MPAS 510 CBC
1. Formation of blood cells: Hematopoiesis
2. Only type of cells that should be found in circulating blood: Mature
Cells
3. When do slightly immature cells appear in circulating blood?: Appear
when the mature cell count is abnormally low
segs & bands of neutrophils
reticulocytes of RBCs
megakaryocytes of platelets
4. When do significantly immature cells appear in circulating blood?: -
Appear in myeloproliferative disorders
such as leukemias, lymphomas, polycythemia vera
-Any kind of "blast" cells
5. A hormone produced and released by the kidney that stimulates
the produc- tion of red blood cells by the bone marrow: Erythropoietin
6. What are the stimulators of hematopoiesis?: -Erythropoietin and androgen
-Thrombopoietin
-Colony stimulating factors (CSF-L, CSF-GEMM, CSF-GM,CSF-R, CSF-Meg)
7. Hormone from the liver that stimulates platelet formation:
Thrombopoietin
8. What are the inhibitors of hematopoiesis?: - Interferons
-Lymphotoxins
9. Immature cell that will eventually mature into a platelet:
Megakaryoblast
10. Immature cells that mature into neutrophils: Bands
11. Which of the following stimulate hematopoiesis? SELECT ALL
THAT APPLY:
a. Colony stimulating factors
b. Erythropoietin
c. Interleukins
d. Interferons: A and B
12. What are the elements of a CBC?: Total WBC
(leukocyte) count RBC (erythrocyte) count
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Hemoglobin
(HB) Hematocrit
(HCT) RBC
"Indices":
-Mean Cell Volume (MCV)
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-Mean Cell Hemoglobin (MCH)
-Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
-Red Cell Distribution Width
(RDW) Platelet count
Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)
13. Total number of WBCs in a given amount of blood
- Includes lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes: WBC Count
14. What is a WBC count used in evaluation of?: - Infections
-Leukemias
-Lymphomas
-Allergies
-Parasitic infestations
-Trauma
15. What are the granulocytes?: - Neutrophils
-Eosinophils
-Basophils
16. What are the types of WBCs?: GRANULOCYTES
-Neutrophils
-Eosinophils
-Basophils
AGRANULOCYTE
S
-Lymphocytes
-Monocytes
17. Elevated WBC count: Leukocytosis
18. Decreased WBC count: Leukopenia
19. Suffixes meaning abnormally high: -cytosis or -philia
20. Suffix meaning abnormally low: -penia
21. Measure of the percentage of different types of white blood
cells present in the blood
-CBC only provides a total WBC count: WBC Ditterential
22. Overly mature neutrophils: Hypersegmented Neutrophils
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1. Formation of blood cells: Hematopoiesis
2. Only type of cells that should be found in circulating blood: Mature
Cells
3. When do slightly immature cells appear in circulating blood?: Appear
when the mature cell count is abnormally low
segs & bands of neutrophils
reticulocytes of RBCs
megakaryocytes of platelets
4. When do significantly immature cells appear in circulating blood?: -
Appear in myeloproliferative disorders
such as leukemias, lymphomas, polycythemia vera
-Any kind of "blast" cells
5. A hormone produced and released by the kidney that stimulates
the produc- tion of red blood cells by the bone marrow: Erythropoietin
6. What are the stimulators of hematopoiesis?: -Erythropoietin and androgen
-Thrombopoietin
-Colony stimulating factors (CSF-L, CSF-GEMM, CSF-GM,CSF-R, CSF-Meg)
7. Hormone from the liver that stimulates platelet formation:
Thrombopoietin
8. What are the inhibitors of hematopoiesis?: - Interferons
-Lymphotoxins
9. Immature cell that will eventually mature into a platelet:
Megakaryoblast
10. Immature cells that mature into neutrophils: Bands
11. Which of the following stimulate hematopoiesis? SELECT ALL
THAT APPLY:
a. Colony stimulating factors
b. Erythropoietin
c. Interleukins
d. Interferons: A and B
12. What are the elements of a CBC?: Total WBC
(leukocyte) count RBC (erythrocyte) count
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, MPAS 510 CBC
Hemoglobin
(HB) Hematocrit
(HCT) RBC
"Indices":
-Mean Cell Volume (MCV)
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, MPAS 510 CBC
-Mean Cell Hemoglobin (MCH)
-Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
-Red Cell Distribution Width
(RDW) Platelet count
Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)
13. Total number of WBCs in a given amount of blood
- Includes lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes: WBC Count
14. What is a WBC count used in evaluation of?: - Infections
-Leukemias
-Lymphomas
-Allergies
-Parasitic infestations
-Trauma
15. What are the granulocytes?: - Neutrophils
-Eosinophils
-Basophils
16. What are the types of WBCs?: GRANULOCYTES
-Neutrophils
-Eosinophils
-Basophils
AGRANULOCYTE
S
-Lymphocytes
-Monocytes
17. Elevated WBC count: Leukocytosis
18. Decreased WBC count: Leukopenia
19. Suffixes meaning abnormally high: -cytosis or -philia
20. Suffix meaning abnormally low: -penia
21. Measure of the percentage of different types of white blood
cells present in the blood
-CBC only provides a total WBC count: WBC Ditterential
22. Overly mature neutrophils: Hypersegmented Neutrophils
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