Anticoagulants & Coagulants -27

Question 1

Acute coronary syndrome

Answer 1

Term used to cover any group of clinical symptoms compatible with acute myocardial ischemia

Question 2

Acute myocardial infarction

Answer 2

A heart attack; damage due to insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle that results from coronary artery disease

Question 3

Agranulocytosis

Answer 3

Condition in which the number of white blood cells, in particular the granulocytes, is less than normal

Question 4

Alopecia

Answer 4

Baldness or hair loss

Question 5

Coagulation

Answer 5

Process by which the blood changes from a liquid to a solid plug as a reaction to local tissue injury; normal blood clot formation

Question 6

Deep vein thrombosis DVT

Answer 6

A blood clot that forms in a vein deep inside the body

Question 7

Hematuria

Answer 7

Appearance of blood or red blood cells in the urine

Question 8

Hemorrhage

Answer 8

Loss of blood from blood vessels

Question 9

Infarction

Answer 9

Area of tissue that has died because of a sudden lack of blood supply

Question 10

Mucopolysaccharide

Answer 10

Naturally occurring substance formed by the combination of protein with carbohydrates ( saccharides)

Question 11

Thrombocyte

Answer 11

Cell in the blood, commonly called the platelet, it is necessary for coagulation

Question 12

Thromboembolism

Answer 12

Clots that jam a blood vessel; formed by the action of platelets and other coagulation factors in the blood

Question 13

Thrombophlebitis

Answer 13

Inflammation of the walls of the veins, associated with clot formation

Question 14

Thrombus

Answer 14

Clot formed by the action of coagulation factors and circulating blood cells