Ch. 4 Flashcards
Body fluids
Hyperkalemia
Excess potassium in the blood
Hypernatremia
Excess sodium in the blood
Hidr(o)
Pertaining to sweat or perspiration
Muc(o)
Pertaining to mucus
Py(o)
Pertaining to pus
Sial(o)
Pertaining to saliva
Sanguinous
Containing blood
Purulent/suppurative
Pertaining to, consisting of, or producing pus
Hematoma
Localized collection of usually clotted blood resulting from a break in a blood vessel
In vitro
Occurring in a laboratory test tube or other artificial environment
In vivo
Occurring in a living organism
Blood platelets may also be referred to as…
…Thrombocytes
Thrombogenesis
Development of a blood clot
Embolism
Apiece of thrombus or bubble of gas that dislodges and circulates in the blood stream until becoming lodged in a vessel
Thrombopenia
Reduction in the number of blood platelets thus preventing clotting
Toxemia
Presence of microbial toxins in blood, as seen in toxic shock syndrome
Pallor
Paleness or absence of color
Leukocytosis
Increase in number of white blood cells in a regulated response to infection (unlike unregulated leukemia)
Erythroblastosis fetalis
Hemolytic anemia in the newborn with underdeveloped erythrocytes in the form of erythroblasts
Agglutination
Aggregating or clumping of erythrocytes
Heparin and warfarin
Anticoagulents produced within the body that prevent blood clots
Blood transfusion
Transfer of blood from one person to another
Autologous transfusion
Where blood is removed from a donor and stored for a period before being returned to circulation
Autologous graft
Transfer of tissue from one site to another on the same body
Homologous graft/allograft
Tissue removed from a donor for transplantation to a recipient of the same species
Isograft
A transplant from an identical twin to another
Anaphylaxis
Exaggerated, life threatening hypersensitivity reaction to an innocuous antigen
AHF abbreviation
Antihemophilic factor
CMV abbeviation
Cytomegalovirus
DIC abbreviation
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
HCT abbreviation
Hematocrit
Rh
Rhesus (a blood group)
