Common Diagnoses
The most common diagnosis; occurs due to a lack of normal erythrocytes or hemoglobin
What is anemia?
The process by which blood clots
What is coagulation?
This protein carries oxygen in red blood cells.
What is hemoglobin?
Cancer of the white blood cells and blood, where abnormal non-functional cells are made by bone marrow
What is leukemia?
Meaning of CBC
What is Complete Blood Count?
This organ is the primary site of hematopoiesis in adults.
What is the bone marrow?
Cancer of lymph, develops in lymphocytes, which are a component of white blood cells
What is lymphoma?
These cell fragments are essential for clot formation.
What are platelets?
The name for the liquid portion of blood
What is plasma?
A hereditary disorder that results from the lack of or defective clotting factors. Manifests as easy bleeding
What is hemophilia?
This instrument counts and sizes blood cells automatically.
What is a hematology analyzer?
The largest Hematology Organization
What is the American Society of Hematology (ASH)?
An abnormally low platelet count which inhibits blood clotting
What is thrombocytopenia?
Specimens used in hematology
What are whole blood, bone marrow, CSF, and synovial fluid?
Bonus: remnants of DNA that should have been expelled as red blood cells matured in the bone marrow, but weren't, and were not removed by the spleen
What are Howell-Jolly bodies?