Poikilocytes Flashcards
1
Q
Causes
A
Environment
Age
Metabolic State
2
Q
Burr Cells
A
Decreased ATP
Increased pH and fatty acid
Use Urine test
3
Q
Acanthocytes
A
cholesterol stagnation
4
Q
Spherocyte
A
foreign object in cell
decrease in surface to volume ratio
5
Q
Elliptocyte
A
smaller blood vessel
6
Q
Shistocyte
A
fragment of RBC
seen in TTP and DIC
7
Q
Tear Drops
A
Important in diagnosis of disease
8
Q
Stomatocytes
A
easily made artifically
9
Q
Sickle Cells
A
glutamic acid switched for valine at the 6th position on the beta chain
10
Q
Traget Cells
A
increased surface to volume ration
11
Q
Pappenheimer Bodies
A
pieces of iron
prussian blue stain used
linked with sickle cell
12
Q
Howell-Jolly Bodies
A
DNA inclusion
13
Q
Basophilic Stipling
A
linked to lead poisoning in children
precipitation of polyribosomes
