HEMATOLOGY REVIEW SHEET QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS RESOURCE

HEMATOLOGY REVIEW SHEET QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS
RESOURCE

●● Where does the mesoblastic production of cells occur?
Answer: Yolk sak


●● What is the final/physiologic site of cell production in an adult?
Answer: Bone marrow


●● Is yellow or red bone marrow the final site of cell production?
Answer: Red


●● What's another word for myeloid?
Answer: Marrow


●● What is the formation and development of blood cells *external to
the bone marrow medullary spaces*?
Answer: Extramedullary Hematopoiesis (EMH)


●● Where does Extramedullary Hematopoiesis (EMH) typically occur?
Answer: liver, spleen

, ●● What could be seen on exam with Extramedullary Hematopoiesis
(EMH)?
Answer: hepatosplenomegaly (HSM)


●● What are the 3 formed elements of blood?
Answer: erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets


●● What makes the "buffy coat"
Answer: leukocytes, platelets


●● What is a centrifuge?
Answer: a machine used to seperate material by spinning it


●● Low WBCs term
Answer: leukopenia


●● High WBCs term
Answer: leukocytosis


●● Low RBCs term
Answer: anemia