Bone Marrow Exam Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• prussian blue: stain used to detect iron stores in the bone marrow
• hip: best spot for a bone marrow collection in adults and children; short
• hypocellular: term used to describe bone marrow with less cells than expected
• touch prep: the end of core biopsy is repeatedly placed on a washed glass slide that demonstrates bm architecture
• hypercellular: term used to describe bone marrow with more cells than expected
• hyperchromic: malignant cells appear _ and are molded together in clusters
• aspirate: sample type used for morphologic identification
• core biopsy: sample type used for evaluating the architecture of bone marrow
• dry tap: unsuccessful aspiration caused by fibrotic or acellular bone marrow
• yellow: hematopoietic tissue that makes up 50% of bone marrow by late adolescence