Medical Terminology ch 10, 11
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- Plasma
- liquid
- Blood cells
- solid part of blood
- Erythrocytes
- have hemoglobin
- Leukocytes
- fights infection
- Thrombocytes
- platlets
- Hemocytoblasts
- stem cell
- Hematopoiesis
- growing and maturing of all blood cells
- Erythropoiesis
- growing and maturing of all red blood cells.
- Leukopoiesis
- growing and maturing of white blood cells
- Thrombopoiesis
- growing and maturing of platelets
- Reticulocyte
- an immature red blood cell
- Hemoglobin
- carries oxygen
- What are the 5 types of red blood cells?
- eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes.
- what do Thrombocytes and platelets do?
- help blood to clot
- What is plasma?
- a chemical communication between yourselves.
- What are the 3 plasma proteins?
- albumin, globulins, fibrinogen.
- What is blood serum?
- clotting proteins or fibrogen removed.
- What is lymph?
- fluid
- What does lympgh vessels do?
- transports the lymph
- What do lymph nodes do?
- filters
- What does the spleen do?
- filters, helps destroy old RBC'S, and stores platelets.
- What does the thymus do?
- changes lymphocytes to T-cells.
- What does the tonsils do?
- filter
- What is the functions of the lymph system?
- to drain fluid from tissue spaces and return it to the blood, transport materials, and transports waste products from body tissues back to the blood stream.
- What is the function of the immune system?
- helps keep you safe and healthy.
- What is acquired?
- over time you build up a resistance
- what do lymphocytes contain?
- T-cells, and B-cells
- Antigens
- bad, they make you sick
- T-cells
- comes from thymus and will directly attack the antigen.
- B-cells
- comes from bone marrow and creates antibodies to fight the antigen.
- Anemia
- low amount of red blood cells and hemoglobin.
- Normocytic
- normal red blood cells
- Normochromic
- normal color of red blood cells
- Macrocytic
- large red blood cells
- microcytic
- small red blood cells
- hypochromic
- decreased color of red blood cells
- What does AIDS stand for?
- Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome
- What does HIV stand for?
- Human Immundeficiency Virus
- Lymphadenopathy
- disease of the lymph nodes and glands
- Opportunistic infections
- when someone goes from HIV to AIDS
- What are two examples of Opportunistic infections?
-
Kaposi's sarcoma
Pneumocystitis carinii pneumonia - What is Autoimmune Disease?
- when the body is attacking itself, and one example is lupus.
- Exacerbations
- systems are getting worse
- Latent Periods
- symptoms are getting better/ remission
- Edema
- swelling
- Intercellular
- between cells
- Hemophila
- persons blood does not clot and they keep bleeding
- What is Infectious monomucleosis?
- when a person is very tired and it is caused by Epstein-Barr virus.
- What is an allergy?
- when the body over reacts to the allergy.
- What is Oncology?
- the study of tumors or cancer
- What is Leukemia?
- cancer of the bone marrow
- What is Hodgkins disease?
- cancer of the lymph nodes
- What is RH?
- there is an antigen on the Red blood cells, and it is bad when the mom is negative and the baby is positive.
- What is plateletpheresis?
- removing platelets, and the donor gives the platelets.
- Plasmapheresis
- removing plasma, and donor gives blood.
- Name 2 examples of Anticoagulant Medication?
-
Aspirin
Warfarin
Heparin
Coumadin - What is Dyscrasia?
- abnormal condition of the blood
- Hemolysis?
- destruction of red blood cells
- Hemostasis?
- arrest of bleeding or circulation.
- Septicemia?
- presence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood?
- Serology?
- the study of blood serum.
- Activated Partial Thromboplastin time (APTT)?
- A test that screens for deficiencies of some clotting factors.
- Complete blood cell count (CBC)?
- a series of test that include hemoglobin, hematocrit, red and white blood cell counts.