INTRODUCTION TO HEMATOLOGY

Question 1

describe worms in the blood

Answer 1

Athanasius Kircher

Question 2

worms in the blood (year?)

Answer 2

1657

Question 3

gave an account to RBC

Answer 3

Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1674)

Question 4

described platelets as “petites plaques”

Answer 4

Giulio Bizzozero (late 1800s)

Question 5

Wright stain

Answer 5

James Homer Wright (1902)

Question 6

it is polychromatic, a mixture of acid and basic dyes

Answer 6

Wright’s Romanowsky-type stain

Question 7

Dys

Answer 7

abnormal

Question 7

a

Answer 7

without

Question 8

blast

Answer 8

young/ nucleated/ immature cell

Question 9

cyte

Answer 9

cell

Question 9

chomic

Answer 9

color

Question 10

ferro/ferric

Answer 10

iron

Question 11

hypo

Answer 11

decreased

Question 12

micro

Answer 12

small

Question 12

hyper

Answer 12

increased

Question 13

macro

Answer 13

large

Question 14

oid

Answer 14

like

Question 15

iso

Answer 15

equal

Question 16

myelo

Answer 16

marrow

Question 17

normo

Answer 17

normal

Question 18

FBC

Answer 18

Full Blood Count

Question 19

fL

Answer 19

femtoliter

Question 20

Hg/Hgb

Answer 20

Hemoglobion

Question 21

MCH

Answer 21

Mean Cell Hemoglobin

Question 22

HCT

Answer 22

Hematocrit

Question 23

MCV

Answer 23

Mean Cell Volume

Question 24

CBC

Answer 24

Complete Blood Count

Question 25

MCHC

Answer 25

Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration

Question 26

pg

Answer 26

picogram

Question 27

RBC Indices/Parameters

Answer 27

MCV, MCH, MCHC

Question 27

Weight of hgb in RBC

Answer 27

MCH

Question 28

T/F: Volume of RBC is directly proportional to the size of RBC

Answer 28

T

Question 28

MCV

Answer 28

directly proportional to the size of RBC

Question 29

average concentration of hgb in RBC

Answer 29

MCHC

Question 30

What is the yellow layer on the top of centrifuged blood using non-anticoagulated tube (red top)?

Answer 30

serum

Question 31

Blood is __% liquid and __% solid.

Answer 31

Liquid: 55%
Solid: 45%

Question 31

What is the yellow layer on the top of centrifuged blood using a tube with anticoagulant (lavender top)?

Answer 31

plasma

Question 31

45% of blood is composed of?

Answer 31

cells (buffy coat + packed rbc)

Question 31

55% of blood is composed of?

Answer 31

plasma

Question 32

Blood volume of infants

Answer 32

250-350 ml

Question 32

T/F : In centrifuged blood, buffy coat contains all of the blood cells.

Answer 32

F: RBC is not included in buffy coat, only the WBC and platelets.

Question 33

T/F: RBC is the heaviest blood cell which is why it settles at the bottom?

Answer 33

T

Question 33

it is the liquid component of blood in an anticoagulated tube

Answer 33

plasma

Question 33

Normal blood volume for adult male

Answer 33

5-6 L

Question 33

90-95% of plasma is composed of?

Answer 33

water

Question 34

5-10% of plasma is composed of?

Answer 34

chemical constituents

Question 35

Normal blood volume for adult female

Answer 35

4-5 L

Question 36

Viscosity of blood

Answer 36

3.5-4.5x thicker

Question 37

color of arterial blood

Answer 37

bright red

Question 38

color of venous blood

Answer 38

dark red

Question 39

pH of blood

Answer 39

7.35-7.45

Question 40

pH of arterial blood

Answer 40

7.45

Question 41

pH of venous blood

Answer 41

7.35

Question 42

Specific gravity of a whole blood

Answer 42

1.045-1.66

Question 43

Specific gravity of serum

Answer 43

1.024-1.028

Question 44

Specific gravity of plasma

Answer 44

1.025-1.029

Question 45

Give the basic hematological methods

Answer 45

a. CBC
b. Reticulocyte Count
c. Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Question 45

Test to check the activity of bone marrow

Answer 45

Reticulocyte Count

Question 46

Most commonly performed test in hematology

Answer 46

Complete Blood Count (CBC)

Question 47

check if the px has inflammation

Answer 47

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate