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Cytology is the exam of a single cell type, as often found in fluid specimens. It's mainly used to diagnose or screen for cancer. It's also used to screen for fetal abnormalities, for pap smears, to diagnose infectious organisms, and in other screening and diagnostic areas."

Penn Foster Cytology
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1. When would a sample be classified as granulomatous or pyogranulomatous? What conditions are often associated with granulomatous tissue?

2. What does it mean If you see clumps of platelets in a paracentesis sample.

3. What would discoloration and increased turbidity of pleural or peritoneal fluid indicate?

4. How long should prepared cytology slides remain in fixative before staining?

5. What tumors are also called sarcomas?

6. What fluid is concentrated using membrane filtration?

7. What stains give excellent nuclear detail and cytoplasmic detail, but takes considerable time, require wet fixed specimens on a protein-coated slide to prevent cells from falling off.

8. What is the red component of a Romanowsky stain and what does it do?

9. What stain barely colors the cytoplasm, but provides excellent nuclear and nucleolar detail. It is used when there are clumps of cells because their cytoplasm will not obscure their nuclei. It is also used when contamination of smears from red blood cells is present, because it does not stain these cells and therefore they will not obscure nucleated cells.

10. How can peritonitis be distinguished from bacteria in fluid caused by accidental perforation of the bowel during sample collection?

11. What does normal synovial fluid look and feel like?

12. How can you distinguish iatrogenic blood contamination during collection of a centesis sample with blood from a very recent internal hemorrhage?

13. Describe the steps for a fine needle aspiration procedure.

14. What sampling technique yields few cells and a relatively great amounts of contamination making it relatively useless in the diagnosis of neoplasia.

15. What characterizes inflamed lymphatic tissue?

16. What are the first white blood cells to arrive in response to the chemotactic factors released when tissues are damaged?

17. What technique is used to obtain samples for evaluation of the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles?

18. What are the only two instances in which cytology samples are heated briefly with a flame or hair dryer?

19. How can melanomas be recognized?

20. Name 3 Romanowsky stains

21. What are the 3 primary types of tumors encountered in veterinary medicine?

22. Describe the combination technique for making a smear preparation.

23. If a combination technique was used to prepare a sample containing clumps of difficult to spread cells, where on the slide might cells be adequately distributed?

24. What type of white blood cells are often linked to parasitic infection, but can also be associated with some neoplastic disorders?

25. What fluid is gravitational sedimentation used to concentrate?

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