Question

6. This is the term used to describe a variety of sizes of red blood cells on the stained smear:

a. Anisocytosis

b. Poikilocytosis

c. Spherocytosis

d. Hemolysis

7. This type of cell appears as small, purple, circular, or ovoid fragments on the stained blood smear.

a- White blood cell

b- B. Red blood cell

c- platelet

d- Band cell

12. The reference range for an adult white blood cell count is:

a. 4,300to 10,800/mm3

b. 140,000 to 400,000/mm3

c. 5.0 to 6.5 million/mm3

d. 12 to l4g/dL

Answer 1

6. Anisocytosis is the term used to describe a variety of sizes of red blood cells on the stained smear as it is the abnormal condition of body in which there is unequal size of the RBCs occurs.Term "Aniso” means unequal & “cytosis” =number of cells. Hence option A is correct.

7. RBCs appears as small, purple, circular, or ovoid fragments on the stained blood smear. Hence option B is correct.

8. The reference range for an adult white blood cell count is 4,300to 10,800/mm3. i.e. cells per cubic mm volume or per microliter. Hence option A is correct.