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UAMS HEMATOLOGY EXAM #1 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What is hematology? - ....ANSWER ...-The study of blood cell formation, destruction, maturation, and number of blood cells which can vary with disease or infection. What is the most common specimen of hematology? - ....ANSWER ...-Blood, that may be clotted or anticoagulated with EDTA, heparin, or sodium citrate. What are the types of normal blood cells? - ....ANSWER ...-RBCs or erythrocytes, platelets or thrombocytes (PLT), WBCs or leukocytes, monocytes, lymphocytes, and granulocytes which include banded or segmented neutrophils, basophils, and eosinophils. What is CBC and what does it count? - ....ANSWER ...-Complete blood count. RBCs, WBCs, platelets, hemoglobin, and hematocrit. What does MCV stand for? MCH? MCHC? What causes MCH and MCHC to be increased or decreased? - ....ANSWER ...-Mean cell volume measures the size of RBCs. Mean cell hemoglobin measures the weight of hemoglobin in RBCs. Mean cell hemoglobin content measures the average concentration of hemoglobin within RBCs. MCH and MCHC are increased with macrocytic anemia and decreased with microcytic anemia. What is white cell differential? (diff) - ....ANSWER ...-It categorizes cells in a 100-cell differential based on their maturity levels, to determine if a disease or infection is present. ...COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED..... 100% PASS RATE 1