other blood experiments - phyana lab Flashcards
normal clotting time
3-6 min
method used in bleeding time
duke’s method
volume of packed red cells after blood centrifugation
hematocrit
hematocrit also known as
PCV packed cell volume
measure of proportion of red cells to plasma in peripheral blood but not entire circulation
hematocrit
pigment in rnc that has affinity with oxygen
hemoglobin
the darker the color of the sample
the higher hemoglobin count
used in counting cellular elements of blood
hemacytometer
one type of counting chamber used in hemacytometry
neubauer improved counting chamber
how many primary square are in neubauer
1
how many secondary squares in neubauer
9
TOTAL number of smaller squares in central secondary sqaure
400
gives the relative proportion of leukocyte types
differential WBC count
increased in chronic infection
basophil and monocytes
acute infection
neutrophil