Normal Red Blood Cells Flashcards
Six stages of RBC maturation.
Rubriblast, prorubricyte, rubricyte, metarubricyte, polychromatophil, erythrocyte
The iron containing portion of hemoglobin?
Heme
Protein portion of hemoglobin.
Globin
Job of the hemoglobin.
Carrying O2 to tissues and CO2 to lungs
What does hemoglobin aid in?
Diagnose anemia, detect blood loss
What test can you find a Hemeglobin level in?
CBC
The bigger the central pallor….
The less Hemeglobin.
RBCs are what shape?
Bi- concave disks
What do we look for in red blood cells?
Size, shape, color
Only seeing several during your morphology scan.
Rare
Seeing 1-2 every few fields.
Occasional
Seeing 1-2 every field
Slight
More than 1-2 every field but less than 1/2
Moderate
More than 1-2 the cells.
Marked
Normal RBCs when they are all the same size.
Normalcytic
Variation in size.
Anisocytosis
Increase in cell size.
Macrocytosis
Decrease in cell size.
Microcytosis
Has less central pallor.
Feline RBCs
Has more central pallor.
Canine
Normal color.
Normochromic
Stacked coins arrangement. Common in horses
Rouleaux
Saline breaks up this formation that is normal in horses.
Rouleaux
What is central pallor?
Torn out piece in the middle of red blood cell (white portion)
