Thursday, 15 May 2025

Blood lab

ASSIGNMENT

Make a clear, drawing of the following specimens (below).  Colour your drawing and label it.  You should view this under high power on a light microscope.  Use a petri dish to draw the circle for your specimen.  

1. MAKE 3 DRAWINGS 

2. write a paragraph describing what you learned about human blood groups. 

3.  Examine Bird blood OR FISH blood OR frog blood.  How are these samples different from human blood?  Are fish erythrocytes more similar to bird or human?  Can you write a hypothesis to explain the similarity or difference? 

Rubrik: 25 marks

A drawing consisting of at least 3 circles including all the specimens below: 10 marks

the drawing is labeled: 5 marks

The drawing is done carefully, and not rushed

 in colour and ink: 5 marks

You answer the queestions above  5 marks


NOTES

Human blood smear can have the following types of blood:

a red blood cell is an erythrocyte.  This erythrocyte may exhibit the antigens

A, B or Rh factor. A neutrophil and a monocyte are types of white blood cell that can "eat" foreign microbes.  A platelet is a blood protein that is used for clotting blood. 



chicken blood slide:  


Sickle cells :  These red blood cells are shaped like sickles 

bird blood