Fun Quiz: Test Your Hematology Knowledge

#1. Which of the following are also called polychromatophilic erythrocytes

Reticulocytes

Rubricytes

Mature Erythrocytes

Rubriblast

Metarubricytes

#2. This enzyme stimulates oxygen release from hemoglobin when blood pH is low (hypoxic/acidotic).

2,3 Diphosphoglyceric acid

Adenosine Triphosphate

Myeloperoxidase

Uridyl Diphosphate Glucuronyl Transferase

Superoxide dismuthase

#3. The following are granulocytes except

Band Cells

Neutrophils

Plasma Cells

Eosinophils

Basophils

#4. Unipotent stem cell which differentiates into the effectors of the granulocyte series

Promyelocytes

Myeloblasts

Lymphoblasts

Myelocytes

Erythroblasts

#5. Formation of which facilitates the rate of red cell sedimentation

Giant Platelets

Platelet Aggregates

Agglutination

Rouleaux

Rosette

#6. Granulocytes that demonstrate larger, blue staining cytoplasmic inclusions that resemble Dohle bodies that are much larger and giant platelets

Hemochromatosis

Chediak-Higashi syndorme

May- Hegglin anomaly

Leukocyte Adhesion Defects

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

#7. Which statement about sideroblastic anemia is false?

Disturbed or missing enzyme in the heme synthesis pathway

Inability to make hemoglobin even when iron is readily available

Elevated serum iron and decreased ferritin levels are seen in patients with sideroblastic anemia

Leads to accumulation of iron within the mitochondria

Causes deposition of excess iron within the cell

#8. What is the major metabolically available storage form of iron in the body?

Hemoglobin

Transferrin

Serum iron

Ferritin

Hemosiderin

#9. What is the major site of extramedullary hematopoiesis?

Pancreas

Pelvis

Liver

Lungs

Spleen

#10. Which peripheral blood cell is responsible for humoral and cell mediated immunity?

Lymphocytes

Red cells

Monocytes

Platelets