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Vet 124 Clincal Pathology > Helpful Clinical Pathology Terms - Week 1 > Flashcards

Helpful Clinical Pathology Terms - Week 1 Flashcards

1
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Acanthocyte

A

spiculated or spiney erythrocyte

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Agglutination

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clumping of cells

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Anemia

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decrease in hemoglobin value, PCV, or erythrocyte count

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Anisocytosis

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variation in size of cells

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Crenation

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Shrinkage of cells in a hypertonic solution. Have star like appearance

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Erythrocytopenia

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decreased numbers of erythrocytes in the peripheral blood

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Erythropoiesis

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production of erythrocytes

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Heinz Body

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areas of denatured hemoglobinit is a small, round to irregular refractile inclusion found either singularly or double within the cell or bulging from the surface

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Hemoglobinemia

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hemoglobin is dissolved out of the erythrocytes into the plasma

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10
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Hemolysis

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destruction of erythrocytes by lysis

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Howell-Jolly Body

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small portion of a nucleus that has been retained in the cell, usually a single, round body located randomly within the cell

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12
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Hyperchromasia

A

more intense hemoglobin color (due to thickness of the cell)

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13
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Hypochromasia

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decreased density of the hemoglobin color

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Macrocyte

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larger than normal RBC

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15
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Macrocytosis

A

increased number of large RBCs

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Microcyte

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smaller than normal RBC

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Microcytosis

A

increased number of small RBCs

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18
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Normochromasia

A

normal hemoglobin color in a RBC

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19
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Normocytic

A

RBCs are of normal size

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20
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Poikilocytosis

A

variation in shape of cells

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Polychromatocyte

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RBC that has a bluish tint on a Diff-Quik Stain

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Polycythemia

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increased RBC mass in body (PCV increased)

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Reticulocyte

A

immature RBC which still contains RNA strands or pieces, appear as polychromatic cells in a blood smear stained with Diff Quik

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Rouleaux Formation

A

RBCs arranged in stacks or rolls (appear a stacks of coins)

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Spherocyte

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a spheroid RBC, smaller in size than normal, appears hyperchromatic

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Stomatocyte

A

RBC with a linear area of central pallor

27
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Target Cells

A

erythrocyte with a central rounded area of pigmented material surrounded by a clear zone without pigment with a dense ring of cytoplasm around the edge of a cell

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Leukocytosis

A

increased number of WBCs

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Leukocytopenia or Leukopenia

A

decreased number of WBCs

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Neutrophilia

A

increased number of neutrophils

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Neutropenia

A

decreased number of neutrophils

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Eosinophilia

A

increased number of eosinophils

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Eosinopenia

A

decreased number of eosinophils

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Basophilia

A

increased number of basophils

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Basopenia

A

decreased number of basophils

36
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Monocytosis

A

increased number of monocytes

37
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Monocytopenia

A

decreased number of monocytes

38
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Lymphocytosis

A

increased number of lymphocytes

39
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Lymphopenia

A

decreased number of lymphocytes

40
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Left Shift

A

increased number of immature neutrophils

41
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Right Shift

A

increased number of hypermature neutrophils

42
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Bicytopenia

A

decrease in 2 cell lines

43
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Pancytopenia

A

decrease in 3 cell lines

44
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Panleukopenia

A

decrease in all WBCs

45
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Band form

A

granulocyte with a nucleus that is unsegmented

46
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Differential count

A

count of the types of leukocytes seen on a stained blood smear or bone marrow

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Agranulocytosis

A

nearly complete or complete absence of the granulocytes from the blood

48
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Granulocytosis

A

increased numbers of granulocytes in the blood

49
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Smudge cell

A

ruptured leukocyte

50
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Thrombocytopenia

A

decreased number of platelets

51
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Thrombocytosis

A

increased number of platelets

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