Clinical Pathology - Terminology
Blood/Erythrocytes/Anemia
The following terms are important for you to understand and be able to define in order to successfully complete this section:
Agranuloctyes
Anemia
Anticoagulants
Band neutrophils
Basophils
Central pallor
Clotting factors
Compensatory polycythemia
Conjugated bilirubin
Deformable
Deoxyhemoglobin
Eosinophils
Erythrocyte
Erythropoiesis
Erythropoietin
Extravascular hemolysis
Fibrin
Fibrinogen
Granulocytes
Haptoglobin
Hematopoiesis
Hemoconcentration
Hemodilution
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobinemia
Hemoglobinuria
Hemolysis
Hemostasis
Homeostasis
Hypoxia
Intravascular hemolysis
Jaundice/Icterus
Leukocyte
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
Macrophages
Metarubricyte
Neutrality
Oxyhemoglobin
pH
Peripheral blood
Phagocytosis
Plasma
Pluripotent stem cell
Polycythemia
Polycythemia rubra vera
Pyknotic
Red Bone Marrow
Regulation
Relative polycythemia
Reticulocyte
Segmented neutrophils
Senescence
Serum
Thrombocyte
Unconjugated bilirubin
Whole blood
Yellow Bone Marrow
In addition, you should be able to…
List and describe the three basic functions of the blood
List the constituents of plasma
Describe the “recipe for an RBC”
Know the difference between the ‘hematocrit’ and PCV, as well as which is more accurate.
List and explain some potential causes of a decreased PCV
List and explain potential causes of an increased PCV
List the erythrocytes in order of maturation from least to most mature and vice versa.
Describe, as an RBC matures from a PPSC, what changes occur in the size and color of the cell and size of the nucleus.
Explain why the color of an RBC changes as it matures
Explain the differences between immature and mature RBCs
Describe the process of normal removal of senescent RBCs
Be able to explain the difference between conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin and the significance of conjugation.
Be able to answer questions on pg. 225 and 229 of your A&P book
Identify morphological changes in RBCs and describe how and why they occur (Poikilocytosis)
Explain what Heinz bodies and Howell Jolly bodies are and why they may be seen on a blood smear
Know the basic types of stain used for hematology studies and how they work
Know the broad ranges for normal numbers of RBCs, WBCs, and PLTs in a microliter of blood
Be able to explain the differences between plasma and serum
Be able to identify, and draw the most common blood parasites