Normal Red Blood Cells

Question 1

Six stages of RBC maturation.

Answer 1

Rubriblast, prorubricyte, rubricyte, metarubricyte, polychromatophil, erythrocyte

Question 2

The iron containing portion of hemoglobin?

Answer 2

Heme

Question 3

Protein portion of hemoglobin.

Answer 3

Globin

Question 4

Job of the hemoglobin.

Answer 4

Carrying O2 to tissues and CO2 to lungs

Question 5

What does hemoglobin aid in?

Answer 5

Diagnose anemia, detect blood loss

Question 6

What test can you find a Hemeglobin level in?

Answer 6

CBC

Question 7

The bigger the central pallor….

Answer 7

The less Hemeglobin.

Question 8

RBCs are what shape?

Answer 8

Bi- concave disks

Question 9

What do we look for in red blood cells?

Answer 9

Size, shape, color

Question 10

Only seeing several during your morphology scan.

Answer 10

Rare

Question 11

Seeing 1-2 every few fields.

Answer 11

Occasional

Question 12

Seeing 1-2 every field

Answer 12

Slight

Question 13

More than 1-2 every field but less than 1/2

Answer 13

Moderate

Question 14

More than 1-2 the cells.

Answer 14

Marked

Question 15

Normal RBCs when they are all the same size.

Answer 15

Normalcytic

Question 16

Variation in size.

Answer 16

Anisocytosis

Question 17

Increase in cell size.

Answer 17

Macrocytosis

Question 18

Decrease in cell size.

Answer 18

Microcytosis

Question 19

Has less central pallor.

Answer 19

Feline RBCs

Question 20

Has more central pallor.

Answer 20

Canine

Question 21

Normal color.

Answer 21

Normochromic

Question 22

Stacked coins arrangement. Common in horses

Answer 22

Rouleaux

Question 23

Saline breaks up this formation that is normal in horses.

Answer 23

Rouleaux

Question 24

What is central pallor?

Answer 24

Torn out piece in the middle of red blood cell (white portion)

Question 25

How do you tell the difference between dog and. At RBCs?

Answer 25

Central pallor for cats, no central pallor for dogs.

Question 26

What is the difference between normal RBCs and polychromatic cells?

Answer 26

Polychromatic cells are much larger

Question 27

What are polychromatic cells?

Answer 27

Juvenile cells (high school age)

Question 28

What are Nucleated red blood cells?

Answer 28

Young red blood cells (middle school age)

Question 29

This species has a more natural Rouleaux appearance.

Answer 29

Felines