ch 15 Flashcards by Vickey Mathis

Red blood cells are called?

erythrocytes

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White blood cells are called?

Leukocytes

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An elevation in white blood cells is called?

Leukocytosis

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An immature, non-nucleated erythrocyte that is charcterized by polychromasia (Wright’s stain) or a meshlike pattern of threads (New methylene blue stain) is called a?

reticulocyte

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An immature polymorphonnuclear leukocyte is called a?

band cell

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Lacteals are located in the?

small intestine

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Lymph is also known as?

interstitial fluid

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T-cells are responsible for?

cell-mediated immunity

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B cells are responsible for?

Humoral immunity

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The spleen is?

Hemolytic, an organ where lymphocytes are differentiated, a storage area for RBC’s

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A malignant tumor that developed from epithelial tissue is known as?

squamous cell carcinoma

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What is the term for a malignant tumor of vascular tissue?

hemangiosarcoma

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Malignant neoplasms arising from connective tissue are known as?

sarcomas

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

invasive

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A deficiency in white blood cells is called?

leukopenia or leukocytopenia

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Hemolysis is?

breaking down blood cells

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A substance that prevents clotting is known as an?

anticoagulant

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Larger-than-normal RBC’s are described as being?

macrocytic

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

septicemia

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

Antibody

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Resistant?

Not susceptible

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hereditary?

genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring

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Vaccination or immunization?

administration of antigen to stimulate a protective immune response against a specific infectious agent.

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vaccine?

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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multiplication?

reproduction

inhibit?

to slow or stop

Opportunistic?

able to cause disease due to debilitation when disease would not be produced normally

Debilitated?

weakened

benign?

noncancerous

malignant?

cancerous

Neoplasm?

abnormal new growth

metastasis?

pathogenic growth distant from its primary disease site

splenomegaly?

enlarged spleen

edema?

accumulation of fluid in the intracellular space

phagocytosis?

condition of eating cells

Lysis?

breakdown

leukocytosis?

abnormal increase in WBCs

leukopenia?

abnormal decrease in WBCs

________ means no cuts,scrapes,openings, or alterations.

Intact

The state of being resistant to a specific disease is?

Immunity

A substance that the body regards as foreign is an?

Antigen

A deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin is called?

anemia

Excessive blood in a part is called?

Polycythemia

________ is a severe response to a foreign substance.

Anaphylaxis

A substance capable of inducing an allergic reaction is called an?

allergen

The study of tumors is?

Oncology

A general term for a malignant neoplastic disorder of lymphoid tissue is?

Lymphoma or lymphosarcoma

A blood condition in which pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins are present is called?

septicemia

-poiesis means?

formation

Hem/o and hemat/o means?

blood

Immun/o means?

protected

-emia means?

blood condition

Lip/o means?

fat

mature red blood cells (spelling)

Erythrocyte

study of form (spelling)

morphology

condition of unequal cell size (spelling)

anisocytosis

tumor of connective tissue (spelling)

myxoma

malignant neoplasm composed of bone (spelling)

osteosarcoma

Abnormal increase in the number of malignant WBCs

Leukemia

Malignant neoplasm of bone marrow

Myeloma

Abnormal decrease in the number of WBCs

Leukopenia

Disease-fighting protein produced by the body in response to the presence of a foreign substance

Antibody

Destruction or breakdown

Lysis

Malignant neoplasm of bone

Osteosarcoma

Another name for polymorphonuclear leukocyte

Neutrophil

Enlargement of the spleen

Spenomegaly

Malignant neoplasm of vascular tissue

Hemangiosarcoma

Study of blood

Hematology

Another term for allergy

Hypersensitivity

Substance that prevents clotting

Anticoagulant

Study of form

Morphology

Accumulation of fluid in the intracellular space

Edema

Formation of blood

Hematopoiesis

Pertaining to the spaces within a tissue or organ

Interstitial

Pathogenic growth distant from the primary disease site

Metastasis

normocytic

normal cell size

macrocytic

larger-than-normal cell size

microcytic

smaller-than-normal cell size

poililocytosis

condition of irregular cells, clinically means varied shapes of erthrocytes

anisocytosis

condition of unequal cell size; excessive variation in RBC size