Blood Vocab

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agranulocyte

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Has no or few cytoplasmic granules

Question 1

agglutination

Answer 1

Clustering of cells into masses linked by antibodies

Question 2

Antibodies

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Antigen specific proteins that produced by specialized B lymphocytes that protect the body by binding to foreign objects such as bacteria and viruses

Question 3

Antigen

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Molecule recognized by the receptors of the B and T lymphocytes

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Basophil

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Granulocytes that stain with a basic (alkaline) stain and store histamine and heparin

Question 5

Blood

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Liquid connective tissue composed of formed elements a d a child extracellular matrix called plasma

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Blood groups

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Types of blood

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Coagulation

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Formation of blood clots; part of the process of of hemostasis

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Embolus

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Obstruction in a blood vessel such as a blood clot, fatty mass, air bubble, or other foreign matter that obstructs blood flow of blood to an organ or some part of the body

Question 9

Eosinophil

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Granulocytes that stain with eosin, they release antihistamines and are especially active against parasitic worms

Question 10

Erythrocytes

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Mature myeloid blood cell that is composed mostly of hemoglobin and functions primarily in the transportation of oxygen and carbon dioxide

Question 11

Granulocyte

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Trigger the differentiation of myeloblasts into granular leukocytes, namely, neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils.

Question 12

Hematocrit

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Volume percentage of erythrocytes in a sample of centrifuges blood

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Hematopoiesis

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Production of blood cells which occurs in red marrow of the bones

Question 14

Hemocytoblast

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Hemopoietic stem cells that gives rise to the formed elements of blood

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Hemoglobin

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Oxygen carrying compound in erythrocytes

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Hemostasis

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Physiological process by which bleeding ceases

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Leukocytes

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Colorless, nucleated blood cell, the chief function of which is to protect the body from disease

Question 18

Lymphocyte

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A granular Leukocytes of the lymphoid stem cell line, many of which function in specific immunity

Question 19

Megakaryocyte

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Bone marrow cell that produces platelets

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Monocyte

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Agranular Leukocytes of the myeloid stem cell line that circulate in the blood stream

Question 21

Neutrophil

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Phagocytic white blood cell recruited from the bloodstream to the site of infection via the bloodstream

Question 22

Plasma

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The liquid extracellular matrix composed mostly of water that circulates the formed elements and dissolved materials throughout the cardiovascular system

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Platelet

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One of the formed elements of blood that consists of cell fragments broken off from megakaryocytes

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Thrombus

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Aggregation of fibrin, platelets, and erythrocytes in an intact artery or vein

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Anemia

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A condition in which the blood doesn’t have enough healthy red blood cells.

Question 26

Erythroblastosis fetalis

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the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood.

Question 27

Hematoma

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a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues.

Question 28

Hemochromatosis

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a hereditary disorder in which iron salts are deposited in the tissues, leading to liver damage, diabetes mellitus, and bronze discoloration of the skin.

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Hemophilia

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A disorder in which blood doesn’t clot normally.

Question 30

Leukemia

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cancer of blood-forming tissues, hindering the body’s ability to fight infection.

Question 31

Septicemia

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A life-threatening complication of an infection when it reached the blood stream

Question 32

Sickle-Cell Anemia

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A group of disorders that cause red blood cells to become misshapen and break down.

Question 33

Thrombocytopenia

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deficiency of platelets in the blood. This causes bleeding into the tissues, bruising, and slow blood clotting after injury.