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30 Cards in this Set
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Megakaryocyte |
The bone marrow cell from which blood platelets arise |
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Non regenerative anemia |
classification by bone marrow response |
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Regenerative anemia |
Increase in RBC size |
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Platelet |
irregular, disk shaped fragments of magakaryocytes in the blood that assist with blood clotting |
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Heinz Bodies |
round sturctiures of erythrocytes that represent denatured hemoglobin and that appear as a pale area when stained with wrights stain. |
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Hemolytic anemia |
result of RBC destruction within the blood |
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Döhle bodies |
small, gray-blue areas that represent ribosomes and that are seen in the cytoplasm of some immature and toxic granulocytes |
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Acanthocyte |
Spur cells |
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Reticulocyte |
Immature RBC |
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Howell-Jolly bodies |
basophilic inclusions of young erythrocytes that represent nuclear remnants |
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Thrombocytopenia |
-a condition that involves a decrease in the number of circulating platelets |
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PCV |
ratio of RBC to total plasma volume |
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Iron deficiency |
the result of a nutritionally deficient diet or chronic blood loss |
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Hypercellular |
Increased cellularity |
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Blast cell |
Building cell |
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Nucleated erythrocytes |
represent the early release of immature cells during anemia |
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Rouleaux |
arrangement of erythrocytes that appears as a column or stack. |
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Smudge cell |
leukocyte that has ruptured |
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Hypocellular |
Decreased cellularity |
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Karyorrhexis |
fragmentation of a cell nucleus |
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Microhematocrit |
term that refers to use of a capillary tube and high speed centrifuge to determine the PCV |
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Autoagglutination |
clumping or agglutination of an individual’s own serum, usuall because of the presence of autoantibodies |
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Aplastic |
all blood cell types are decreased or absent |
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Hemorrhagic anemia |
-result from acute or chronic blood loss |
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Karyolisis |
degeneration or dissolution of a cell nucleu |
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Lymphocytes |
WBC that is involved in the inflammatory process and that also has roles in cell immunity |
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Basophil |
granular WBC with an irregularly shaped, relatively pale staining nucleus that is partially constricted into two lobes and with cytoplasm that contains coarse bluish black granules of variable size |
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Eosinophils |
granulocyte with granules that have an affinity for the acidic components of stains |
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Monocytes |
a precursor cell representing a stage in the development of the tissue macrophage: after monocyte leaves the bloodstream and enters tissue at a site of inflammation, it becomes an activated macrophage |
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Neutrophils |
WBC that functions to phagocytize infections agents and cellular debris: plays a major role in the inflammatory process |
