Hemetology

Question 1

what does CBC measure?

Answer 1

RBC count, RBC indices, WBC count, platelet count

Question 2

what is hemoglobin measured in?

Answer 2

g/dL

Question 3

what is hematocrit measured as?

Answer 3

%

Question 4

what does RBC indices show?

Answer 4

the size and shape of cells

Question 5

what does RBC indices measure?

Answer 5

how much hemoglobin and anemia diagnoses

Question 6

what are RBC indices?

Answer 6

MCV, MCH, MCHC

Question 7

MCV

Answer 7

mean corpuscular volume

Question 8

what does MCV measure?

Answer 8

average size of RBC

Question 9

how do you get the HCV?

Answer 9

htc/RBC (normal is 78-98)

Question 10

what is HCV measured in?

Answer 10

femtoliters (fL)

Question 11

MCH

Answer 11

mean corpuscular hemoglobin

Question 12

what is MCH?

Answer 12

average amount of hemoglobin

Question 13

how do you find the MCH?

Answer 13

hemoglobin/RBC (normal is 27-32)

Question 14

what is MCH measured in?

Answer 14

g/dL (deciliter)

Question 15

MCHC

Answer 15

mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration

Question 16

what does MCHC measure?

Answer 16

average concentration of hemoglobin per packed RBC

Question 17

how do ya find MCHC?

Answer 17

hemoglobin/hematocrit (30-35)

Question 18

what is MCHC measured in?

Answer 18

g/dL (deciliter)

Question 19

Rule of Three

Answer 19

value of hct should be 3x the value of hemoglobin

Question 20

wbc features

Answer 20

size, nuclear characteristics, cytoplasm

Question 21

what means you can’t do a count?

Answer 21

plt clumps or fibrin

Question 22

what do kids have more of than adults?

Answer 22

lymphocytes

Question 23

normal neutrophil percentage?

Answer 23

50-65%

Question 24

normal lymphocyte percentage?

Answer 24

25-40%

Question 25

wbc estimate

Answer 25

avg x 2,000

Question 26

platelet estimate

Answer 26

avg x 20,000

Question 27

poikilocytosis

Answer 27

abnormal shape of rbc

Question 28

anisocytosis

Answer 28

rbc different sizes

Question 29

do red blood cells begin with a nucleus?

Answer 29

fuck yea my dude they do

Question 30

what makes up peripheral blood?

Answer 30

rbc, wbc, platelets, plasma

Question 31

plasma

Answer 31

water, electrolytes, proteins

Question 32

hematopoiesis

Answer 32

production and maturation of peripheral blood cells

Question 33

microcytic

Answer 33

iron deficiency anemia or thalassemia

Question 34

thalassemia

Answer 34

too much iron

Question 35

macrocytes

Answer 35

anemia due to B12 or folate deficiency

Question 36

spherocytes

Answer 36

no central pallor on RBC

Question 37

dole bodies

Answer 37

little blue spots in wbc that are a sign of infection

Question 38

atypical lymphocytes

Answer 38

hug the rbc and look like monocytes