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Male patient, age 27 has the following RBC indices on his CBC:  MCV: 70 fL  MCH: 20 pg  MCHC: 30% Based on these values, how would you expect his RBCs to appear on the blood smear?

Please identify the cell or inclusion by matching the correct image with the correct name. *If an image has an arrow, you are identifying the cell or inclusion at the end of the arrowhead.*

Movement of the WBC through capillary walls to the tissues is called:

A deficiency of sphingomyelinase is seen in:

Which of the following is NOT a phase of phagocytosis?

Which of the red blood cell inclusions below is a result of denatured hemoglobin?

In the lab on October 14 an EDTA specimen for a reticulocyte count is received which was collected on October 10 at 8:00 am. Explain if the technologist should accept the specimen or request a new specimen and WHY.

The first normal WBC form seen in normal peripheral blood is:

The normal myeloid to erythroid ratio is 3:1 in the bone marrow. Explain how the ratio of RBC and WBC are then so different in the peripheral blood.

A characteristic RBC morphologic feature on the peripheral smear of patients with myelofibrosis includes: