lab

• Diabetes Mellitus 


  High specific gravity
• diabetes insipidus


  low specific gravity
• glomerulus


  bundle of capillaries; filtering unit in the kidney
• pre-eclampsia


  hypertension in pregnancy
• eclampsia


  when a person w/pre-eclampsia develops seizu during pregnancy
• glycosuria


  presence of reducing sugar in the urine
• eryhthrocytes


  aka RBC
• leukocytes 


  aka WBC
• thrombocytes


  aka platelets
• Type 1 - SEVERE CONSTIPATION
• Type 2 - MILD CONSTIPATION
• Type 3 - NORMAL
• Type 4 - NORMAL
• Type 5 - LACKING FIBRE
• Type 6 - MILD DIARRHEA
• Type 7 - SEVERE DIARRHEA
• Melena:

  • Black, tarry stool
  • Indicates upper gastrointestinal bleeding
• Hematochezia:

  • Red, bloody stool
  • Indicates lower gastrointestinal bleeding
• Fecal Occult blood:

  • Indicates conditions such as ulcer, colorectal cancer, recurrent abdominal pain, and alternating diarrhea and constipation
• Steatorrhea:

  • Presence of fat in stool
  • Can be caused by factors like no bile acid, malabsorption, defective enzyme, and drugs like Orlistat
• RED BLOOD CELLS 


  Responsible for transporting oxygen from your lungs to your

  body’s tissues. Your tissues produce energy with the oxygen

  and release waste, identified as carbon dioxide
• erythropoietin


  glycoprotein hormone naturally produced by the peritubular cells of the kidney that stimulates rbc production
• erythropoiesis


  process by w/c rbs is produced
• HEMATOCRIT


  Number of RBCs in 100mL blood; percentage of RBCs in the blood
• anemia


  low hematocrit
• polycythemia 


  high hematocrit
• RETICULOCYTES


  aka Baby RBC‘s
• hemolysis 


  destruction of rbc
• Mean Cell Volume 


  Average volume of a single RBC and is measured in femtoliters
• Microcytic


  low mcv
• normocytic


  normal mcv
• macrocytic


  high mcv
• Mean Cell Hemoglobin 


  • Average weight of hemoglobin contained in an RBC and is measured in picograms
• hyperchromic


  >31 pg/cell
• normochromic


  27-31 pg/cell
• hypochromic


  <27 pg/cell
• Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration 


  Measure of the average concentration of hemoglobin per unit weight of RBC
• Never- Neutrophil

  Let- lymphocytes

  Monkey- monocyte

  Eat- eosinophils

  Bananas- basophils
• PLATELETS


  are anucleated cells derived from the megakaryocytic cells in the bone marrow that, besides being one of the key players in maintaining hemostasis, are involved in developing non-hemostatic immune functions.
• hemostasis


  your body’s normal reaction to an injury that causes bleedin; this reaction stops bleeding and allows body to start repair the injury