Vlp Lab Test 2

Front 1

what gauge needle do you use for aspirate

Back 1

22-25 gauge

Front 2

what syringe do you use for aspirate

Back 2

3-20ml

Front 3

what do you base the size of the syringe on

Back 3

the consistency of the tissue being aspirated

Front 4

what size syringe do you use for soft tissues like lymph nodes

Back 4

3ml

Front 5

what size syringe do firmer tissues require

Back 5

larger to maintain suction

Front 6

what is recommended size syringe for unknown masses

Back 6

12ml with 22 gauge

Front 7

stain: inexpensive
easy to prepare and use
smears are air dried before staining
stains organisms and cytoplasm cells well
disadvantage is granules of mast cells

Back 7

Romanowsky type stains
(diff quick)

Front 8

stain: excellent nuclear detail
can see through layers of cell clumps
disadvantage: not stain cytoplasm or organisms as well, multiple steps, time-consuming, reagents are difficult to locate and maintain

Back 8

Papanicolaou stain

Front 9

stain: stains cytoplasm weakly but gives excellent nuclear detail
stains granules of mast cells well

Back 9

New Methylane Blue
type of romanowdky stain

Front 10

Anestrus

Back 10

female d/n attract male
no vulvar swelling or discharge
4.5 months

noncornified squamous epi cells

Front 11

proestrus

Back 11

attracts male, but will not breed
swollen vulva with bloody discharge
7-9 days
non cornified squamous epi cells
RBCs are present

Front 12

estrus

Back 12

attracts male and allows breeding
7-9 days
cornified epi cells

Front 13

diestrus

Back 13

d/n attract male and won't allow breeding
vulvar swelling decreased
back to non cornified cells
neutrophils initially increase then decrease