URINALYSIS AND BLOOD Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN CLASSES OF WBC
GRANULOCUTES
MONOCYTES
LYMPHOCYTES
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A GRANULOCYTE (NEUTOPHIL, EOSINOPHIL, BASOPHIL)
LOCATE INGEST AND DESTROY BACTERIA AND PARASITES
INVOLVEMENT IN IMMUNE RESPONSE
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A MONOCYTE
LEAVE CIRCULATION TO BECOME A MACROPHAGE
IDENTIFY ANTIGENS WITHIN THE BODY
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A LYMPHOCYTE (TCELL, BCELL, NATURAL KILLER CELLS)
INITIATE, REGULATIO AND CONTROL IMMUNE RESPONSE
MAKE ANTIBODIES
KILL ABNORMAL CELLS AND FOREIGN BODIES
ABNORMALLY LOW WBC COUNTS MAY INDICATEE
LIVER OR SPLEEN DISORDERS
BONE MARROW DISORDERS
RADIATION EXPOSURE
TOXIN EXPOSURE
VIRAL INFECTION
ABNORMALLY HIGH WBC NUMBERS MAY INDICATE
INFECTION
LUKEMIA
INFLAMMATORY DISEASES (RA, lupus)
WHAT MOLECULE DOES O2 BIDN TO
HAEMAGLOBIN
WHAT IS MEASURED BY THE RETICULOCYTE COUND
NUMBER OF IMMATURE RBS IN THE BLOOD
WHAT DOES THE HEMATOCRIT INDEX MEASURE
PERCENTAGE OF BLOOD CELLS IN RELATION TO BLOOD VOLUME
ABNORMALLY LOW RBC COUNT MAY INDICATE
ANEMIA FROM BLOOD LOSS
MALNUTRITION (Fe DEFICIENCY)
ABNORMALLY HIGH RBC COUNT MAY INDICATE
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
LUNG DISEASE
DEHYDRATION
KIDNEY DISEASE
POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
ABNORMALLY LARGE NUMBERS OF RETICULOCYTES
WHAT IS THROMBOCYTOPENIA
ABNORMALLY LOW PLATELET NUMBERS
WHAT CAN CAUSE THROMBOCYTOPENIA
DRUGS WITH A TOXIC AFFECT ON BONE MARROW
LUKEMIA
AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS
VIRAL INFECTIONS
THROMBOCYTOSIS IS
AN ABNORMALLY HIGH LEVEL OF PLATELETS
WHEN WOULD THROMBOCYTOSIS OCCUR
TB
THRONBOCYTHEMIA
