Unit 5b

Question 1

what is hematology?

Answer 1

study of the cellular components of the blood?

Question 2

Another name for white blood cells

Answer 2

leukocytes

Question 3

another name for red blood cells

Answer 3

erythrocytes

Question 4

another name for platelets

Answer 4

thrombocytes

Question 5

white blood cell function

Answer 5

fight bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infection

Question 6

red blood cell function

Answer 6

transport oxygen and carbon dioxide

Question 7

platelets function

Answer 7

responsible for clot formation

Question 8

hematology can screen, diagnose, and monitor _______ disease

Answer 8

hematologic

Question 9

Anemias can result from ____ in RBCs

Answer 9

decrease

Question 10

infection ____ WBCs

Answer 10

increases

Question 11

leukemias can result in _____ WBCs

Answer 11

increases

Question 12

Thrombocytopenia _____ platelets and can cause excess bleeding

Answer 12

decreases

Question 13

Hematology workflow is ____, _____, & _____.

Answer 13

collection, analysis, and methodology

Question 14

common hematology test that is the total number of white blood cells.

Answer 14

White blood cell count (WBC)

Question 15

common hematology test that is the total number of platelets

Answer 15

Platelet Count

Question 16

a common hematology test that consists of white blood cell, red blood cells, and platelets.

Answer 16

complete blood count

Question 17

In a complete blood count, what white blood cell tests can be done?

Answer 17

white blood cell count (WBC) and white blood cell differential (diff)

Question 18

in a complete blood count what tests can be done on red blood cells?

Answer 18

Red Blood Cell Count (RBC)
• Hemoglobin (Hgb)
• Hematocrit (HCT)
• Mean corpuscle Volume (MCV)
• Mean Corpuscle Hgb (MCH)
• Mean Corpuscle Hgb Concentration
(MCHC)

Question 19

In a complete blood count what tests can be done on platelts?

Answer 19

Platelet Count

• Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)

Question 20

why differentiate white blood cells?

Answer 20

WBCs serve different purposes

Question 21

Neutrophils are ____ and show _____ infection.

Answer 21

Granulocyte

Bacterial

Question 22

Lymphocyte show ____ infection

Answer 22

viral

Question 23

Monocyte show _____ viral infection

Answer 23

respiratory

Question 24

Eosinophil are _____ and show an _____ reaction and ______ infection.

Answer 24

granulocyte
allergic
parasitic

Question 25

Basophil are ___ and show _____ of non-specific origin

Answer 25

granulocyte | inflammation

Question 26

ESR is what kind of hematology test?

Answer 26

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate is a non-specific indicator of inflammation

Question 27

What is a reticulocyte count?

Answer 27

reticulocytes are immature RBCs an increase can indicate hemolytic anemia

Question 28

sickle cell testing shows

Answer 28

Normal RBCs "sickle" resulting in the decreased ability to carry oxygen sickle cell trait/disease is the result of a genetic mutation

Question 29

what is coagulation?

Answer 29

the bodies ability to form a clot

Question 30

what two main tests measure coagulation?

Answer 30

Prothrombin time (PT) Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT)

Question 31

``` Prothrombin Time (PT) measures the ____ clotting pathway and measures _____ clotting pathway ```

Answer 31

extrinsic common

Question 32

activated partial thromboplastin time measure the ____ clotting pathway and measures _____ clotting pathway

Answer 32

intrinstic common

Question 33

what are the three pathways that makeup the classical blood coagulation pathway?

Answer 33

intrinstic extrinsic common

Question 34

what does Thrombin time coagulation test measure?.

Answer 34

the activity of fibriogen

Question 35

what does Fibrinogen coagualtion test?

Answer 35

an essential protein for clot formation and fibrinogen to fibrin is the final step of the clotting cascade

Question 36

what does factor analysis (studies) measure?

Answer 36

deficiencies in one or more individual factors

Question 37

what does D-dimer helps diagnose?

Answer 37

conditions related to thrombosis (blood clot)