complete blood count

erythrocyte

6-8um

leukocyte

See image

Neutrophils, lymphocyte, monocyte, eosinophil, basophil

Poly, PMN, Seg, Poly morpho nuclear leukocyte

Immature poly rule of filament or 1/3 diameter at smallest point to define them often seen in bacterial infections

T cell or B cell examples

found in allergy and parasitic helminth infections

Allergic reactions works with IgE (histamine,heparin)

rbc, wbc,plt,hct,hgb,mcv,mch,mchc,rdw

3 X rbc = hgb, 3 X hgb = Hct

change in size

change in shape

normal color with 1/3 halo in rbc

no halo , example spherocyte

greater than 1/3

greater than 4-5 segs in PMN

Peanut shape, bi-lobe, two segments, can be inherited or pseudo

smaller than normal size , <80fl mcv

larger than normal size MCV greater than 100fl

larger than 110fl > MCV

activated lymph

Hct, RDW, MCHC

WBC or Plts

RBC count

Hgb or Hemoglobin

MCH

Count 100 wbc give value in % per type (relative)

% of wbc type multiplied by WBC count

35-45%

38-50%