Hypochromia, used when central pallor exceeds one third of the cells diameter. Found in iron deficiency, thalassaemia, and any of the conditions leading to microcytosis.

The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is performed to rule out diabetes by evaluating the rate at which glucose is removed from the blood stream. Following administration of an oral ...

Myoglobin is a heme-containing, oxygen-binding protein which is present in the cytoplasm of cardiac and skeletal muscle cells. It serves as a reservoir of oxygen to meet very short-term ...

Calcium carbonate crystals are variably sized crystals that frequently appear as large spheroids with radial striations. They can also be seen as smaller crystals with round, ovoid, ...

Trypanosoma brucei in a thin blood smear stained with Giemsa

plasma cell has a dark purple ovoid nucleus and eccentrically placed with a wheel -spoke pattern, no nucleolus .cytoplasm is abundant and deep blue with a clear area next to the nucleus ...

E.coli which is growing on the EMB plate below shows the green metallic shine that you sometimes see when cells release a lot of acid during lactose fermentation.

– Slightly larger than normal mature RBCs – Lacks a nucleus – Cytoplasm is grayish-orange in color – It’s called a Reticulocyte when the precipitated RNA ...