Lab Investigation of the FBC

Question 1

1.What part of the blood are mature cells found?

Answer 1

Peripheral Blood

Question 2

2.What does :
-Hb
-Hct
-MCV
-MCH
-RDW
all mean on a full blood count?

Answer 2

Hb= Conc of Hb
Hct:= % of blood volume as RBC
MCV: Avg size of rbc
MCH: Avg Hb content of rbc
RDW: Range of deviation around rbc size

Question 3

3.
In a full blood count result you would also receive information regarding white blood cells, what kind of info would this be?

Answer 3

• Total white blood cell
• Neutrophils
• lymphocytes
• Monocytes
• Basophils
• Eosinophils

Question 4

4.

What does the term anisocytosis mean?

Answer 4

Patients red blood cells are unequal size

Question 5

5.What is another term giving for rbc’s that are ovalocytes?

Answer 5

Elliptoctes

Question 6

6.What does the terms:
-Poikylocytosis
-Polychromasia
-Myelocytes
-Inclusions
mean?

Answer 6

Poikylocytosis = abnormal shaped RBC

• Polychromasia = high number of immature RBC
• Myelocytes= immature/young granulocyte cell
• inclusions= nuclear or cytoplasmic substances aggregated together

Question 7

7.What is “tear drop polikilocytosis”

Answer 7

It when the rbc’s are tear drop shaped

Its typically seen in myelofibrosis or bone marrow infiltration with malignant disease.