ch 9

Question 1

hematologist

Answer 1

medical doctor that specializes in the treatment and diagnosis of blood disorders

Question 2

immunologist

Answer 2

medical doctors who studies the bodys response to foreign objects

Question 3

hemophilia

Answer 3

a collection of blooding disorders characterized the lack of a clotting factor needed for blood to clot

Question 4

polycythemia vera

Answer 4

abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells and hemoglobin concetration not related to other disease

Question 5

purpura

Answer 5

hemorrhage of blood into tissues under skin

Question 6

thrombocytopenia

Answer 6

defeciency of plataltes

Question 7

leukocytosis

Answer 7

increase of white blood cell

Question 8

leukopenia

Answer 8

deficeincy of white blood cells

Question 9

neutropenia

Answer 9

deficiency of neutrophils

Question 10

edema

Question 11

hypersplenism

Answer 11

increase in the function of the spleen; can lead to h

Question 12

lymphadenitis

Answer 12

inflammation of the lymph nodes

Question 13

lyphadenopathy

Answer 13

disorder of the lymph nodes or lymph vessles

Question 14

lymphangitis

Answer 14

inflammation of the lymph vessles

Question 15

lympedema

Answer 15

accumulation of lymphatic fluid, causing swelling, due to obstruction, hyperplasia, or removal of lymphatic vessles

Question 16

lymphocytopenia

Answer 16

decrease in the number of lymphocytes

Question 17

lymphocytosis

Answer 17

increse in the number of lymphocytes

Question 18

mononucleiosis

Answer 18

increase in the number of mononuclear cells due to epstein barr virus

Question 19

adenoidectomy

Answer 19

removal of adenoids

Question 20

biopsy

Answer 20

removal of lymphatic structures for diagnosis and treatment

Question 21

lymphadenectomy

Answer 21

removal of the lymph nodes

Question 22

splenectomy

Answer 22

removal of spleen