Blood Tubes
Color of tube for creating serum samples
What is Red top tube/tiger top tube. No additive or gel separator.
The most common leukocyte in small animal patients.
What are neutrophils?
Cells of different sizes.
What is anisocytosis?
Shape changes (2) of RBCs often seen with rattlesnake envenomation.
What are echinocytes and spherocytes?
The phase of coagulation triggered by damage to the blood vessel.
What is primary (mechanical) phase?
Functional unit of the RBC
What is hemoglobin?
The supernatant fluid created once a red top/tiger top tube has been centrifuged.
What is serum?
The most common leukocyte in ruminants.
What are lymphocytes?
Formation of blood cells and platelets
What is Hematopoiesis?
What is rouleaux?
Factor that is needed in primary hemostasis in order to stabilize the clot.
What is Von Willebrand Factor?
Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH)
What is mean weight of hemoglobin in average RBC?
Color of tube used for coagulation testing.
What is blue top tube (light blue)?
Granulocytes with reddish/pink colored granules and segmented nuclei.
What are eosinophils?
Thrombopoiesis
What is the production of platelets?
RBC fragments, resulting from trauma due to intravascular shearing
What are schistocytes?
Primary site (organ) for the production of coagulation factors.
What is the liver?
Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
What is the average size of RBCs
Anticoagulant used for hematology testing.
What is EDTA?
Agranulocytes with large, dark purple staining nuclei and very little cytoplasm.
What are lymphocytes?
Immature red blood cells without a nucleus.
What is a reticulocyte?
Syndrome where neutrophils have large, fused lysosomes within the cytoplasm. Affected animals may bleed due to abnormal platelet function.
What is Chediak-Higashi syndrome?
Name the 2 coagulation tests discussed in class that test the intrinsic system of coagulation.
What are aPTT and ACT?
Units of MCV
What are fL? (Femtoliters)
Tube that creates plasma for chemistry panel testing color and the anticoagulant it contains.
What are a green top tube and Heparin?
Large, phagocytic, agranulocytes that often contain vacuoles.
What are monocytes?
A hormone produced and released by the kidney that stimulates the production of red blood cells by the bone marrow.
What is Erythropoietin?
Leptocytes that may be seen with anemia, liver disease, or inherited disorders
What are codocytes (target cells)?
Primary coagulation test for detection of abnormalities in platelet function.
What is Buccal Mucosal Bleeding Time?
Concentration of hemoglobin in the average RBC
What is MCHC? Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration