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Haematopoiesis Flashcards

1
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blood components

A

55% plasma:
- water
-electrolytes
-albumin
-globulins
-fibrinogen

Buffy coat, <1% white cells and platelets
-neutrophils
-lymphocytes
-monocytes
-eosinophils
-basophils
-platelets

45% red cells

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2
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white cells name

A

leucocytes

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3
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platelets name

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thrombocytes

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4
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red cells name

A

erythrocytes

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5
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types of white blood cell

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neutrophils
lymphocytes
monocytes
eosinophils
basophils

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6
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all blood cells either come from which stem cells

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myeloid progenitor
lymphoid progenitor

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7
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blood cells that come from a myeloid progenitor

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thrombocytes
erythrocytes
basophil
neutrophil
eosinophil
monocytes

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8
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blood cells that come from a lymphoid progenitor

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natural killer cell (large granular lymphocyte)
B lymphocyte
T lymphocyte

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9
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which blood cells fall into the granulopoiesis category

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basophils
neutrophils
eosinophils

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10
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which is the most common type of white blood cell

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neutrophils

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11
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how would you know if leukaemia is present

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is only myeloblasts are found in the blood

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12
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name this blood cell

A

neutrophil

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13
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name the blood cell

A

eosinophil on the left
lymphocyte on the white

looks like a tomato with sunglasses on
has red granules

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14
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name the blood cell

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basophil
rarest type of blood cell
has blue drops inside to identify easier

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15
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name the blood cell

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monocyte

almost foetus shaped

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16
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name the blood cell

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blast cell

has no defining features
blank canvas
big nucleus
small hole which is the nucleolus

17
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Hct

A

haematocrit
proportion of blood made up of red blood cells

18
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RBC

A

red blood cell count
number of red blood cells

19
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MCV

A

mean corpuscular volume (fL)
average size of your red blood cells
affected by different types of anemia

20
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Hb

A

haemoglobin
concentration of haemoglobin in the blood

21
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MCH

A

mean corpuscular haemoglobin (pg)

22
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RDW

A

red cell distribution width
calculation of the variation in the size of RBCs
in some anemias the amount of variation in the RBC causes an increase in the RDW

23
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how to calculate MCV

A

Hct/RBC

24
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how to calculate MCH

A

Hb/RBC

25
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poly

A

many

26
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penia

A

insufficient

27
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Philia

A

lots of

28
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macro

A

too big

29
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micro

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too small

30
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cytosis

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(red) cells or too many

31
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anisocytosis

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varying size

32
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poikilocytosis

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varying shapes

33
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hypo

A

under

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