Cells with reddish-purple granules and small amount of cytoplasm that would present 7-10 cells per oil immersion field in patients with a normal count.
What are PLATELETS?
100
Quantifies the WBC, RBC, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelet counts in the blood.
What is the Complete Blood Count or CBC?
100
During normal hematopoiesis the first cell stage to have large azurophilic primary or nonspecific granules.
What is the PROMYELOCYTE stage?
100
Have low surface-to-volume ratio, are smaller than the normal RBC, and no central pallor.
What are SPHEROCYTES?
100
The cell that comprises 50%-70% of mature granulocytes on the peripheral blood smear.
What is a SEGMENTED or POLYMORPHONUCLEAR NEUTROPHIL (PMNS)?
200
Comprises 55% of blood.
What is PLASMA?
200
The packed cell volume of whole blood.
What is HEMATOCRIT?
200
The cell with condensed chromatin that stain dark purple and is kidney-shaped to oval and the cytoplasm is pink.
What is a METAMYELOCYTE?
200
Hypochromic cells that have a pale center area with most hemoglobin around the rim of the cell that occur due to an increased red blood cell surface area.
What are CODOCYTES (target cells)?
200
The cell that has large, round, secondary, refractile granules that stain bright reddish-brown.
What is an EOSINOPHIL?
300
The most plentiful protein in plasma.
What is ALBUMIN?
300
The test that measures, over a set length of time, settling of red blood cells due to acute phase reactants and erythrocyte size and shape.
What is ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE (ESR) or SED RATE?
300
The cell that has a horseshoe shaped nucleus with the indentation more than half the diameter of the the hypothetical round nucleus.
What is the BAND NEUTROPHIL (Nonsegmented Neutrophil)?
300
Cells that appear bowl shaped or have a slit-like central area.
What are STOMATOCYTES?
300
The mature cell with a low N:C ratio and cytoplasm with a "ground glass" appearance, said to "push away" other cells.
What is a MONOCYTE?
400
Liquid portion of blood from a clotted specimen.
What is SERUM?
400
The portion of the CBC that help classify erythrocytes as to their size and hemoglobin content.
What are the ERYTHROCYTE INDICES (MCV, MCH, and MCHC)?
400
The first recognizable cell that typically has a high N:C ratio and visible nucleoli.
What is a MYELOBLAST?
400
Cells that have been transformed by hemoglobin polymerization into rigid, inflexible cells.
What are DREPANOCYTES (sickle cells)?
400
The cell that is usually small, but varies in shape and size. The cytoplasm stains robin egg blue and generally has a large N:C ratio.
What is a LYMPHOCYTE?
500
The cellular component of blood that is involved in hemostasis.
What are PLATELETS?
500
The coefficient of variation of the MCV that is calculated to help identify anisocytosis.
What is RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH (RDW)?
500
The first cell stage to exhibit secondary or specific granules.
What is the MYELOCYTE stage?
500
Cell fragment that is missing whole pieces of membrane.
What are SCHISTOCYTES?
500
The cell that in normal peripheral smears represents 0-2% of WBC count and have abundant, purple-black granules.