Erythropoiesis Flashcards
process of RBC formation
Erythropoiesis
total mass of RBCs circulating in the peripheral blood AND the bone marrow RBC precursors
Erythron
erythrocytes in the circulation
RBC mass
term that describes the dynamics of RBC creation and destruction
Erythrokinetics
production of defective erythroid precursor cells
Ineffective erythropoiesis
Immature hematopoietic cell that is committed to a cell line but cannot identified morphologically
Progenitor cells
Immature hematopoietic cell that is morphological identifiable as belonging to a given cell lines
Precursor cells
Earliest marker of Erythroid differentiation;Transferrin receptors
CD71
chief stimulatory cytokine for RBCs
Erythropoietin
Erythropoietin primary cell source:
Peritubular interstitial cells (Kidneys)
Erythropoietin primary target cells
BFU-E, CFU-E
EARLIEST committed progenitor
BFU-E
From BFU-E to CFU-E
1 week
It takes about ______ for CFU-E to become Rubriblast
1 week
It takes about ________ days for the BFU-E to mature to an erythrocyte
*It takes about 18 to 21 days for the BFU-E to mature to an erythrocyte
What is the name of reticulocyte when stain in WRIGHT stained smear
Polychromatophilic Erythrocytes
Diffusely Basophilic Erythrocytes
size of rubriblast?
12 to 19 um
Earliest recognizable erythroid precursor
Rubriblast/Pronormoblast
N:C ration of Pronormoblast
4:1
Prorubricyte
Size:______
N:C ratio:________
Size: 12 to 17 um
N:C ratio 4:1
Last stage with a nucleous
a. Rubriblast
b. Prorubricyte
c. Rubricyte
d. Metarubricyte
PRORUBRICYTE (BASOPHILIC NORMOBLAST)
1st stage of Hb synthesis
PRORUBRICYTE (BASOPHILIC NORMOBLAST)
Rubricyte
Size:_______
N:C ratio_______
Size: 11 to 15 um
Ratio: 1:1
Last stage capable of mitosis
RUBRICYTE
METARUBRICYTE
Size:________
N:C_____
Size: 8 to 12 um
N:C: 1:2
other name of Metarubricyte (clue 7 yon)
- ORTHOCHROMATIC NORMOBLAST
- Orthochromatic Erythroblast
- Late Erythroblast
- Late normoblast
- Nucleated RBC (NRBC),
6.Pyknotic erythroblast
7.Acidophilic normoblast
Last stage with nucleus
METARUBRICYTE
Reticulocyte
Size:_____
7-10 um
LAST STAGE OF HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS
RETICULOCYTE
Reticulocyte spends ______days in the bone marrow and________ day in the peripheral blood before
developing into a mature RBC.
Spends 2 to 3 days in the bone marrow
and1 day in the peripheral blood before
developing into a mature RBC
The shape of the reticulocyte is _____
in electron micrographs
irregular
Size of mature Erythrocyte
6 to 8 um
Thickness of Mature erythrocyte_____
Thickness: 1.5 to 2.5 μm
Life span of RBC
120 days
Number of erythrocytes produced from
each rubriblast__________
8 to 32
Normal ratio of RBCs to WBCs
600:1
Normal ratio of RBCs to Platelets
15:1
Normal ratio of RBCs to Platelets
15:1