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| THE CBC INCLUDES WHAT TESTS? |
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1) HEMATOCRIT 2) Hb DETERMINATION 3) WBC COUNT 4) RBC COUNT 5) DIFFERENTIAL |
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The study of blood is called what ? |
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| The main function of blood is to carry oxygen through out the body and get rid of carbon dioxide. what are 6 other function that blood does? |
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1) transport nutrient 2) deliver hormones 3) remove waste products 4) regulate body temp 5) regulate pH 6) carry immune system components |
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| The hematocrit tube should be filled how full it order to get accurate results? |
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What end of the hematocrit should go into the clay? |
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| color coded end or the red striped end |
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What does the PCV or the packed cell volume tell us ? |
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The % of RBC's compared to the other components of the blood |
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If the animals is dehydrated would the PCV be high or low? |
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| High - dehydration less water, less plasma, more RBC'S |
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| How long do you centerfuge a hematocrit tube? |
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| What information can be obtain from a hematocrit test? |
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PCV Est. RBC Count Est. HB Mircofilaria |
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| what is the formula for the est. RBC? |
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(PVC = P) (P/6) x 1,000,000 = RBC estimate |
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| What is the formula for the esitmate of Hb? |
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(PCV = P) (P/3) = Hb estimate |
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What is the purpose of evaluationg the Hb? |
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To assess the blood's capability of transporting oxygen to the tissue. |
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| Where on the hematocrit tube do you look for mircfilaria? |
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| just above the buffy coat |
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| What power and light amount do you use to observe microfilaria? |
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PLASMA COLOR 1) STRAW COLORED 2) YELLOW 3) WHITE OR CLOUDY 4) PALE PINK 5) ORANGE |
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1) NORMAL FOR CATS AND DOGS 2) NORMAL FOR HORSE ONLY - ABNORMAL (ICTERIC) FOR CATS AND DOGS 3)LIPEMIC 4) HEMOLYZED 5) HEMOLYZED & ICTERIC |
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| What does the TP tell us? |
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| the protien plasma concentration |
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| If the animal is dehydrated the TP will be high or low? |
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| If the animal is not eating with the TP be high or low? |
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| A large buffy coat indicates what ? |
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| An increase in either the WBC count or the platelets |
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| How many mircoliters does the unopette pipette hold? |
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| What power and light amount do you use to observe the WBC'S on the hemocytometer? |
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What is the formula for the WBC count? |
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| (W x 1.1) x 100 = wbc count |
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What is the diluent used to lyse the RBC's? and what is the dilution ratio? |
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1% buffered ammonium oxalate and 1:100 |
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| what is the purpose of the wbc count? |
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| determine the total number of wbc's in 1 ul of blood |
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An increase in the WBC count may indcate what kind of infection? and a decrease? |
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| what power and light amount do you use to look at platelets on the hemocytometer? |
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| what is the formula to calculate the number of platelets / ul on the hemocytometer? |
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| p x 1000 = # of platelets |
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| what decimal place do you round HB to? |
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| What is the purpose of the differential? |
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| shows changes in number and distribution of luekocytes during the disease process |
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| Anitcoagulant that will not change cell morphology |
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| what objective and amount of light do you use to look at the differential? |
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| high power (oil immersion) and high light amount |
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| how many leukocytes should be count for each 10,000 wbc's counted during the wbc count |
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| What are the 5 types of white blood cells? |
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| monocyte, lymphocyte, eosinophil, basophil, and segmented neutophil |
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WHAT IS THE MATURATION SEQUENCE FOR WBCS? |
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STEM CELL MYELOCYTE PROMYELOCYTE N,E,B MYELOCTE N,E,B META MYELOCYTE N,E,B BAND CELL MATURE N,E,B |
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| FUNCTION OF THE SEGMENTED NEUTROPHIL? |
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| PHAGOCYTIZE SMALL PARTICLES |
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| A separate appenedage off the nucleus, made of nuclear material. seen in wbc of females |
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| neutrophil that is not well defined or undersegmented in called? |
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| A neutorphil with more than 5 lobes? |
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| small round bluish body in a neutrophil's cytoplasm that my indicate toxcity? |
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| what are the charateristics of a toxic neutrophil? |
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1) dohle bodies 2) prominant granulation 3) cytoplasm basophilic apperance 4) cell swells 5) vacuoles 6) cell may lyse |
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| another name for a band cell? |
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Increase in eosinophils? decrease? |
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eosinophilia and eosinopenia |
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| what is the primary function of an eosinophil? |
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| wbc capable of removing histamine from tissues? |
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| what wbc contains heparin and histamine? |
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| What is the maturation sequence for lymphocytes? |
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lymphoblast prolymphocyte mature lymphocyte |
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| where are lymphocytes primarly formed? |
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| spleen, lymph nodes, and bone marrow |
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| where are granulocytes primarily formed? |
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| What is the primary function of the lymphocyte? |
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| antigen/ antibody response |
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| maturation sequence for monocytes? |
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monoblast promonocyte mature monocyte |
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| what is the primary function of a monocyte? |
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| phagocytize large particles |
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term for increase in wbc's? |
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| term for decrease in wbc's? |
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| increase in immature cells in the granulocyte series? |
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elevated wbc count and and increase in immature granulocytes? |
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"regenerative shift to the left" |
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| low leukoctye count witn and increase in immature granulocytes |
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| "degenerative shift to the left" |
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| increase in the presence of older cells |
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what is the formula for calculation absoulte values? |
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| % of WBC type x total WBC count = absolute value |
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| per oil immersion field how many platelets are there on average? |
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What is the priciple factor for stimulation of RBC production? |
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| Erythropoietin - hormone produced in the kidneys |
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| monocytes and erythrocytes are both commonlt formed where? |
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| in order for rbc to be produced in the body what must be present? |
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1) protien globulin 2) iron, cobalt, copper, and b vitamins 3)erythropoietin |
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| what is the maturation sequence for RBC's |
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stem cell rubriblast prorubricyte rubricyte metarubricyte reticulocyte (no nucleus) mature rbc (no nucleus) |
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| each rubriblast can give rise to how many mature cells ? |
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| what is the life span of an erythrocyte? |
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| What is the formula for correcting the WBC count? |
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| (100 wbc counted on diff/ 100 wbc counted on diff + nrbc) x wbc on unopette |
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| IMPLIES NORMAL CONCENTRATION OF Hb (RBC COLOR) |
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*larger than normal *smaller than normal |
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| abnormal deviation in cell shaped (rbc) |
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| stained center of rbc surrounded by and unstained area. surround by on the outside by a stain peripheral ring of cytoplasm. |
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| rbc with no center pallor - perfectly round |
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| what are the two types of spiculated rbc's and how are the different from one another |
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1) acanthocyte - irregular spine like projections 2) echinocytes- regular spine like projections |
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| rbc's with an oval shape that has a linear area which is lighter. resemble a pair of lips or stoma. |
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| rbc's that are lighter than normal or have less Hb |
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rbc's that are darker in color. Have more Hb than normal |
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| polychromasia or anisochromasia |
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| blue staining granules in rbc's the size of pen dots |
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RBC's with a thin membrane extending around from a helmet shaped cell |
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| a nucleated RBC is called what ? |
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| A large blue stainning rbc that may be a reticuloctye |
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| remnants of nuclear material in rbc's. appear as dark blue dots (look like dohle bodies) not uncommon |
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| denature Hb. appear as an extra appendage of the cell. |
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| rbc's in rows of colunms. common in horses - chains of rbc's |
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