Ch 9 Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems

Question 1

protective protein produced by B lymphocytes in response to presence of a foreign substance called an antigen

Answer 1

antibody

Question 2

substance recognized as harmful to the host and stimulates formation of antibodies in an immunocompetent individual

Answer 2

antigen

Question 3

substances derived from the breakdown of hemoglobin, produced by the liver, and excreted in the form of bile

Answer 3

bile pigments

Question 4

chemical substances produced by certain cells that initiate, inhibit, increase, or decrease activity in other cells

Answer 4

cytokines

Question 5

all body fluids found outside cells, including interstitial fluid, plasma, lymph, and cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 5

extracellular fluid

Question 6

specialized lymphocytes that kill abnormal cells by releasing chemicals that destroy the cell membrane causing its intercellular fluids to leak out

Answer 6

natural killer cells

Question 7

blast/o

Answer 7

embryonic cell

Question 8

chrom/o

Answer 8

color

Question 9

eosin/o

Answer 9

dawn (rose-colored)

Question 10

kary/o

Answer 10

nucleus

Question 11

lymphaden/o

Answer 11

lymph gland

Question 12

lymphangi/o

Answer 12

lymph vessel

Question 13

myel/o

Answer 13

bone marrow; spinal cord

Question 14

plas/o

Answer 14

formation, growth

Question 15

poikil/o

Answer 15

varied, irregular

Question 16

reticul/o

Answer 16

net, mesh

Question 17

sider/o

Answer 17

iron

Question 18

thym/o

Answer 18

thymus gland

Question 19

-blast

Answer 19

embryonic cell

Question 20

-globin

Answer 20

protein

Question 21

-phoresis

Answer 21

carrying, transmission

Question 22

-phylaxis

Answer 22

protection

Question 23

-poiesis

Answer 23

formation, production

Question 24

allo

Answer 24

other, differing from the normal

Question 25

aniso

Answer 25

unequal, dissimilar

Question 26

iso

Answer 26

same, equal

Question 27

condition of marked variation in the size of erythrocytes when observed on a blood smear

Answer 27

anisocytosis

Question 28

destruction of a transplanted organ or tissue by the recipient’s immune system

Answer 28

graft rejection

Question 29

condition that occurs following bone marrow transplant in which the immune cells in the transplanted marrow produce antibodies against the host’s tissues

Answer 29

graft-versus-host disease

Question 30

destruction of RBCs with a release of hemoglobin that diffuses into the surrounding fluid

Answer 30

hemolysis

Question 31

serious, life-threatening bloodstream infection that may arise from other infections throughout the body, such as pneumonia, UTI, meningitis, or infections of the bone or GI tract; also called blood poisoning

Answer 31

septicemia

Question 32

test that enumerates the distribution of WBCs in a stained blood smear by counting the different kinds of WBCs and reporting each as a percentage of the total examined

Answer 32

differential count

Question 33

measurement of the distance RBCs settle to the bottom of a test tube under standardized condition

Answer 33

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Question 34

measurement of the percentage of RBCs in a whole blood sample

Answer 34

hematocrit

Question 35

test that measures the length of time it takes blood to clot

Answer 35

partial thromboplastin time PTT

Question 36

test that measures the time it takes for the plasma portion of blood to clot

Answer 36

prothrombin time (PT)

Question 37

mathematical calculation of the size, volume, and concentration of hemoglobin for an RBC

Answer 37

red blood cell indices

Question 38

test used to assess the absorption of radioactive vitamin B12 by the digestive system

Answer 38

Schilling test

Question 39

neutralize fibrinolytic chemicals in the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose, and urinary tract to prevent the breakdown of blood clots

Answer 39

antifibrinolytics