Clinic. Path. Rebiew
5 ml
A 10 mL blood sample is taken from a Well - hydrated animal. How much fluid should the sample yield?
5 million red blood cells per microliter
A Paxil volume on a sample is 30%. What would be the estimated red blood cell count?
Lipemic sample
A cloudy appearance to the plasma layer of the micro hematocrit tube may be an indication of what?
Increase in the number of nucleated red blood cells
A reddish tinge to The whitish-gray Buffy coat player in the micro hematocrit tube is evidence of what?
Hemolyzed sample
A reddish tinge to the plasma layer of the micro hematocrit tube may be an indication of what?
EDTA
A technician is asked to collect a blood sample and perform a manual complete blood count and cellular morphology analysis. What's the preferred anticoagulant for the blood collection?
Megakaryocytes
A technician is reviewing a slide made from bone marrow. What is the largest type of cell that is characterized by numerous nuclear lobes and reddish cytoplasm
Megakaryocytes
A technician is reviewing a slide made from bone marrow. What's the largest type of cell characterized by numerous nuclear lobes and a reddish cytoplasm?
4680 neutrophils per microliter
A technician needs to calculate the absolute value of neutrophils on a blood smear. The neutrophil percentage on the relative white blood cell count is 70%, and the total white blood cell count is 6000 per microliter. What's the absolute value of neutrophils for this patient?
3 ml
A technician needs to collect 1.5 ml of blood for a specific blood test. What's the best size syringe to use to collect the sample?
Hemoconcentration
A technician places a tourniquet on the leg of a dog but gets distracted for a few minutes prior to the collection. Which of the following could result from this error?
Incorrect ratio of blood to anticoagulant
A veterinarian questions a PCV percentage of chained on a patient and orders a second test. The second Test shows a higher PCV than the initial test. What could be the cause of the inaccurately low PCV?
4 ml
An animal has a packed cell volume of 60%. How much fluid should be expected from a 10 mL sample?
Myelocyte
At which stage of granulopoiesis do the granule characteristics of amateur neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils begin to appear?
Hematopoiesis - the production of blood cells and platelets
Blood cells are constantly produced and have a finite life-span; therefore they need to be continually replaced. Which term identifies the process of the production of blood cells and platelets?
Erythropoietin
Chemical Messengers, referred to as cytokines, are involved in producing specific blood cell types. Which cytokine is responsible for the production of red blood cells?
Pluripotent hematopoietic stem cell(HSC)
Erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets all arise from the same type of cell. From what type of cell do these cells originate?
Thrombocyte
Erythroid cells are small and have Clump basophilic nuclei. Which type of cell would be an erythroid cell?
Basophilic rubricyte
Erythroid cells are small and have clumped basophilic nuclei. Which type of cell would be an erythroid cell?
Kidney
Erythropoietin stimulates red blood cell production and is primarily produced in certain cells within which organ of the body?
Myelocyte
Granular characteristics of the mature neutrophil, eosinophil, and basophils begin to appear at which stage of granulopoiesis?
Myelocyte
Granule characteristics of the mature neutrophil, eosinophil, and basophils begin to appear at which stage of granulopoiesis?
Three
Ideally, ample blood should be collected to yield enough serum, plasma, or whole blood to run all of the planned assay how many times?
33.3 G / DL.
If a dog has a hemoglobin concentration of 15 G / DL and a packed cell volume of 45%, the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration would be?
30 pg.
If a dog has a hemoglobin concentration of 18 G / DL and a red blood cell count of 6 x 109 / ml, the mean corpuscular hemoglobin would be?
72 FL.
If a dog has a packed cell volume of 36% and a red blood cell count of 5.0 million / ml, the mean corpuscular volume would be?
MyeloBlast, promyelocyte, myelocytes, metamyelocyte, band. Produces neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils.
List the order of maturation series of granulocytes beginning with the most immature to the most mature?
Rubriblast, prorubricyte, rubricytes, metarubricytes, and reticulocytes
List the order of the maturation series of the erythrocytes beginning with the most immature to the most mature?
