Practical Flashcards

1
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Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Seg

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2
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Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Metamyelocyte (neutrophil)

  • Notice how the indentation is < 50% of the diameter of the cell
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3
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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Teardrop

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4
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Identify the maturation stage of the erythrocytic series

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Reticulocyte or retic for short

  • This is a Wright stain
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5
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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Schistocytes

  • Literally just fragments
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6
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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Blister cell

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7
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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Hemoglobin SC crystals

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8
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Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

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Trick question! It’s plasmodium species found in patients with malaria

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9
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Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

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Basophilic stippling

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10
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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Spherocytes

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11
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Identify the maturation stage of the erythrocytic series

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Mature RBC

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12
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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Acanthocytes

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13
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Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Bite cell

  • Remember, this is a type of schistocyte
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14
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Identify the cells that comprise a normal WBC differential

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  1. Seg
  2. Monocytes
  3. Lymphocytes
  4. Bands
  5. Eosinophils
  6. Basophils
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15
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Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

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Howell-Jolly bodies

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16
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Identify the two maturation phases of the erythrocytic series

  • What is the one on the right? The left?
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R: rubriblast

L: prorubricyte

17
Q

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Rouleaux

18
Q

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Stomatocytes

19
Q

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Hemoglobin C crystals

20
Q

Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

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Cabot ring

21
Q

Identify the maturation stage of the erythrocytic series

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Rubricyte

  • aka polychromatic normoblast

N: round w/ quite condensed chromatin

C: gray-blue b/c of hemoglobinization

22
Q

Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Basophil

23
Q

Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

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Heinz bodies

24
Q

Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Myeloblast

25
Q

Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Promyelocyte

26
Q

Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Myelocyte (neutrophil)

27
Q

Identify the maturation stage of the erythrocytic series

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Metarubricyte

  • aka orthrochromic normoblast

N: round w/ fully condensed chromatin; eccentrically placed

28
Q

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Target cells

29
Q

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Elliptocytes

30
Q

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Sickle cells

31
Q

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Ovalcyte

32
Q

Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Band

33
Q

Identify the RBC inclusion(s)

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Pappenheimer bodies

  • Look carefully at how they’re clumped around the periphery of the cells
34
Q

Identify the maturation stage of the granulocytic series

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Eosinophil

35
Q

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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Burr cells (echinocytes)

36
Q

Identify the predominant type (or as indicated by the arrow) of poik

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RBC clumping (or RBC agglutination)