Jodies questions

Question 1

Where does the splenic artery arise

Answer 1

coeliac trunk

Question 2

Where does the spleen drain into (lymph)

Answer 2

Coliac nodes

Question 3

How may an enlarged spleen cause anemia

Answer 3

Trapping WBC

Question 4

What is Hb made of

Answer 4

4 Haem

4 GLobin

Question 5

What is Tense T Hb

Answer 5

Deoxygenated and has a low affinity for O2

Question 6

What is R Hb

Answer 6

Oxygenated and has a high affinity for O2

Question 7

CD34 is what

Answer 7

haematopoietic stem cell marker

Question 8

What is a CFU GEMM

Answer 8

myeloid stem cell

Question 9

What does blast mean

Answer 9

immature cell

Question 10

What is endomitosis

Answer 10

replication of chromosomes but cells dont divide

Question 11

GATA-1 is what

Answer 11

transcription factor that affects erythropoietic and megakarycotic cells

Question 12

What does PU.1 affect

Answer 12

differentiation of Myeloid stem cell

Question 13

What is Haemocrit

Answer 13

Percentage of red blood cells in a sample of blood

Question 14

Leukodepletion is used for what

Answer 14

filters the WBC in blood donation

Question 15

What is added to fresh sample of blood to preserve them

Answer 15

SAG-M

Question 16

Citrate binds to what to prevent clotting after donation

Answer 16

Calcium

Question 17

How many l is one unit of blood

Answer 17

280ml

Question 18

What is polycythemia

Answer 18

elevated red blood cell count

Question 19

What is leukopenia

Answer 19

decreased WBC count

Question 20

What is leucocytosis

Answer 20

elevated WBC count

Question 21

What is thrombocytosis

Answer 21

elevated platelet count

Question 22

What is thrombocytopenia

Answer 22

decreased platelet count

Question 23

What unites with the superior mesenteric vein to form the helatic portal vein

Answer 23

SPlenic vein