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

A

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

A

neutrophils
lymphocytes
monocytes
eosinophils
basophils

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6
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all blood cells either come from which stem cells

A

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

A

basophils
neutrophils
eosinophils

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10
Q

which is the most common type of white blood cell

A

neutrophils

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11
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how would you know if leukaemia is present

A

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

A

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

A

monocyte

almost foetus shaped

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16
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name the blood cell

A

blast cell

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

17
Q

Hct

A

haematocrit
proportion of blood made up of red blood cells

18
Q

RBC

A

red blood cell count
number of red blood cells

19
Q

MCV

A

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

20
Q

Hb

A

haemoglobin
concentration of haemoglobin in the blood

21
Q

MCH

A

mean corpuscular haemoglobin (pg)

22
Q

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
Q

how to calculate MCV

24
Q

how to calculate MCH

25
poly
many
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penia
insufficient
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Philia
lots of
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macro
too big
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micro
too small
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cytosis
(red) cells or too many
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anisocytosis
varying size
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poikilocytosis
varying shapes
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hypo
under