First to describe RBCs

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Saw microorganisms under the microscope by the

use of teeth scrapings and rainwater

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He associated with the Giardia lamblia discovery

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Discovered the function of platelets: blood

clotting and coagulation

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He also discovered Helicobacter pylori

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German bacteriologist

● Classified Leukocytes

● Discovered Salvarsan (Treatment for Syphilis)

● Discovered the antiserum for Diphtheria

● Developed a precursor to Gram Staining; very

helpful in the classification of blood cells.

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He created the Wright Stain (a differential stain)

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Hema means (a)  

it is the study of blood

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2 Types of Blood

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CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOOD

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CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOOD

● Total volume: Male _-_L

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CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOOD

● Total volume: Female _-_L

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it is found in unclotted, anticoagulated

blood

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it is found in clotted, coagulated blood

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2 compositions of blood

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3 CELLULAR COMPONENTS

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it transport medium or system for blood cells and maintains homeostasis or biological stability

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it has evident granules in its

cytoplasm

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3 types of granulocytes

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2 types of agranulocytes

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Dark, very

granular/grainy

texture

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Purple or pink

grainy exterior, two-

lobed nucleus

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Multi-lobed,

segmented nucleus

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C-shaped nucleus,

immature

neutrophil, seen in

acute infections

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Very large nucleus

with almost the

same size of RBCs

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Kidney-shaped

nucleus

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Smaller compared

to RBCs and WBCs

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Red blood cells,

pink, flat donut

shaped with

indented center

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lack, without, absent, decreased

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unequal, dissimilar

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before

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slow

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cell

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through

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abnormal, difficult, bad

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red

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iron

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pertaining to blood

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above, beyond, extreme

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beneath, under, deficient, decreased

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equal, alike, same

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white

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large, long

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bad, abnormal

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large, giant

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after, next, change

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one

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shape

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from the bone marrow, spinal cord

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all, overall, all-inclusive

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vein

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eat, ingest

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varied, irregular

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split

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hard

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spleen

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clot, thrombus

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yellow

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primitive

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cell

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- excision, cut out

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COMMON SUFFIXES USED IN THE VOCABULARY

OF HEMATOLOGY

- blood

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-inflammation

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- destruction, dissolving

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- study of

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- swelling, tumor

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- disease

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- state, condition, increase

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- decrease, lack of

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attracted to, affinity for

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cell production or repare

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- cell production, formation, development

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- stimulates production

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-same, standing still

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-trophy nourishment

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presence of red blood cells of

unequal sizes

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state where an organ does not

develop due to the lack of cell

production

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lack of red blood cells

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