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Blood, Germs, Cells, Tumors & Disease Flashcards

1
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What are red blood cells called?

A

Erythrocytes

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What are white blood cells called?

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Leukocytes

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What is an elevation in white blood cells called?

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Leukocytosis

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What is an immature, non-nucleated erythrocyte that is characterized by polychromasia (Wright’s stain) or a
meshlike pattern of threads (new methylene blue stain) called?

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Eticulocyte

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5
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What is an immature polymorphonuclear leukocyte is called?

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Band Cell

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6
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Where are lacteals located?

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Small Intestine

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7
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What are T cells responsible for?

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Cell-Mediated Immunity

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What are B cells responsible for?

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Humoral Immunity

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9
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What organ is used for red blood cell storage?

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Spleen

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10
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What is a malignant tumor that developed from epithelial tissue is known as?

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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What is a hemangiosarcoma?

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Malignant Tumor of Vascular Tissue

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12
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What are malignant neoplasms arising from connective tissue called?

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Sarcomas

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13
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When a growth does not have well-defined borders, it is described as being what?

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Invasive

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14
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What is the term used for deficiency in white blood cells?

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Leukopenia

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15
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What is hemolysis?

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Breakdown of Blood Cells

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16
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What does an anticoagulant do?

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Prevents Clotting

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17
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What does macrocytic mean?

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Larger than normal red blood cells

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18
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What term is used to describe the condition in which microorganisms and their toxins are present in the
blood?

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Septicemia

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19
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The name for a disease-fighting protein produced by the body in response to a particular foreign substance
is what?

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Antibody

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20
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What does does debilitated mean?

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Weakened

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21
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What is the term used for ability to cause disease dues to debilitation when disease would not be produced normally?

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Opportunistic

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What is the term used for an administration of antigen to stimulate a protective immune response against a specific infectious agent?

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Vaccination/Immunization

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23
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What does multiplication mean in medical terms?

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Reproduction

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24
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What is another term for not susceptible?

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Resistant

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25
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What is a genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring called?

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Heredity

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26
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What is the term used for slowing or stopping?

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Inhibit

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27
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What is the preparation of pathogen (live, weakened, or killed) or a portion of pathogen that is administered to stimulate a protective immune response against the pathogen?

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Vaccine

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28
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Is benign cancerous?

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No

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29
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Is malignant cancerous?

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Yes

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30
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What is neoplasm?

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Abnormal new growth of tissue

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31
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What is the term used for a pathogenic growth distant from its primary disease site?

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Metastasis

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32
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What is splenomegaly?

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Enlarged Spleen

33
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What is the term used for accumulation of fluid in the intercellular space?

34
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What is the word used for a condition of eating cells?

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Phagocytosis

35
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What is the term used for an abnormal increase in white blood cells?

A

Leukocytosis

36
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What is the term used for an abnormal decrease in white blood cells?

A

Leukopenia

37
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What is the term used for no cuts, scrapes, openings, or alterations?

38
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What is the state of being resistant to a specific disease called?

39
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What is the term used for a substance that the body regards as foreign?

40
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What is anemia?

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Deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin

41
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What is anaphylaxis?

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Severe response to a foreign substance

42
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What is oncology?

A

Study of tumors

43
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What is the iron part of the blood that binds O2?

44
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If clotting factors are present in the liquid portion of the blood, what is it called?

45
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If clotting factors are removed in the liquid portion of the blood, what is it called?

46
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What is the name of a subtance that the body regards as foreign?

47
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What is the name of a substance that induces an allergic reaction?

48
Q

What is the medical term for clot?

49
Q

What is the medical term used for inflammation of the connective tissue?

A

Cellulitis

50
Q

What is the medical term for a malignant black skin tumor?

51
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What is a microorganism that produces disease called?

52
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What is the term used describing the ability of an organism to cause disease?

53
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What is a disease caused by a pathogenic organism called?

A

Infectious Disease

54
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What is a disorder not caused by an organism called?

Genetic, traumatic, iatrogenic

A

Noninfectious Disease

55
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What is a disease that can be spread from one animal to another by direct or indirect contact called?

A

Contagious/Communicable Disease

56
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What is a disease caused by pathogenic organism contracted in a clinic called?

A

Nosocomial Infection

57
Q

What does prophylaxis mean?

A

Prevention

58
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What is a disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans called?

59
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What is it called when an animal is lacking resistance to disease?

A

Susceptible

60
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What is another term for catching a disease?

61
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What is the term used for a disease with an unknown cause?

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Idiopathic

62
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What is the term used for when a disease is produced by treatment?

A

iatrogenic

63
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What is a term used to describe a stable internal environment?

A

Homeostasis

64
Q

What are the basic structural units of the body?

65
Q

What are hydrophilic substances?

A

Water-Loving Substances

66
Q

What is the medical term for to surgically cut out?

67
Q

What is the surgical term for side-by-side placement?

A

Apposition

68
Q

What is the medical term for a sawlike edge or border?

69
Q

What is a swaged needle?

70
Q

What is the term for an excessive level of sodium in the blood?

A

Hypernatremia

71
Q

A solution that is less concentrated than what it is being compared with is known as what?

72
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What route of drug administration is via the gastrointestinal tract?

A

Parenteral

73
Q

What does an emetic substance do?

A

Induce Vomitting

74
Q

What is a taper needle?

A

Rounded Tip

75
Q

What is the graded locking portion of an instrument located near the finger rings?

76
Q

What is a hemostat?

A

Instrument that Controls Bleeding

77
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What is the irrigation of tissue with fluid called?

78
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What is an accumulation of serum beneath the surgical incision called?

79
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What is another word for perforation?

A

Fenestration

Veterinary Terminology (19 decks)

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