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Haematology I Flashcards

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What is the difference between plasma fluid and blood?

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Blood is the main circulating fluid in the body
- PLASMA fluid is part of the blood that contain nutrients such as water, glucose, amino acids, proteins, hormones, vitamins, minerals, antibodies, and dissolved carbon dioxide.

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What is the volume of BLOOD in the average adult?

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5L

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What type of tissue is blood?

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Specialised connective tissue

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What is BLOOD composed of?(4)

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  • Plasma
  • RBC
  • WBC
  • Platelets
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5
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What is the percentage composition of each component of the blood?

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  • Plasma = 55%
  • WBC and PLATELETS = <1%
  • Red blood cells= 45%
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What is each components of the plasma fluid composition?

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  • 92% water
  • 7% protein
  • 1% other solutes
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What is ERYTHROPOIESIS?

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Red blood cell formation

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What is HAEMOPOIESIS?

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its how blood cells are (just general)

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What is Thrombocytes formed for?

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Megakaryocytes

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What does myoBLAST subdivide into?

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  • Basophils
  • neutrophils
  • eusonophils
  • monocyte = Macrophages
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Describe the formation of RBC in terms of HAEMATOPOIESIS?

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1) Multipotent hemopoietic stem cell
2) Common MYELOID progenitor
3) Erythrocytes
4) RBC

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What can the common MYELOID progenitor differentiate into?(4)

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Megakaryocyte
Erythrocyte
Mast cell
MyoBLAST

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Describe the the formation of plasm B cell in terms of HAEMTOPOIESIS process?

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  • Multipotent HEAMPOIETIC stem cell
  • common LYMPHOID progenitor
  • B cells
  • Plasm B cells
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Describe erythropoiesis?

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  • Hecmocytoblast/Multipotent Hemaoietic stem cell
  • ProerythroBLAST
  • EARLY eryhtroBLAST
  • Late erythroBLAST
  • NomoBLAST
  • Reticucolocyte
  • ERYthrocytes
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What are the 3 phases that occur during the developmental cell?

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  • Ribosome synthesis
  • Haemoglobin accumulation
  • Ejection of nucleus
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What is eryhtroPOIETIN?

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growth factor, acts on precursor converting it to RBC

17
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What are all the elements require for HAEMOGLOBIN (RBC)development?

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  • Iron
  • Vitamin B12 & Folic acid
  • intrinsic factor
  • Amino acids
18
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Where does eryhtoropoieSis occur in foetus?

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early in yolk sac, then in liver & spleen and then in bone marrow at end of the pregnancy

19
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Where does eryhtorpoieSis occur in infants/little kids?

20
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Where does erythropoieSis occur in Adults?

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RED bone marrow only!

21
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What is the lifespan of a RBC?

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What happens when a red blood cells comes at the end of its life span?

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it is Recycled

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