RBC ANOMALIES

Edit Answers
123456789101112131415161718
Across
  1. 3. β-globin precipitates causing “golf-ball” RBCs.
  2. 5. Nuclear remnants; seen in megaloblastic anemia.
  3. 9. RBCs larger than 8 µm.
  4. 10. Variation of RBC shapes.
  5. 11. Variation in size
  6. 13. Tear-drop shaped RBCs.
  7. 14. RBCs with increased central pallor due to ↓ hemoglobin
  8. 17. Bull’s-eye RBCs; also called codocytes
  9. 18. Fine/coarse RNA granules; lead poisoning.
Down
  1. 1. RBCs with irregular spiky projections; seen in abetalipoproteinemia.
  2. 2. Small, dense RBCs without central pallor.
  3. 4. RBCs with blunt projections; seen in uremia.
  4. 6. Bluish staining due to RNA.
  5. 7. Fragmented RBCs due to mechanical trauma.
  6. 8. Reticulocytes stain ____ in supravital stains.
  7. 10. Iron-containing inclusion bodies.
  8. 12. "Mouth cells" with slit-like pallor.
  9. 14. Denatured hemoglobin inclusions.
  10. 15. Oval-shaped RBCs
  11. 16. Crescent-shaped RBCs with HbS.