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Blood Smear Evaluation Please define the seven types of red blood cell morphologic abnormalities you would expect to see on a blood smear slide of an anemic patient? [2 points each] Acanthocytes Keratocytes Spherocytes Leptocytes  Basophilic stippling Howell-Jolly bodies Nucleated Erythrocytes

What are the two components that make up a hemogram also refered to as a complete blood cell count?

List two of three RBC inclusions that might show up on a blood smear.  Receive an extra point if you name all 3.

Ejection fraction increases after endurance training primarily due to a decrease in ESV.

What is the term for a crushed RBC?

Plasma volume decreases after endurance training (due to chronic sweating), but red blood cell production increases.

Loss in fat free mass that accompanies aging is called sarcopenia.

Define the following RBC Indices found in a CBC. [2 pts each] RBC –  Hgb –  MCV –  MCH –  MCHC –  PCV–  term for too low PCV – term for too high PCV-

Chemical buffers in the blood are only a short-term solution for blood acidosis after exercise.

Resistance training can decrease inhibitory impulses to agonist muscles by reducing autogenic inhibition.