Monocytes
Macrophages May develop from which type of cell if exposed to a specific cytokine?
Bird
Manual cell counts are rarely performed except in which animal?
Promyelocyte
Myeloid cells are large and pale staining cells. Which type of cell would be a myeloid cell?
Lymphocytes
The common lymphoid progenitor product of the pluripotent hematopoietic stem cell eventually gives rise to specific projectors that develop in various populations of what type of cell?
Megakaryoblast
The common myeloid progenitor will produce a megakaryocytes / erythrocyte for. What type of cell produced by the megakaryocytes / erythrocytes progenitor will eventually give rise to platelets?
Rubriblast
The common myeloid progenitor will produce a megakaryocytes / erythrocyte progenitor. What type of cell produced by the megakaryocytes / erythrocytes progenitor will eventually give rise to platelets?
Liver
This cytokin thrombopoietin, is responsible for the production of thrombocytes and primarily which organ of the body?
Liver
Thrombopoietin is a cytokine responsible for producing thrombocytes in primarily which organ of the body?
Lymphopoiesis
What term refers to the process by which lymphocytes are formed?
Pack cell volume
What's another term for hematocrit?
PCV percentage divided by 6
What's the correct formula for estimating the red blood cells from a packed cell volume?
Serum
What's the fluid part of blood from which fibrinogen has been removed?
Plasma
What's the fluid portion of whole blood in which the cells are suspended?
Vacutainer
What's the preferred item to use for blood collection?
Granulopoiesis
What's the process by which neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils are formed?
Pack cell volume
What's the term for the percentage of whole blood that composed of erythrocytes?
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
What's the term for the ratio or percentage of weight for hemoglobin to the volume in which It's contained?
Citrate
When multiple samples of blood are needed from a patient, the tube containing which type of anticoagulant should be drawn first?
Punctate reticulocytes
When stained with new methylene blue, what type of maturing cell will appear to have small dark blue spots in the cytoplasm?
Potassium oxalate
Which anticoagulant forms and insoluble complex with calcium and is the most commonly used oxalate salt?
Sodium fluoride
Which anticoagulant is best known as a glucose preservative?
Citrate
Which anticoagulant is commonly used in blood transfusion?
Heparin
Which anticoagulant shouldn't be used when analyzing white blood cell morphology?
EDTA
Which anticoagulant won't alter cell morphology at the recommended dilutions but will lead to self shrinkage if excess amounts are used?
Platelets
Which blood components are fragments of the cytoplasm of a mega karyocyte?
Proplatelets
Which blood components are fragments of the cytoplasm of megakaryocytes?
Metarubricyte
Which cell is the smallest erythroid cell, has a condensed nucleus, and has a deep red cytoplasm?
Metarubricyte
Which cell type is incapable of cell division? Note: hemoglobin formation is completed at this stage, and the cell will eventually extrude its nucleus and mature into a reticulocyte
Metarubricyte
Which cell type is not capable of cell division? Note: hemoglobin formation is completed at this stage and will eventually extrude its nucleus and mature into a reticulocyte.
Hemolytic anemia
Which condition can result in a lower packed cell volume?
Dehydration
Which condition can result in an artificially High packed cell volume?
Thrombopoietin
Which cytokine is largely responsible for producing platelets?
Splenic contraction
Which disorder can be a possible cause of relative polycythemia?
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
Which erythrocyte index is calculated by dividing the hemoglobin concentration by the Paxil volume in multiplying by 100?
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin
Which erythrocyte index is calculated by dividing the hemoglobin concentration by the red blood cell concentration and multiplying by 10?
Mean corpuscular volume
Which erythrocyte index is calculated by dividing the packed cell volume by the red blood cell concentration and multiplying by 10?
Mean corpuscular volume
Which erythrocyte index is measured in femtoliters?
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
Which erythrocyte index is reported in grams per deciliter?
Mean corpuscular volume
Which erythrocyte index measures the average size of the erythrocyte?
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
Which erythrocyte index measures the concentration of hemoglobin in the average erythrocyte?
