Blood and Circulatory System Disorders Flashcards
CLUMPING TOGETHER OF CELLS OR PARTICLES
AGGLUTINATION
DEVELOPMENT OF OBSTRUCTION BY CHOLESTEROL PLAQUE AND THROMBUS ON THE WALLS OF LARGE ARTERIES
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
COMMON CONDITION THAT DEVELOPS WHEN A STICKY SUBSTANCE CALLED PLAQUE BUILDS UP IN ARTERIES
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
A YELLOWISH PIGMENT THAT IS MADE DURING THE BREAKDOWN OF RBCS
BILIRUBIN
BLUISH DISCOLORATION
CYANOSIS
ABNORMALITY OF THE BLOOD OR BONE MARROW; ABNORMAL CELL CHARACTERISTICS OR NUMBERS
DYSENTERY
DIFFICULTY BREATHING
DYSPNEA
REDDISH BLUE DISCOLORATION OF SKIN OR MUCOSA BECAUSE OF BLEEDING
ECCHYMOSES
HAVING A HIGH CONTRACTON OF RBCS IN THE BLOOD
ERYTHROCYTOSIS
INFLAMATION OF THE TONGUE
GLOSSITIS
BLEEDIN INTO A JOINT CAVITY
HEMARTHROSIS
PERCENTAGE OF ERYTHROCYTES IN A BLOOD SAMPLE
HEMATOCRIT
FORMATION OF NEW BLOOD CELLS
HEMATOPOIESIS
ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER
HEPATOMEGALY
AN ABOVE-NORMAL NUMBER OF WBCS IN THE BLOOD
LEUKOCYTOSIS
A DECREASED NUMBER OF LEUKOCYTES IN TEH BLOOD
LEUKOPENIA
RBCS THAT ARE LARGER THAN NORMAL
MACROCYTOSIS
UNHEALTHY PALE APPEARANCE
PALLOR
PINPOINT NON-BLANCHING SPOTS THAT AFFECT THE SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANCES
PETECHIAE
AN INFLAMMATORY PROCESS THAT CAUSES A BLOOD CLOT TO FORM AND BLOCK VEINS
THROMBOPHLEBITIS
ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN
SPLENOMEGALY
INFLAMMATION AND REDNESS OF THE ORAL MUCOSA
STOMATITIS
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS FOR A SHORT PERIOF OF TIME
SYNCOPE
HEART RATE OVER 100 BEATS A MINUTE
TACHYCARDIA
ABNORMALLY LOW NUMBER OF PLATELETS
THROMBOCYTOPENIA
SWELLING OF A VEIN
THROMBOPHLEBITIS
WHEN VEINS BECOME ENLARGED, DILATED, AND OVERFILLED WITH BLOOD
VARICOSITIES
