Practical Flashcards
Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series
Seg
Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series
Metamyelocyte (neutrophil)
- Notice how the indentation is < 50% of the diameter of the cell
Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik
Teardrop
Identify the maturation stage of the erythrocytic series
Reticulocyte or retic for short
- This is a Wright stain
Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik
Schistocytes
- Literally just fragments
Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik
Blister cell
Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik
Hemoglobin SC crystals
Identify the RBC inclusion(s)
Trick question! It’s plasmodium species found in patients with malaria
Identify the RBC inclusion(s)
Basophilic stippling
Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik
Spherocytes
Identify the maturation stage of the erythrocytic series
Mature RBC
Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik
Acanthocytes
Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik
Bite cell
- Remember, this is a type of schistocyte
Identify the cells that comprise a normal WBC differential
- Seg
- Monocytes
- Lymphocytes
- Bands
- Eosinophils
- Basophils
Identify the RBC inclusion(s)
Howell-Jolly bodies