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin
Which erythrocyte index measures the weight of hemoglobin in the average erythrocyte?
Serum
Which fluid is squeezed out around the cellular clot when blood clots?
Oxyhemoglobin
Which form of hemoglobin delivers oxygen and removes carbon dioxide from the tissues by the red blood cells during respiration?
Met hemoglobin
Which form of hemoglobin occurs naturally and plasma and red blood cells but must be converted to hemoglobin for oxygen delivery?
Sulfhemoglobin
Which form of human globin results from the normal aging process of erythrocytes?
Thrombopoietin
Which had a cytokine is largely responsible for the production of platelets?
Carboxyhemoglobin
Which of the following is a hemoglobin form present in the erythrocyte that has been exposed to carbon monoxide and is irreversible?
Pro megakaryocytes
Which of the following is a large cell containing two to four nuclei that continually get larger as the nucleus replicates until it's fully mature?
Promyelocyte
Which of the following is a large, pale standing cell with no prominent nucleoli?
Megakaryocytes
Which of the following refers to a very large cell in which the cytoplasm extends into the bone marrow sinuses and shears off into the follow of blood, Creating Pro platelets?
Monopoiesis
Which of the following refers to the process by which monocytes are formed?
Prorubricyte
Which of these cells is a product of megakaryocytes erythrocyte progenitor cells and have a convince nucleus and an intensely blue cytoplasm?
Morphologic evaluation
Which procedure must always accompany a complete blood count evaluation to determine the accuracy of the test?
Hematopoiesis
Which process of blood cell and platelet production takes place in the red bone marrow of primarily the long bones in adult animals?
Left - shift
Which term best describes an increase in the number of immature neutrophils in the peripheral blood?
Leukemia
Which term best describes neoplastic cells present in the blood or bone marrow?
Lymphopenia
Which term indicates a decrease in the number of lymphocytes?
Neutropenia
Which term indicates a decrease in the number of neutrophils?
Pancytopenia
Which term indicates a decreased number of all blood cell types?
Leukocytosis
Which term indicates an increase in the number of leukocytes?
Polycythemia
Which term is defined as an increase in the number of circulating red blood cells?
Erythropoiesis - the production of red blood cells
Which term refers to the constant and continual production of red blood cells?
Total protein concentration
Which test isn't specifically considered a hematologic tests but is an important part of the complete blood count and is completed on the reflectometer?
Heparin
Which type of anticoagulant prevents clotting by converting prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting process?
Leukopoietin
Which type of cytokine stimulates the production of granulocytes?
Laser - based flow cytometry
Which type of hematology analyzer uses a focus laser beam to evaluate the size and density of cells?
Impedance
Which type of hematology analyzer uses a method based on the passage of electric current across two electrodes? Electrodes are separated by a glass tube with a small opening, and electrolyte fluid on either side of the aperture conducts the current.
Quantitative Buffy coat
Which type of hematology analyzer uses differential centrifugation and staining to provide an estimation of cellular elements?
Neutrophils
Which type of leukocyte is most prevalent in Blood of most mammals?
T Lymphocytes
Which type of lymphocyte matures only in the thymus?
Lipemic sample
Which type of plasma sample can result in a false increase in the total protein reading?
Band cells
Which types of cells have a horseshoe - shaped nucleus with parallel sides?
Granulocytes - AKA polymorphonuclear leukocytes
Which types of white blood cells always contain granules and are commonly referred to as polymorphonuclear leukocytes?
Monocytes
Which types of white blood cells make sometimes contain granules, but only in very small numbers, and are referred to as mononuclear leukocytes?
Lavender - Top
Which vacutainer is best suited for collecting blood for a hematologic test?
Jugular
Which vessel is the preferred blood source for venous blood in most species?
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin
Which you erythrocyte index is measured in picograms or 109 / ml?
RBC'S ( erythrocytes),WBC'S ( leukocytes) thrombocytes( platelets)
Whole blood is composed of fluid and cells - name the cells and the fluid.
