HEMATOLOGY Flashcards
Scientific study of blood and its component
Help physicians diagnose abnormalities in the blood
Hematology
standard procedure of blood collection using lancets & needles of varying gauges
Phlebotomy
Type of puncture: capillaries (lancets)
Skin puncture
Type of puncture: veins (needles)
Venipuncture
Type of puncture: arteries (needles)
Arterial puncture
Not a common practice in the field of hematology. Usually reserved for patients that have difficult veins to extract.
Often performed by physicians.
Arterial puncture
The force of ________ will separate the different components of the blood.
centrifugation
Plasma
Extracellular Fluid
Buffy Coat & Erythrocytes
Formed Elements
Buffy Coat
Leukocytes & Platelets
55% of whole blood
plasma
least dense component
plasma
white blood cells
leukocytes
platelets
thrombocytes
<1% of whole blood
Buffy coat
red blood cells
erythrocytes
45% of whole blood
RBC/ Erythrocytes
most dense component
RBC/ Erythrocytes
WBC concentration
Neutrophil - 65%
Lymphocyte - 23%
Monocyte - 5%
Eosinophil - 4%
Basophil - 1%
Liquid portion of blood
Plasma
H2O in Plasma
91.5%
Under Plasma
Albumin - 54%
Globulin - 38%
Fibrinogen - 7%
Pale/ Clear yellow liquid- intravascular/ extracellular
plasma
Water, sugar, fat, protein and salt solution
55% of a normal human’s blood volume
plasma
transports RBC, WBC and platelets through the blood vessels
Remove waste products of metabolism
Plasma
Major component of the formed element
RBC/ Erythrocyte
anucleated cells produced from the bone marrow
RBC
gas transporting protein molecule; gives blood red color
Hemoglobin
When hemoglobin mixes with oxygen (color is bright red)
Oxyhemoglobin
form of hemoglobin without oxygen. Carries carbon dioxide (blood becomes darker)
Deoxyhemoglobin
Bright red
Arterial Blood
Dark red
Venous Blood
low number of RBCs
anemia
high number of RBCs
polycythemia