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General terms and concepts regarding WBC
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 1
09/09/2015

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Term
Name 3 defense functions of the WBC
Definition
Phagocytosis, Immunity, inflammation
Term
term used to describe a multilobed, segmented nucleus
Definition
Polymorphonuclear
Term
term used to describe a single round nucleus
Definition
Mononuclear
Term
Nucleus that is varying in shape, nonsegmented
Definition
Pleomorphic
Term
Term that indicates the formation of WBC
Definition
Leukopoiesis
Term
granules have differentiated and are recognized as the seg, eos, baso; nucleus is round and often eccentrically placed; nuclei are absent; cytoplasm stains a blue gray and may have vacuoles
Definition
myelocyte
Term
has an indented kidney shaped nucleus; nuclear chromatin is more coarse; cytoplasm stains less blue; granules are present
Definition
Metmyelocyte
Term
horseshoe shaped nucleus; sooth parallel sides with only a slight indentation; diameter of the midsection is equal to or often less than the ends making the band
Definition
band
Term
Granulocytes are:
Definition
Neutrophil, Eosinophil, Basophil
Term
Agranulocytes are
Definition
Lympocytes, Monocytes
Term
When recording WBC findings, final numbers must be recorded in ________
Definition
Absolute Value
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