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| Hormone used to stimulate RBC production |
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| most immature form of an RBC |
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| Polychromatophil stained with NMB |
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| pyknotic degeneration and appears dk blue without any distinct chromatin structure. Cytoplasm start to look more pinkish |
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| larger than the mature rbc and when stained with NMB contain RNA fibers that look like precipitate |
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| polychromatophil or reticulocyte when stained with NMB |
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| Characteristics used to identify RBC |
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| Size of cell, presence of nucleus, color of cytoplasm, chromatin pattern |
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| Criteria used to assess RBC morphology |
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| Color, Size, Shape, Distribution |
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| What protein gives the RBC color |
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| What part of the RBC carries oxygen |
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| Variation in the size of cell |
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| General term for variation in shape of RBC |
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| RBCs are stacked on each other like coins |
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| RBCs are grouped together in clusters |
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| Indices are used to classify _______? |
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| Normal color RBC is termed ______? |
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| This RBC has an increased membrane or decreased volume; appears folded; central area of Hb with a zone of pallor |
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| Rbc fragment caused by intravascular trauma |
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| Spiculated rbc with a few unevenly distributed surface projections of variable length and diameter |
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| small darkly staining RBC with reduced or no central pallor. Not easily detected in species other than dogs. |
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| RBC seen in autoimmune hemolytic anemias |
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| RBC has 2 projections, purse cell |
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