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True of False: Kidney is the one responsible for pitting process
False
Give one RBC index
Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH)
Mean Corpuscular Hb Concentration (MCHC)
True or False: Patient with HIV has reactive lymphocytes
True
Major function of blood
Respiration
What does the side scatter measure?
granularity (complexity)
Life span of RBCs
120 days
Variation in red cell shape is term as:
Poikilocytosis
What does a forward scatter measure?
RBC that contain iron-stained granules
Siderocytes
Substance in blood that prevents clotting
Heparin
What does the photodiode measure in flow cytometry?
Light scatter
Reliable assessment of effective erythropoiesis in the bone marrow
Reticulocyte Count