LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BIOMED.INSTRUMENTATION SC.
FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009
CU 03
BI 1810 / 1802 - HAEMATOLOGY
Date & Time: 28/04/2009 / 1:00 - 4:00 Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
SECTION –A
Answer ALL the questions
(10 x 2 =20 Marks)
1. What is Clot Retraction?
2. What is Prothrombin? Give the normal value.
3. Define Heamatocrit.
4. What is Committed PHSC?
5. What will happen if platelet count is increased and deceased?
6. Define the term “Lupus Erythematosus”
7. Distinguish Burr cells from Smudge cells.
8. What are marker substances to measure plasma volume?
9. Comment on Christmas Factor.
10. Define Haemostasis.
SECTION –B
Answer any FOUR the questions
(4 x 10 =40 Marks)
11. How will you determinate the erythrocyte sedimentation rate by Westergren’s method.
12. How haemoglobin can be estimated colorimetrically? Mention its clinical significance.
13. Write short notes on bleeding disorder in man.
14. Explain the mechanism of blood coagulation.
15. Write the principle, procedure, normal value & clinical significance of reticulocyte count.
16. When father belongs to Rh+ve blood and the mother Rh–ve blood, Justify the genetic impact.
SECTION -C
Answer any TWO the questions
(2 x 20=40 Marks)
17. Explain the development of blood corpuscles in the human body.
18. Discuss the diagnosis, clinical feature, mode of infection and the treatment of Plasmodium
vivax and Trypnosoma gambience.
19. Categorise and characterize anaemia.
20. Write notes on Osmotiv Fragility test and Recalcification time.
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