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(P) Week 2: Hematopoiesis PART 1 Flashcards

1
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Characteristics of Blood

How many liters of blood do women usually have?

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5L

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Characteristics of Blood

How many liters of blood do men usually have?

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6 liters

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Characteristics of Blood

About how many percent of a human’s body weight is comprised by blood?

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7-8%

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Characteristics of Blood

how many percent of the blood is comprised of the fluid portion?

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55%

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Characteristics of Blood

type of fluid obtained from a blood sample in an EDTA tube?

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plasma

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Characteristics of Blood

type of fluid from a blood sample from a gold cap tube

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serum

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Characteristics of Blood

what does plasma have that serum lacks?

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fibrinogen and other clotting factors

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Characteristics of Blood

Which specific clotting factors does serum lack?

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clotting factors I, V, VIII, and XIII

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9
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Characteristics of Blood

What is the normal range for blood pH?

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7.35 to 7.45

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Characteristics of Blood

If pH<7.35

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acidosis

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Characteristics of blood

If pH>7.45

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alkalosis

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Characteristics of Blood

How many ml of oxygen is carried per gram of hemoglobin?

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1.34ml

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13
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pertains to general blood production

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hematopoiesis

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14
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refers to RBC production

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erythropoiesis

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15
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the production of WBC

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leukopoiesis

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16
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Platelet production is called?

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megakaryopoiesis

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17
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Enumerate the three periods of hematopoiesis

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  1. Mesoblastic
  2. Hepatic
  3. Myeloid
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18
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what does the mesoblastic period produce?

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primitive / embryonic RBC

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19
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When does the mesoblastic period begin?

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19th-20th day of gestation

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20
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when does the mesoblastic period end?

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before 3rd month of gestation

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21
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What is the source of blood during the mesoblastic period?

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yolk sac

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22
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What is the type of Hgb during the mesoblastic period

A

Gower 1 and 2
Portland

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What are produced during the hepatic period?

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RBC, WBC, and platelets

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24
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When does the hepatic period start?

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5th to 6th week of gestation

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25
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When does the hepatic period end?

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1st to 2nd week after delivery

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26
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what is the source of blood during the hepatic period?

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liver, spleen, lymphnodes, thymus

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what is the type of Hgb during the hepatic period?

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Hgb F (fetal hemoglobin)

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28
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when does the myeloid period start?

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4th to 5th month of gestation

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29
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when does the myeloid period end?

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it doesn’t end until death

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30
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what is the source of blood during the myeloid period?

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Red bone marrow

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31
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What’s the type of Hgb during the myeloid period?

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Hgb A1 and A2

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T or F

There no overlaps between the periods of hematopoiesis to ensure that they do not interfere with each others’ functions

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F (there are overlaps to ensure that hematopoiesis does not stop

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33
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Molecular structure

portland

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ζ2γ2

zeta 2, gamma 2

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34
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molecular structure

Gower I

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ζ2ε2

zeta 2, epsilon 2

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molecular structure

Gower II

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α2ε2

alpha 2, epsilon 2

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molecular structure

Hgb F

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α2γ2

alpha 2, gamma 2

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37
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molecular structure

Hgb A1

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α2β2

alpha 2, beta 2

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molecular structure

Hgb A2

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α2δ2

alpha 2, delta 2

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39
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about how many percent of hemoglobin during fetal life is Hgb F?

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60-90%

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40
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Normal concentration of Hgb A1 in adults?

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97-98%

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41
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Normal concentration of Hgb A2 in adults?

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2-3%

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42
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What happens when there’s an imbalance with Hgb concentrations?

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Beta thalassemia
(please read the transes na lang, Sir Adarve gave many examples for Beta thalassemia)

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43
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What are the three hematopoietic stem cells theory?

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  1. Monophyletic
  2. Dualistic
  3. Polyphyletic
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44
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HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL THEORY

if cells come from only one mother stem-cell only

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Monophyletic Theory

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HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL THEORY

two mother stem cells produce all the other cells

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Dualistic theory

46
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HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL THEORY

cells are from many mother stem cells

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polyphyletic theory

47
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HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL THEORY

Most acceptable theory

A

monophyletic theory

48
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What are the three fates of stem cells?

A
  1. Renewal
  2. Differentiation
  3. Apoptosis
49
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What is the basis for the fate of stem cells?

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growth factor

50
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FATE OF STEM CELLS

For storage of red blood cells in the bone marrow

51
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FATE OF STEM CELLS

some of the stem cells will now mature and have different roles

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differentiation

52
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FATE OF STEM CELLS

  • natural cell death
  • this is needed to balance the amount of bone marrow cells in the body to prevent disease
53
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FATE OF STEM CELLS

pertains to pathologic cell death

54
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the overproduction of bone marrow cells

A

polycythemia vera

55
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Theories of mechanism of stem cell fate

random, no reason

A

stochastic

56
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Theories of mechanism of stem cell fate

more acceptable model on how stem cells reach their fate

A

instructive

57
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enumerate the theories of stem cell fate by Till and McCulloh

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  1. stochastic
  2. instructive
58
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Theories of mechanism of stem cell fate

there is microenvironment, chemical, and growth factor influence

A

Instructive

59
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Theories of mechanism of stem cell fate

familiarize the instructive signals

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  1. Inductive microenvironment (chemicals and cytokines)
  2. TPO, KIT ligand, FT3 ligand
60
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Theories of mechanism of stem cell fate

familiarize the inductive internal signals

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  1. TAL1 genes
  2. GATA2 genes
  3. Notch-1 and Notch-2
61
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What are the two fates of stem cell division

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  1. symmetric
  2. asymmetric
62
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differentiate symmetric from asymmetric division

A

symmetric = both daughters have the same fate
asymmetric = daughter cells do not share the same fate

63
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used for cell identification

A

CD markers

64
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what does CD mean?

