Question 1

A hematologist diagnoses a 34-year-old woman with idiopathic thrombocytic purpura (ITP) . Which of the following symptoms/ characteristics would one expect in this patient?

Accepted Answer

A)   Normal blood count
B)   Hypercoagulation
C)   Decreased clotting time
D)   Abnormal bruising
E)   Light menstrual periodsF) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 2

Examination of a normal peripheral blood smear reveals a cell more than twice the diameter of an erythrocyte with a kidneyshaped nucleus. There cells are less than  10%10 \%10%  of the total leukocytes. Which of the following cell types is being described?

Accepted Answer

A)   Monocyte
B)   Basophil
C)   Eosinophil
D)   Neutrophil
E)   Lymphocyte F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 3

Which cell type has cytoplasmic granules that contain heparin and histamine?

Accepted Answer

A)   Eosinophils
B)   Basophils
C)   Lymphocytes
D)   Monocytes
E)   NeutrophilsF) A) and B)
G) A) and C) B

Question 4

What cell in circulating blood is the precursor to microglia and most antigen-presenting cells?

Accepted Answer

A)   Eosinophil
B)   Basophil
C)   Lymphocyte
D)   Monocyte
E)   Mast cellF) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

Which biochemical component of the erythrocyte cell surface is primarily responsible for determining blood type (eg, the A-B-O system) .

Accepted Answer

A)   Fatty acid
B)   Carbohydrate
C)   Nucleic acid
D)   Protein
E)   CholesterolF) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 6

A 43-year-old anatomy professor is working in her garden, pruning rose bushes without gloves, when a thorn deeply penetrates her forefinger. The next day the area has become infected. She removes the tip of the thorn, but there is still pus remaining at the wound site. Which of the following cells function in the formation of pus?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cells with spherical nuclei and scant cytoplasm
B)   Biconcave cells with no nuclei
C)   Cells with bilobed nuclei and many acidophilic cytoplasmic granules
D)   Very small, cell-like elements with no nuclei but many granules
E)   Cells with polymorphic, multiply lobed nucleiF) A) and D)
G) B) and E) E

Question 7

What is the approximate life span of a circulating erythrocyte?

Accepted Answer

A)   8 days
B)   20 days
C)   5 weeks
D)   4 months
E)   1 yearF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

A differential cell count of a blood smear from a patient with a parasitic infection is likely to reveal an increase in the circulating numbers of which cell type?

Accepted Answer

A)   Neutrophils
B)   Lymphocytes
C)   Monocytes
D)   Basophils
E)   EosinophilsF) A) and E)
G) A) and C) E

Question 9

A 35-year-old woman's physician orders laboratory blood tests. Her fresh blood is drawn and centrifuged in the presence of heparin as an anticoagulant to obtain a hematocrit. From top to bottom, the fractions resulting from centrifugation are which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Serum, packed erythrocytes, and leukocytes
B)   Leukocytes, erythrocytes, and serum proteins
C)   Plasma, buffy coat, and packed erythrocytes
D)   Fibrinogen, platelets, buffy coat, and erythrocytes
E)   Albumin, plasma lipoproteins, and erythrocytesF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

Which of the following blood cells differentiate outside of the bone marrow?

Accepted Answer

A)   Neutrophils
B)   Basophils
C)   Eosinophils
D)   T lymphocytes
E)   MegakaryocytesF) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Exam 12: Blood

A hematologist diagnoses a 34-year-old woman with idiopathic thrombocytic purpura (ITP) . Which of the following symptoms/ characteristics would one expect in this patient?

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Examination of a normal peripheral blood smear reveals a cell more than twice the diameter of an erythrocyte with a kidneyshaped nucleus. There cells are less than $10 \%$ of the total leukocytes. Which of the following cell types is being described?

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Which cell type has cytoplasmic granules that contain heparin and histamine?

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What cell in circulating blood is the precursor to microglia and most antigen-presenting cells?

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Which biochemical component of the erythrocyte cell surface is primarily responsible for determining blood type (eg, the A-B-O system) .

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What is the approximate life span of a circulating erythrocyte?

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A differential cell count of a blood smear from a patient with a parasitic infection is likely to reveal an increase in the circulating numbers of which cell type?

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E

A 35-year-old woman's physician orders laboratory blood tests. Her fresh blood is drawn and centrifuged in the presence of heparin as an anticoagulant to obtain a hematocrit. From top to bottom, the fractions resulting from centrifugation are which of the following?

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Which of the following blood cells differentiate outside of the bone marrow?

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A hematologist diagnoses a 34-year-old woman with idiopathic thrombocytic purpura (ITP) . Which of the following symptoms/ characteristics would one expect in this patient?

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Examination of a normal peripheral blood smear reveals a cell more than twice the diameter of an erythrocyte with a kidneyshaped nucleus. There cells are less than 10%10 \%10% of the total leukocytes. Which of the following cell types is being described?

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Which cell type has cytoplasmic granules that contain heparin and histamine?

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What cell in circulating blood is the precursor to microglia and most antigen-presenting cells?

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Which biochemical component of the erythrocyte cell surface is primarily responsible for determining blood type (eg, the A-B-O system) .

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What is the approximate life span of a circulating erythrocyte?

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A differential cell count of a blood smear from a patient with a parasitic infection is likely to reveal an increase in the circulating numbers of which cell type?

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A 35-year-old woman's physician orders laboratory blood tests. Her fresh blood is drawn and centrifuged in the presence of heparin as an anticoagulant to obtain a hematocrit. From top to bottom, the fractions resulting from centrifugation are which of the following?

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Which of the following blood cells differentiate outside of the bone marrow?

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Examination of a normal peripheral blood smear reveals a cell more than twice the diameter of an erythrocyte with a kidneyshaped nucleus. There cells are less than $10 \%$ of the total leukocytes. Which of the following cell types is being described?

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