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A blood smear is made by placing a drop of blood on one end of a slide, and using a spreader slide to disperse the blood over the slide's length. The aim is to get a region, called a monolayer, where the cells are spaced far enough apart to be counted and differentiated.
Elliptocytes, also known as ovalocytes or cigar cells, are abnormally shaped red blood cells that appear oval or elongated, from slightly egg-shaped to rod or pencil forms. They have normal central pallor with the hemoglobin appearing concentrated at the ends of the elongated cells when viewed through a light microscope .
Acanthocytes, from peripheral blood, under light microscopy. Note the irregularly shaped, non-circular cells in the image. Acanthocyte (from the Greek word ἄκανθα acantha, meaning 'thorn'), in biology and medicine, refers to an abnormal form of red blood cell that has a spiked cell membrane, due to thorny projections.
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mean 7 × 10 −11: maximum <20 × 10 −11: Globulin: total 2.2-4 × 10 −2: alpha-1-Globulin 1-4 × 10 −3: alpha-2-Globulin 4-10 × 10 −3: beta globulin: 5-12 × 10 −3: gamma globulin: 6-17 × 10 −3: Glucagon: range 5-15 × 10 −11: mean 7.1-7.9 × 10 −11: Glucosamine: fetus 4-6 × 10 −4: 4.2-5.5 × 10 −4: child 5-7 × 10 −4 ...
This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completion. There are many conditions of or affecting the human hematologic system—the biological system that includes plasma, platelets, leukocytes, and erythrocytes, the major components of blood and the bone marrow. [1]
Human red blood cells viewed through a microscope. The cell membrane has been stained with a fluorescent dye. Scale bar is 20 μm. Fluorescence microscopy is a technique whereby certain molecules can be excited with one wavelength of light and will emit another longer wavelength of light.
The word leukemia, which means 'white blood', is derived from the characteristic high white blood cell count that presents in most affected people before treatment. The high number of white blood cells is apparent when a blood sample is viewed under a microscope, with the extra white blood cells frequently being immature or dysfunctional. The ...