Exam 3: Blood Cell Production and Function and Relevant Red Cell Morphology

The degree of effective erythropoietic activity in any hematological disorder can most readily be assessed by which analysis?

For a red blood cell to live its full 120-day life span, which condition is necessary?

Which red cell inclusions are remnants of DNA?

Which of the following cells is in the last nucleated stage of erythrocytic maturation? (using CAP terminology)

Which of the following red cell inclusions are derived from denatured hemoglobin?

What is the red cell protein that is responsible for deformability and flexibility of the red cell?

When tissues become hypoxic, which of the following organs is stimulated to release erythropoietin?

The anucleate mature red blood cell has no ability to produce protein.

Hemoglobin begins to appear in which of the following erythrocyte stages? (listed using College of American Pathologists terminology)

Which of the following electrolytes maintains its highest concentration within the red blood cell cytoplasm as opposed to circulating in the plasma?

Most hypochromic cells will have an MCHC that is _____ and are often seen in ________.

As a red blood cell matures, what is one key morphological feature of the stages containing a nucleus?

The higher the N:C ratio is, the more mature the cell.

From each pronormoblast precursor cell, _____ mature red blood cells are produced.

Increased plasma cholesterol may lead to the development of which of these abnormal red cell morphologies?

Pappenheimer bodies are composed of which of the following components?

Microcytic cells have MCV values of _______ and are often seen in _______.

Reversible sickled cells are described as having which of the following shapes?

Polychromatophilic macrocytes seen in the peripheral smear as a result of anemic stress are most likely which type of red blood cell?

When hemolysis is produced by the intravascular fragmentation of red cells, which red cell morphology may be seen in peripheral smear examination?