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HEMATOLOGY Flashcards

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Scientific study of blood and its component
Help physicians diagnose abnormalities in the blood

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Hematology

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standard procedure of blood collection using lancets & needles of varying gauges

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Phlebotomy

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Type of puncture: capillaries (lancets)

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Skin puncture

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Type of puncture: veins (needles)

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Venipuncture

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Type of puncture: arteries (needles)

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Arterial puncture

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Not a common practice in the field of hematology. Usually reserved for patients that have difficult veins to extract.
Often performed by physicians.

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Arterial puncture

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3
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The force of ________ will separate the different components of the blood.

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centrifugation

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3
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Plasma

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Extracellular Fluid

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4
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Buffy Coat & Erythrocytes

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Formed Elements

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5
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Buffy Coat

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Leukocytes & Platelets

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55% of whole blood

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plasma

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least dense component

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plasma

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7
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white blood cells

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leukocytes

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platelets

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thrombocytes

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9
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<1% of whole blood

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Buffy coat

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9
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red blood cells

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erythrocytes

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10
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45% of whole blood

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RBC/ Erythrocytes

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most dense component

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RBC/ Erythrocytes

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WBC concentration

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Neutrophil - 65%
Lymphocyte - 23%
Monocyte - 5%
Eosinophil - 4%
Basophil - 1%

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13
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Liquid portion of blood

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Plasma

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14
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H2O in Plasma

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91.5%

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15
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Under Plasma

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Albumin - 54%
Globulin - 38%
Fibrinogen - 7%

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Pale/ Clear yellow liquid- intravascular/ extracellular

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plasma

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17
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Water, sugar, fat, protein and salt solution
55% of a normal human’s blood volume

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plasma

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18
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transports RBC, WBC and platelets through the blood vessels
Remove waste products of metabolism

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Plasma

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Major component of the formed element

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RBC/ Erythrocyte

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anucleated cells produced from the bone marrow

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RBC

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21
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gas transporting protein molecule; gives blood red color

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Hemoglobin

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22
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When hemoglobin mixes with oxygen (color is bright red)

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Oxyhemoglobin

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form of hemoglobin without oxygen. Carries carbon dioxide (blood becomes darker)

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Deoxyhemoglobin

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24
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Bright red

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Arterial Blood

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25
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Dark red

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Venous Blood

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26
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low number of RBCs

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anemia

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27
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high number of RBCs

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polycythemia

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28
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Nucleated cells that lacks haemoglobin

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WBC (Leukocyte)

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Acts as defense against infection

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WBC (Leukocyte)

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Most numerous
Multi-lobed nucleus
Pale lilac granules

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NEUTROPHIL

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WBC: Function: immune defense
protect the body from infection by killing and ingesting bacteria, fungi and foreign bodies

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NEUTROPHIL

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Spherical nucleus
“robin’s egg blue” cytoplasm - staining characteristic

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LYMPHOCYTE

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3 types of Lymphocyte

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T-cell
B-cell
NK cells

34
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Lymphocyte that acts as cellular immune response; recognizes foreign substances and processes them for removal

35
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kills cancer cells

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NK cells (Natural Killer)

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Usually with a bilobed nucleus - staining characteristic
Granules stain bright reddish-orange

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EOSINOPHIL

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defense against parasites
Activate allergic response - immune response

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EOSINOPHIL

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With purple-blue granules - obscure the nucleus

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WBC functions as an Inflammatory response
Involved in allergic response

40
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They will present antigens by digesting the pathogen and place a remnant of the antigen on their surface and present it to lymphocytes for recognition

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Macrophage

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Large leukocytes
Kidney-shaped or horse shoe-shaped nucleus

42
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marks out cells that are antigens (foreign bodies) that should be destroyed by lymphocytes

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Dendritic cell

43
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act as antigen-presenting cells
Free wandering - roam around the body to hunt down foreign agents that might have entered our body.
Primary purpose is to engulf, destroy, and phagocytize foreign agents.

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Macrophage

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Cell fragments

45
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form clots during injury to prevent blood from leaking out

45
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form clots during injury to prevent blood from leaking out

46
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When you injured yourself, the _______ will aggregate to form a clot, thereby preventing the blood to leak out from the body.

47
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rbc indices

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Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH)
Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)

48
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iron-containing oxygen transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells

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hemoglobin

49
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reagent in Cyanmethemoglobin Method

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Drabkin’s Reagent

50
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instrument in Cyanmethemoglobin Method

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Spectrophotometer (540 nm)

51
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measures change in color

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Spectrophotometer (540 nm)

52
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oxidation of ferrous iron to ferric by potassium ferricyanide = methemoglobin
methemoglobin converted to cyanmethemoglobin with cyanide ions

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Cyanmethemoglobin Method

53
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Utilizes cyanmethemoglobin method with
modified Drabkin’s reagent

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Automated Hemoglobinometry

54
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HemoCue method
Modified azidemethemoglobin reaction

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Point-of-care (POC) Hemoglobin Assay

55
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Reagent in Point-of-care (POC) Hemoglobin Assay

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sodium nitrite and sodium azide

56
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Also known as packed cell volume (PCV) or erythrocyte volume fraction (EVF)

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Hematocrit Determination

57
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For evaluation or treatment of anemia and determine presence of nutritional deficiencies

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Hematocrit Determination

58
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Hemoglobin Determination

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a) Cyanmethemoglobin Method
b) Automated Hemoglobinometry
c) Point-of-care (POC) Hemoglobin Assay

59
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Hematocrit Determination

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a) Spun microhematocrit
b) Automated

60
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Manual procedure
Blood collection method: skin puncture
Spin a blood-filled capillary tube using a microhematocrit centrifuge
Spun for about 3-5 mins

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Spun microhematocrit

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Computed from the mean cell volume and the red cell count

62
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A machine that measures the red area

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microhematocrit tube reader.

63
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Automated Blood Cell Count

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Electrical Impedance
Optical Detection

64
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  • also known as Coulter Principle
  • sizing and counting of particles is based on changes in electrical resistance creating voltage pulses
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Electrical Impedance

65
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  • Hydrodynamic focusing method
  • Uses laser light in cell counting and sizing
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Optical detection

66
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young RBCs without nucleus but still bears cytoplasmic RNA

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Reticulocytes:

67
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Determines how the bone marrow produce and release new RBCs to compensate lost/damaged RBCs

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Reticulocyte count

68
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Rate at which RBCs fall in a column

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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

69
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Non-specific test for inflammation

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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

70
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: Reference Method

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Westergren Method

71
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: Anticoagulant

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sodium citrate

72
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required for the blood not to clot, and allow the formed elements to settle at the bottom

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sodium citrate

73
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate:

74
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PLASMA COAGULATION ASSAYS

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Prothrombin Time (PT) and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)

75
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Coagulation testing
Detect abnormalities in hemostasis

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PLASMA COAGULATION ASSAYS

Prothrombin Time (PT) and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)

76
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Anticoagulant: PLASMA COAGULATION ASSAYS

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sodium citrate

77
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initiate blood clotting.

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Prothrombin

78
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Lymphocyte: antibody production. So that foreign agents can easily be killed, trapped, or phagocytized.

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