HEMATOLOGY Flashcards
- A monoclonal gammopathy caused by a proliferation of plasma cells would most likely be.
a. AIDS
b. Primary hypogammaglobulinemia
c. Gamma heavy chain disease
d. Multiple myeloma
e. None of the above
d. Multiple myeloma
- Granulocytes normally found in peripheral blood smear include all the following
except
a. Basophils
b. Lymphocyte
c. Eosinophils
d. Band neutropil
e. None of the above
a. Basophils
- All of the following laboratory characteristics are common to both cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasmosis infections except
a. Lymphocytosis
b. Atypical lymphocytes
c. Negative monospot test
d. Positive DAT
e. None of the above
a. Lymphocytosis
- Bone marrow hypoplasia may be caused by all of the following except
a. Chemotherapeutic agents
b. Fanconi’s anemia
c. Aplastic anemia
d. Chronic hemorrhage
e. None of the above
d. Chronic hemorrhage
- Pernicious anemia is a megaloblastic anemia with which one of the following
causes
a. Folate deficiency
b. Alcoholism
c. Vit B12 deficiency due to autoimmune interference of intrinsic factor
d. Vit. B12 defeciency due to intestinal infection by D. latum
c. Vit B12 deficiency due to autoimmune interference of intrinsic factor
- When interpreting a white blood cell differential, a shift to the left indicates which one of the following actions?
a. A decrease in hemoglobin oxygen affinity
b. An increase in percentage of band neutrophils and other immature mycloid forms
c. An increase in percentage of lymphocytes that is higher than the percent of
segmented neutrophils.
d. An increase in the number of hypersegmented neutrophils
a. A decrease in hemoglobin oxygen affinity
- Which on of the following blood cells is not produced in the bone marrow in the normal adult?
a. Eosinophil
b. Basophil
c. Neutrophil
d. Monocyte
e. lymphocyte
e. lymphocyte
- The normal ratio of myeloid to erythroid precursors in bone marrow is about
a. 1:5
b. 1:2
c. 1:1
d. 4:1
e. 10:1
d. 4:1
- The hormone responsible for increasing the production of RBC is
a. Stimulin
b. Rubriblastin
c. Leukopoictin
d. Erythropoietin
e. thrombopoietin
d. Erythropoietin
- What percentage of bone cavities in the adult are filled by fatty tissue?
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 25%
d. 50%
e. 75%
d. 50%
- The total blood volume in an adult is about
a. 1 liter
b. 2 liters
c. 6 liters
d. 12 liters
e. 14 liters
c. 6 liters
- Extramedullary hematopoiesis is most often seen in patients with
a. Viral and fungal infection
b. Iron deficiency
c. AIDS
d. Lymphoproliferative disease
e. Severe hemolytic anemia
e. Severe hemolytic anemia
- Howel-jolly bodies are composed of
a. DNA
b. RNA
c. Iron
d. Mitochondria
e. Endoplasmic reticulum
a. DNA
- When schistocytes are reported in a peripheral blood smear (PBS), you would expect to see
a. Red cell fragments
b. Red cell with blunt projections
c. Red cell with sharp projection
d. Red cell with intracellular rod shaped crystals
e. A red cell population with 2 distinct cell types
a. Red cell fragments
- Hemoglobin Bart’s is composed of
a. 4 alpha chains
b. 4 beta chains
c. 4 gamma chains
d. 2 alpha, 2 beta chains
e. 2 alpha, 2 gamma chains
c. 4 gamma chains
- Which of the following red cell inclusions are characteristically found in lead
poisoning?
a. Basophilic stippling
b. Toxic granulation
c. Heinz bodies
d. Howell-Jolly bodies
e. Pappnheimer bodies
a. Basophilic stippling
- Rouleaux of RBC when seen in the monolayer of a differential smear is
characteristics of
a. Myeloma
b. Myelofibrosis
c. Megaloblastic
d. Acute myelogenous leukemia
e. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
a. Myeloma
- Which of the following is associated with a “shift to the left” in the oxygen
dissociation curve?
a. Decreased pH
b. Increased temperature
c. Decreased oxygen affinity
d. Decreased oxygen delivery
e. Presence of 2,3 DPG
d. Decreased oxygen delivery
- Acanthocytes (spur cells) are associated with
a. Severe burn
b. Abetalipoproteinemia
c. Hemoglubinopathhies
d. Thalassemia
e. Microangiopthic destruction
b. Abetalipoproteinemia
- Which of the following diseases results from decrease globin chain synthesis
a. Thalassemia
b. Pernicious anemia
c. Hereditary spherocytosis
d. Heinz body anemia
e. porphyria
a. Thalassemia
- Which of the following anemias is characterized by microcytic, hypochromic
red cells?
a. Pernicious anemia
b. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
c. Hemoglobin C disease
d. Beta Thalassemia
e. Aplastic anemia
d. Beta Thalassemia
- Metamyelocytes are characterized by
a. Appearance of specific granules
b. Indentation of nucleus
c. Segmentation of nucleus
d. Absence of nucleoli
e. Color of cytoplasm
b. Indentation of nucleus
- Eosinophils are increased in all of the following except
a. Cushing’s disease
b. Allergic disorder
c. Skin disorder
d. Parasitism
e. Hodgkin’s disease
a. Cushing’s disease
- The cell movement across the cellular membranes from the blood vessels to
the tissues is called
a. Diapedesis
b. Endocytosis
c. Margination
d. Chemotaxis
e. phagocytosis
a. Diapedesis