Chap 10 - Blood, Lymph and the Immune System
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- blood and lymph are two of the body's main .....?
- fluids
- blood is circulated by the action of the .....?
- heart
-
lymph does not actually .....?
and is propelled in ..... direction by .....? - circulate - one - valves
- the immune system consists of:
- tissues, organs, and physiologic processes.
- an
- without, lack of
- poly
- many, much
- aden, aden/o
- gland
- ang/i, angi/o
- vessel
- cyt, cyth
- cell
- erythr/o
- red
- glob
- globe
- globin
- globule
- hemat, hemat/o, hem/o
- blood
- immun/o
- immunity, safe
- leuk/a, leuk/o
- white
- log
- study
- lymph, lymph/o
- lymph, clear fluid
- phag/o
- to eat
- splen, splen/o
- spleen
- thromb, thromb/o
- clot
- thym, thym/o
- thymus
- tonsill
- tonsil
- -blast
- immature cell, germ cell
- -cele
- hernia, tumor, swelling
- -crit
- to separate
- -ectomy
- surgical excision
- -emia
- blood condition
- -genic
- formation, produce
- -ist
- one who specializes
- -itis
- inflammation
- -logy
- study of
- -lysis, -lyse
- destruction, to separate
- -megaly
- enlargement, large
- -oma
- tumor
- -osis
- condition of
- -pathy
- disease
- -penia
- lack of, deficiency
- -pexy
- surgical fixation
- -pheresis
- removal
- -philia
- attraction
- -phobia
- fear
- -poiesis
- formation
- -rrhage
- bursting forth
- -stasis
- control, stopping
- hematology
- study of blood
- hematocele
- a blood cyst, hernia
- hematocrit
- a test that separates solids from plasma in the blood by centrifuging the blood sample
- hemolyze
- to produce hemolysis
- hemophilia
- prolonged clotting time - tendency to bleed
- hemopoiesis
- formation of blood cells
- erythroblast
- immuture red blood cell
- erythroclastic
- pertaining to the destruction of red blood cells
- erythropenia
- lack of red blood cells
- anemia
- lack of blood
- aplastic anemia
- caused by destruction of the bone marrow due to chemical agents
- Cooley's
- also known as Thalassemia. Occuring populations bordering the Mediterranean Sea and in South Asia.
- Sickle cell is due to a defect in the ..... molecule
- hemoglobin
- Sickle cell is characterized by the presence of large numbers of cresent-shaped or .....-shaped red blood cells in the blood.
- sickle
- -lysis
- destruction
- leukapheresis
- removal of white blood cells from the circulation
- There are approx ..... thrombocytes per cubic millimeter of blood
- 200,000 to 500,000
- There are approx ..... leukocytes per cubic millimeter of blood
- 8000
- There are approx ..... million erythrocytes per cubic millimeter of blood and have a life span of ..... days
- 5 / 80 - 120
- There are four recognized blood types:
- A, B, AB and O - Names for the antigens contained in the red cells.
- What is the agglutinogenin the red blood cells known as
- Rh factor
- The fluid part of blood is called
- plasma
- There are four major plasma proteins:
- albumin, globulin, fibrinogen, and prothrombin
- Lymph is a colorless, alkaline fluid that is about 95% .....
- water
- Antibody
- is a protein substance produced in the body in response to an invading foreign substance (antigen).
- autologous
- blood transfusion is the use of the patient's own blood.
- sepsis
- is the spread of an infection from its initial site to the bloodstream
- Hepatitis B
- is a blood-borne viral disease
- anticoagulants
- are used to inhibit or prevent blood clot formation
- antiplatelet
- aspirin helps keep platelets from sticking together to form clots.
- thrombolytic
- agents act to dissolve an existing thrombus when administered soon after its occurrence.
- hemostatic
- agents are used to control bleeding
- hematinic
- argents are used to treat iron deficiency anemia.
- epoetin alfa
- is a genetically engineered hemopoietin that stimulates the production of red blood cells
- folic acid
- and vitamin B12 are used in treating megaloblastic anemias.
- Abbrev: ABO
- blood group
- Abbrev: AIDS
- acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- Abbrev: BAC
- blood alcohol concentration
- Abbrev: Hb, Hgb, HGB
- hemoglobin
- Abbrev: Hct, HCT
- hematocrit
- Abbrev: HIV
- human immunodeficiency virus
- Abbrev: KS
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- Abbrev: PCP
- pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
- Abbrev: RBC
- red blood cell (count)
- Abbrev: Rh
- Rhesus (factor)
- Abbrev: WBC
- white blood cell (count)