Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems

Question 1

antibody

Answer 1

protective protein produced by B lymphocytes in response to the presence of a foreign substance called an antigen.

Question 2

antigen

Answer 2

substance recognized as harmful to the host, stimulates production of Abs

Question 3

bile pigment

Answer 3

substance derived from the breakdown of Hb and excreted by the liver

Question 4

cytokine

Answer 4

chemical substance produced by certain cells that initiate, inhibit, or decrease activity in other cells

Question 5

immunocompetent

Answer 5

ability to develop an immune response in response to antigens

Question 6

natural killer cells

Answer 6

special lymphocytes that secrete chemicals that break down the cell membrane of infected or cancerous cells.

Question 7

aden/o

Answer 7

gland

Question 8

adenoid

Answer 8

resembling a gland

Question 9

agglutin/o

Answer 9

clumping, gluing

Question 10

bas/o

Answer 10

base (alkaline, opposite of acid)

Question 11

basophil

Answer 11

attraction to base (alkaline dyes)

Question 12

blast/o

Answer 12

embryonic cell

Question 13

erythroblastosis

Answer 13

abnormal condition, increase in embryonic red cells

Question 14

chrom/o

Answer 14

color

Question 15

hypochromic

Answer 15

under, decrease in color

Question 16

eosin/o

Answer 16

dawn (rose-colored)

Question 17

eosinophil

Answer 17

attraction for rose colored dye

Question 18

erythr/o

Answer 18

red

Question 19

granul/o

Answer 19

grandule

Question 20

hem/o

Answer 20

blood

Question 21

hemat/o

Answer 21

blood

Question 22

immun/o

Answer 22

immune, immunity, safe

Question 23

kary/o

Answer 23

nucleus

Question 24

karyolysis

Answer 24

destruction of the nucleus

Question 25

nucle/o

Answer 25

nucleus

Question 26

leuk/o

Answer 26

white

Question 27

lymphaden/o

Answer 27

lymph gland

Question 28

lymphadenopathy

Answer 28

diease of the lymph nodes

Question 29

lymph/o

Answer 29

lymph

Question 30

lymphangi/o

Answer 30

lymph vessel

Question 31

morph/o

Answer 31

form, shape, strcuture

Question 32

myel/o

Answer 32

bone marrow; spinal cord

Question 33

myelogenic

Answer 33

relating to the origin in bone marrow

Question 34

neutr/o

Answer 34

neutral, neither

Question 35

neutrophilic

Answer 35

pertaining to an attraction for neutral dyes

Question 36

phagocyte

Answer 36

cell that eats foreing material

Question 37

aplastic

Answer 37

pertaining to a failure to form

Question 38

poikil/o

Answer 38

varied, irregular

Question 39

poikilocyte

Answer 39

cell that is irregular or varied in shape

Question 40

reticu/o

Answer 40

net, mesh

Question 41

reticulocyte

Answer 41

cell that contains a net or meshwork

Question 42

ser/o

Answer 42

serum

Question 43

sider/o

Answer 43

iron

Question 44

sideropenia

Answer 44

deficiency of iron

Question 45

splen/o

Answer 45

spleen

Question 46

splenorrhagia

Answer 46

bursting forth of the spleen

Question 47

thromb/o

Answer 47

clot

Question 48

thym/o

Answer 48

thymus

Question 49

xen/o

Answer 49

foreign, strange

Question 50

-blast

Answer 50

embryonic cell

Question 51

erythroblast

Answer 51

embryonic red cell

Question 52

-emia

Answer 52

blood condition

Question 53

-globin

Answer 53

protein

Question 54

-graft

Answer 54

transplantation

Question 55

-osis

Answer 55

condition

Question 56

-penia

Answer 56

abnormal decrease

Question 57

-phil

Answer 57

attraction for

Question 58

-phoresis

Answer 58

carrying, transmission

Question 59

electrophoresis

Answer 59

carrying an electric charge

Question 60

-phylaxis

Answer 60

protection

Question 61

analylaxis

Answer 61

against protection

Question 62

-poiesis

Answer 62

formation, production

Question 63

hemopoiesis

Answer 63

formation of blood

Question 64

-stasis

Answer 64

standing still

Question 65

hemostasis

Answer 65

standing still of blood

Question 66

allo-

Answer 66

other, differing from the normal

Question 67

aniso-

Answer 67

unequal, dissimilar

Question 68

anisocytosis

Answer 68

abnormal increase in cells that are unequal (cyt- cell)

Question 69

iso-

Answer 69

same, equal

Question 70

isochromic

Answer 70

pertaining to the same color

Question 71

mono-

Answer 71

one

Question 72

poly-

Answer 72

many

Question 73

ALL

Answer 73

acute lymphocytic leukemia

Question 74

AML

Answer 74

acute myelogenous leukemia

Question 75

ANA

Answer 75

antinuclear antibody

Question 76

APC

Answer 76

antigen presenting cell

Question 77

APTT

Answer 77

activated partial thromboplastin time

Question 78

BMT

Answer 78

bone marrow transplant

Question 79

CLL

Answer 79

chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Question 80

CML

Answer 80

chronic myelogenous leukemia

Question 81

diff

Answer 81

differential count (WBCs)

Question 82

GVHD

Answer 82

graft vs. host dieases

Question 83

eos

Answer 83

eosiniophil

Question 84

Igs

Answer 84

immunoglobulins

Question 85

MNL

Answer 85

mononuclear leukocytes

Question 86

PCP

Answer 86

pneumoncystis pneumonia; primary care physician

Question 87

PMN

Answer 87

polymorphonuclear

Question 88

PMNL, poly

Answer 88

polymorphonuclear leukocyte

Question 89

PT

Answer 89

prothrombin time; physical therapy

Question 90

PTT

Answer 90

partial thromboplastin time

Question 91

RA

Answer 91

right atrium; rheumatoid arthritis