When a nurse is reviewing lab results and notices that the erythrocytes contain an abnormally low concentration of hemoglobin, the nurse calls these erythrocytes:
a. hyperchromic.
b. hypochromic.
c. macrocytic.
d. microcytic.
ANS: B
Hypochromic erythrocytes have low concentrations of hemoglobin. Hyperchromic erythrocytes have high concentrations of hemoglobin. Macrocytic and microcytic refer to cell size.
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