A

cluster of differentiation / cluster of designation

65
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What checks for CD markers

A

flow cytometry

66
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Which cells predominates acute leukemia?

A

immature cells (CD34)

67
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which cells predominate chronic leukemia?

A

mature cells

68
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what does MPC stand for

A

myeloid progenitor cells

69
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what does LPC stand for?

A

Lymphoid progenitor cells

70
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CD markers for B cells

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CD19
CD20
CD21
CD22

71
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CD markers for stem cell markers

72
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CD for NK cells

73
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CD marker for erythroid cells

74
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CD marker for megakaryocytes

A

CD41
CD42
CD61

75
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3 Types of growth factors

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  1. early acting
  2. intermediate
  3. late acting
76
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how many RBC, platelets, and granulocytes are produced by growth factors per kg of bodyweight ?

A

2.5 billion RBC
2.5 billion platelets
1 billion granulocytes

77
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what does IL stand for?

A

interleukin

78
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TPO stands for

A

thrombopoietin

79
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EPO stands or

A

Erythropoietin

80
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CSF-G stands for

A

colony stimulating factor - granulocyte

81
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CSF-M stnds for

A

colony stimulating factor - monocyte

82
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What is the myeloid progenitor stimulating factor?

83
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T or F

to develop RBCs, you only need the bone marrow

84
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T or F

To develop lymphocytes, only the bone marrow is needed

A

F - you need secondary organs as well such as the spleen, lymph nodes and other lymphoid organs

85
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What is the sole source of RBC?

A

Erythropoietin

86
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what organ synthesizes EPO?

87
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function of EPO

A

influence the bone marrow to produce more RBC

88
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familiarize the characteristics of EPO

A
  1. Janus Acting Tyrosine Kinase (JAK2)
  2. Glycoprotein
  3. 34 daltons
  4. Reacts with RBC’s terminal sialic acid
89
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familiarize the functions of EPO

A
  1. stimulates RBC production
  2. Early release of RBC
  3. Reduce marrow transit time
  4. Prevent apoptosis
90
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How does EPO prevent apoptosis

A

separates the cell death receptors Fasl and Fas

91
Q

chemical that allows for cell death, whose development in the mitochondria can be prevented by the EPO

A

cytochrome c

92
Q

what does STAT stand for

A

Signal transduction of activator transcription

93
Q

Give the erlich and normo nomenclature of the given rubri nomenclature

rubriblast

A

proerythroblast
pronormoblast

94
Q

Give the erlich and normo nomenclature of the given rubri nomenclature

prorubricyte

A

basophilic erythroblast
bosphilic normoblast

95
Q

Give the erlich and normo nomenclature of the given rubri nomenclature

rubricyte

A

polychromatophilic erythroblast
polychromatophilic normoblast

96
Q

Give the erlich and normo nomenclature of the given rubri nomenclature

metarubricyte

A

orthochromatophilic erythroblast
orthochromatophilic normoblast

97
Q

Give the erlich and normo nomenclature of the given rubri nomenclature

reticulocyte

A

diffusely basophilic erythrocyte / polychromatophilic erythrocyte

diffusely basophilic normocyte / polychromatophilic normocyte

98
Q

Give the erlich and normo nomenclature of the given rubri nomenclature

mature red blood cell

A

erythrocyte
normocyte

99
Q

T or F
‘cyte’ indicates that there’s no nucleus

100
Q

This gives rise to the earliest identifiable colony of RBCs

101
Q

Earliest identifiable colony of RBCs

A

BFU-E (Burst forming unit-erythroid)

102
Q

this is acted upon by EPO to differentiate into pronormoblasts / rubriblast/ proerythroblast

A

CFU-E (colony-forming-unit-erythroid)

103
Q

T or F

In RBC precursor cells, size is decreasing

104
Q

What is the size of a normal mature red cell?

A

6-8 micrometer in size

105
Q

If the mature cell’s size is 5 micrometers and below, what is the condition called

A

microcytic red cells / microcytic RBC

106
Q

FAMILIARIZE !!

what can cause your RBCs to decrease in size?

A
  1. iron deficiency anemia
  2. thalassemia
  3. sideroblastic anemia
  4. anemia of chronic disease or inflammation
107
Q

anemia that cause the RBC to increase in size

A

megaloblastic anemia (lack of vit B12 or folic acid)

108
Q

term that refers to RBCs that is larger than normal

A

macrocytic red cells

109
Q

refers to the general variation of red cell size (can be big or small)

A

Anisocytosis

110
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term for normal sized RBC

A

Normocytic RBC

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