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Ch. 4 Flashcards

Body fluids

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1
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Hyperkalemia

A

Excess potassium in the blood

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Hypernatremia

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Excess sodium in the blood

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3
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Hidr(o)

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Pertaining to sweat or perspiration

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Muc(o)

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Pertaining to mucus

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Py(o)

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Pertaining to pus

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Sial(o)

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Pertaining to saliva

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Sanguinous

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Containing blood

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Purulent/suppurative

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Pertaining to, consisting of, or producing pus

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Hematoma

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Localized collection of usually clotted blood resulting from a break in a blood vessel

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In vitro

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Occurring in a laboratory test tube or other artificial environment

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In vivo

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Occurring in a living organism

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12
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Blood platelets may also be referred to as…

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…Thrombocytes

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Thrombogenesis

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Development of a blood clot

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Embolism

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Apiece of thrombus or bubble of gas that dislodges and circulates in the blood stream until becoming lodged in a vessel

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Thrombopenia

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Reduction in the number of blood platelets thus preventing clotting

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Toxemia

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Presence of microbial toxins in blood, as seen in toxic shock syndrome

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Pallor

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Paleness or absence of color

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Leukocytosis

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Increase in number of white blood cells in a regulated response to infection (unlike unregulated leukemia)

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Erythroblastosis fetalis

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Hemolytic anemia in the newborn with underdeveloped erythrocytes in the form of erythroblasts

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Agglutination

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Aggregating or clumping of erythrocytes

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Heparin and warfarin

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Anticoagulents produced within the body that prevent blood clots

22
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Blood transfusion

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Transfer of blood from one person to another

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Autologous transfusion

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Where blood is removed from a donor and stored for a period before being returned to circulation

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Autologous graft

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Transfer of tissue from one site to another on the same body

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Homologous graft/allograft

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Tissue removed from a donor for transplantation to a recipient of the same species

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Isograft

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A transplant from an identical twin to another

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Anaphylaxis

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Exaggerated, life threatening hypersensitivity reaction to an innocuous antigen

28
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AHF abbreviation

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Antihemophilic factor

29
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CMV abbeviation

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Cytomegalovirus

30
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DIC abbreviation

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Disseminated intravascular coagulation

31
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HCT abbreviation

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Hematocrit

32
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Rh

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Rhesus (a blood group)

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