Haemoatology 1

Question 1

Describe the hierarchy of blood cells in terms of pathways of differentiation.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Describe how the ability for a stem cell to self-renew and produce progeny is acheived

Answer 2

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Question 3

Describe the red blood cell life cycle

Answer 3

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Question 4

Recall what anisocytosis, poikilocytosis, microcytosis,macrocytosis and normocytosis is.

Answer 4

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Question 5

DESCRIBE WHAT hypochromia is, recall it’s cause and what it is usually associated with

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Question 6

Describe what hyperchromia is , and the different types, recall their causes with descriptions of their features.

Answer 6

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Question 7

Describe what polychromasia is, how it can be shown and it’s significance

Answer 7

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Question 8

Describe the 7 different types of cell shapes in poikilocytosis and different abnormalities involving more than one cell

Answer 8

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Question 9

Describe the sequence of granulocyte maturation

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Question 10

Describe the important features of six important blood cells.

Answer 10

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Question 11

Define the following terms:

Leucocytosis, leukopenia, neutrophilia, neutropenia, lymphocytosis,

Eosinophilia, thrombocytosis, thrombocytopenia, erythrocytosis, reticulocytosis, lymphopenia

Answer 11

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Question 12

Describe the features of an atypical lymphocyte

Answer 12

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Question 13

Describe what and explain what a left shift is , and what it shows

Answer 13

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Question 14

Describe what happens in toxic granulation, and what can possibly cause it

Answer 14

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Question 15

What is a hypersegmented neutrophil and what causes it

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