medical term ch. 9 -blood lymph and immune system
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- antibody
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protective protein produced by B lymphocytes in response to presence of a foreign substance alled an antigen
GOOD GUY - antigen
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substance recognized as harmful to the host and stimulates formation of antibodies in an immunocompetent individual
BAD GUY - stem cells
- undifferentiated cells frow which blood cells develop
- platelets
- the smallest elements found in blood. sometimes called thrombocyes. initiate blood clotting
- what are the blood types?
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A
B
AB
O - what is the universal blood donor
- O-
- what is the universal blood receiver?
- AB+
- agglutin /o
- clumping
- chrom / o
- color
- hem / o
- blood
- hemat / o
- blood
- immun / o
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immune
immunity
safe - leuk / o
- white
- myel / o
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bone marrow
spinal cord - poikil / o
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varied
irregular - thromb / o
- blood clot
- -emia
- blood condition
- -osis
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abnormal condition
increased -used primarily with blood cells - -penia
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decrease
deficiency - -phylaxis
- protection
- anaphylaxis
- exaggerated, life threatening hypersensittivty reaction to a previously encounteredantigen
- hemorrhagic anemia
- loss of blood volume due to traumatic accident
- iron-deficiency anemia
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most common
not enough iron - pernicious anemia
- low levels of B12 in red blood cells
- what are two diseases closely associated with AIDS?
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Kaposi Sarcoma
PCP -Pneumocystis pneumonia - autoimmunity
- the failure of the body to distinguish between its own good cells and foreign harmful cells
- edema
- accumulation of fluid
- hemophilia
- hereditary disorder in males in which the blood-clotting mechanism is impaired
- ascites
- accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal or pleural cavity
- what is infectious mononucleosis?
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on of the acute infections caused by the Epstein-Barr virus -EBV
affects the liver
"kissing disease" - leukemia
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disorder of the blood-forming organs, characterized by an overgrowth of blood cells
malignant cells replace healthy bone marrow cells - hodgkin disease
- malignant disease of the lymph system, primarily the lymph nodes
- pruritus
- itching
- hematoma
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localized accumulation of blood, usually clotted, in an organ, space, or tissue due to a break in or severing of a blood vessel
- septicemia
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serious, life-threatening bloodstream infectioni that may arise from other infections throughout the body, such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, meningitis, or infections of the bone or GI tract
aka-blood infection or blood poisoning - serology
- lab test to detect the presence of antibodies, antigens, or immune substances
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CBC
complete blood count -
series of tests that includes:
hemoglobin
hematocrit
RBC count
WBC count
platelet count
differential WBC count
RBC indices
RBC and WBC morphology - partial thrmoboplastin time - ptt
- test that measures the length of time it takes blood to clot
- prothrombin time - pt
- test that measures the time it takes for the plasma portion of blood to clot
- pcp
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pneumocytis
pneumonia - pt
- prothrmbin time
- ptt
- partial thromboplastin time