Anatomy 2
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- venule
- a tiny vein that drains blood om capillaries
- glucogenic
- giving rise to or producing glucose
- chondroplasty
- reparative or plastic surgery of cartilage
- hypochromia
- condition in which the percentage of hemoglobin in the red blood cells is below the normal range
- leukoderma
- an absence, either partial or total, of pigment in the skin
- atony
- relaxation, flaccidity, or lack of tone or tension
- hypertrophy
- increase in the size of a tissue or organ without tumor formation; usually implies an increase in cell size without an increase in cell number
- atrophy
- wasting away of a normally developed organ or tissue due to degeneration of cells caused by undernourishment, lack of use, or aging
- somatic
- relating to the trunk, the wll of the body cavity, or to the body in general
- cholinesterase
- a family of enzymes capable of catalyzing the hydrolysis of acylcholines
- anoxia
- absence or almost complete absence of oxygen from inspired gases, arterial blood, or tissues; to be differentiated from hypoxia
- dysphagia
- condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful
- hypoxia
- decrease below normal levels of oxygen in inspired gases or arterial blood; short or anoxia
- reticulocyte
- an immature red blood cell with a network or precipitated basophilic material in the cytoplasm
- chromosome
- thread-like structures in the nucleus that contain genes, forms a darkly-staining body during cell division
- lysosome
- membrane-bound cytoplasmic organelle which contains hydrolytic enzymes
- hypotonic
- describes a solution having a lower osmotic pressure than another solution; state of muscle having less tension than normal
- extracorporeal
- outside of the body
- hyperphagia
- overeating, in a single sitting
- anosmia
- a loss of the sense of smell
- hyperlipemia
- the presence of an abnormally high concentration of fats in the blood
- corpuscle
- a small rounded body, esp a blood cell
- monocyte
- a type of white blood cell that is relatively large and contains a single oval-shaped nucleus
- plasia
- process of cellular multiplication, formation
- reticulum
- a network of tubules or blood vessels
- rhinoplasty
- plastic surgery to change the shape or size of the nose
- phagocytosis
- the process of ingestion and digetion of solid substances by cells
- hemolysis
- destruction of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin into the surrounding medium
- hydrocephalus
- condition marked by excessive accumulation of fluid within and around the brain
- arteriole
- a tine artery that takes blood into capillaries
- polyphagia
- excessive eating, in multiple sittings
- dysplasia
- condition of abnormal tissue development
- hematology
- the study of blood and blood-forming tissues, and the disorders associated with them
- acardia
- congenital absence of the heart
- apnea
- temporary cessation of breathing
- anemia
- any condition in which the red cell count, hemoglobin level, and/or hematocrit are less than norma
- hyperplasia
- the increased production and growth of normal cells in a tissue or organ, resulting in an abnormal increase in size of the tissue or organ
- thrombolytic
- describing an agent that breaks up blood clots
- isotonic
- describes a solution having the same osmotic pressure as another solution; having equal tension; type of muscular contraction in which shortening occurs while tension remains unchanged
- polychromatophilic
- pertaining to the property of staining readily with acid, neutral, and basic dyes, especially certain red blood cells
- glycolipid
- a lipid containing a sugar molecule
- cytoplasm
- the substance of a cell, exclusive of the nucleus
- glycolysis
- a energy-yielding conversion of glucose to pyruvic acid or lactic acid in cells
- lipase
- an enzyme capable of catalyzing the hydrolysis of lipids
- hemolytic
- relating to that whichis destructive to red blood cells