ERYTHROCYTE Flashcards
WHAT IS THE NORMAL LIFE SPAN OF RBC?
120 DAYS
WHERE DOES THE ERYTHROPOIETIN PRODUCES?
KIDNEY
THIS STAIN USED TO ENUMERATE RETICULOCYTE
SUPRAVITAL STAIN
ONE OF THE BEST INDICATORS OF BONE MARROW FUNCTION
RETICULOCYTE COUNT
A YOUNG CELLS RELEASED FROM BONE MARRW AFTER OLDER RETICULOCYTES HAVE BEEN RELEASED. THIS IS A RESPONSE TO INCREASED NEED..
STRESS RETICULOCYTE
NORMAL CELL HAVE A CENTRAL PALLOR THAT IS ____
ONE THIRD
DECREASED CENTRAL PALLOR IS SEEN WITH
SPHEROCYTIC DISORDER INCLUDING THERMAL INJURY AND LIVER DISEASE.
CENTRAL PALLOR GREATER THAN THE NORMAL SIZE IS SEEN IN
MACROCYTIC ANEMIA
REFERENCE RANGE OF RBC IN WOMEN
MEN
FEMALES: 4.0-5.4
MALE: 4.6-6.0
ERYTHROPOIESIS IS REGULATED BY:
ERYTHROPOIETIN
WHAT ARE THE OTHER REGULATIONS IN RBH INCLUDES:
HYPOXIA DUE TO HIGH ALTITUDES, HEART OR LUNG DYSFUNCTION, ANEMIA
ANDROGENS AND HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
WHAT ARE THE SUBSTANCES NEEDED FOR ERYTHROPOIESIS
IRON
AMIINO ACID
FOLIC ACID./ VIT. B12
OTHERS: ERYTHROPOIETIN , VIT B6, TRACE MINERALS
EVENLY SPACED ROUND PROJECTIONS , CENTRAL PALLOR ARE PRESENT
ECHINOCYTES INCLUDE BURR CELL AND CRENATED
UNEVENLY SPACED POINTED PROJECTIONS AND LACK OF CENTRAL PALLOR
ACANTHOCYTES
SHOWS A CENTRAL AREA OF HEMOGLOBIN SURROUNDED BY A COLORLESS RING AND A PERIPHERAL RING OF HEMOGLOBIN
CELLS AHVE A INCREASED SURFACE TO VOLUME RATIO
TARGET CELL
DISC SHAPED CELL WITH A SMALLER VOLUME THAN A NORMAL ERYTHROCYTE, CELLS HAVE A DECREASED SURFACE TO VOLUME RATIO
SPHREOCYTE
PEARED SHAPE WITH ONE BLUNT PROJECTION
TEARDROPS (DACROCYTE)
SHAPES VARY BUT SHOW THIN, ELONGATED, POINTED ENDS AND WILL APPEAR CRESCENT SHAPED USUALLY LACK OF CENTRAL PALLOR
SICKLE CELLS
INTERIOR PORTION OF CELL IS HOLLOW, RESEMBLING A HORN OR HELMET
HELMET CELLS
DAMAGED RBC, FRAGMENTS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND SHAPES ARE PRESENT OFTEN WITH POINTED PROJECTIONS
SCHISTOCYTES
CHARACTERIZEDBY AN ELONGATED OR SLIT-LIKE AREA OF CENTRAL PALLOR
STOMATOCYTE
CIGAR TO EGG SHAPED RBC
ELLIPTOCYTE
WHAT DISEASES CAN A ECHINOCYTES PRESENT?
LIVER DISEASE
UREMIA
HEPARIN THERAPY
PYRUVATE KINASE DEFICIENCY