Unit Objectives - 1
Reading assignment:
Pages 377 - 381
Unit objectives:
1. Define relative and absolute
values as applied
to numbers of leukocytes.
2. Calculate absolute values of types
of leukocytes.
3. Discuss the physiologic factors
that affect
numbers of circulating leukocytes.
4. Differentiate leukemoid and leukoerythroblastic reactions.
5. Correlate peripheral blood cell numbers and cell types with
possible causes.