 16

anuclear, small, pyknotic round nuclei with condensed chromatin

Answer 16

superficial cells