Lab Investigation Of The Full Blood Count And White Cell Disorders Flashcards
What are the first steps in normal haematopoiesis?
Multipotent haematopoietic stem cell divides into a lymphoid or myeloid stem cell
What do lymphoid stem cells divide into?
Lymphoblast
-> natural killer cells
Or
-> T and B lymphocytes
What does a myeloid stem cell divide into?
Megakaryoblast
Proerythroblast
Myeloblast
Monoblast
What do monoblasts differentiate into?
Monocytes
What do myeloblasts differentiate into?
Basophil
Neutrophil
Eosinophil
What do proerythroblasts differentiate into?
Reticulocyte -> erythrocyte
What do megakaryoblasts differentiate into?
Megokaryocytes
Platelets
What is in a full blood count?
Hb concentration HCt MCV MCH RDW Reticulocyte count
What is HCt?
Haematocrit = percentage of blood volume as RBC
What is MCV?
Mean corpuscular volume = average size of RBC
What is MCH?
Mean corpuscular haemoglobin = avg Hb content of RBC
What is RDW?
Red cell distribution width = range of deviation around RBC size
What is in the white blood cell count?
Total WBC and breakdown of: Neutrophils Lymphocytes Monocytes Basophils Eosinophils
What of the platelets are measured in a FBC?
Platelet count and size
What does a blood film do?
Confirms number and morphology