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Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION TO HEMATOLOGY Flashcards

1
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Cell

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Cyt
-cyte

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Pertaining to blood

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hemo- / hemato

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3
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Without, absent, decreased

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a- / an-

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4
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Abnormal, Difficult, Bad

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dys

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5
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Red

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erythro

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White

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Leuk(o)-

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7
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Under/decreased

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hypo

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Equal; same

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iso

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Above

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hyper

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Unequal, Dissimilar

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aniso-

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Varied, Irregular

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Poikilo-

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Large/Long;

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Macro- ;

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Small

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Micro

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Many

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Poly-

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15
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All, Overall

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Pan-

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16
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After, Next;

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Meta-

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17
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Vein

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Phleb-

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18
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From BM; spinal cord

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Myel(o)-

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19
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Split

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Schis-

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20
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Clot, Thrombus

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Thromb(o)-

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21
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Iron

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ferr-

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22
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Hard

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Scler-

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23
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Blood

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-emia

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24
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Decreased, Deficiency

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-penia

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25
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Destruction, Dissolving

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-lysis

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26
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Swelling; Tumor

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-oma

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Disease

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Abnormal Increase;

29
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Inflammation

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Attracted to, Affinity for

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Cell production or repair

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-plasia /
-plastic

32
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Cell production, formation & development

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Stimulates production

34
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Nutritive fluid that circulates in the vascular system

35
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FUNCTIONS of blood:

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  1. Transport
  2. Buffering action
  3. Maintenance of constant body temperature
  4. Defense
36
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Transport of:
(?) to facilitate gas exchange (O2 and CO2)
(?) to tissues where they will be metabolized or assimilated
(?) to the excretory organs
(?) that regulate cell functions

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gases
products of digestion
waste products of catabolism
hormones and other endocrine secretions

37
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Blood assists in the preservation of an almost neutral reaction in the tissues

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Buffering action

38
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Helps maintain normal water balance and fluid distribution

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Buffering action

39
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Circulating blood minimizes variations in local temperature

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Maintenance of constant body temperature

40
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Phagocytosis

41
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Blood contains proteolytic enzymes and antibodies that help destroy foreign bodies.

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Color:

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Normally red as imparted by hemoglobin.

43
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Viscosity:

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3 - 5 x more viscous than water

44
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Circulates in

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liquid state

45
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Coagulates between (?) after removal from the body

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5 10 minutes

46
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pH:

47
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Sp. Gravity (whole blood):
(Serum: )
(RBC: )

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1.048 1.066
1.026 1.031
1.092 1.095

48
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Volume: ([?] of total body wt)
Males :
Females:

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5 6 liters; 7 - 8%
76 ml/kg body wt
68 ml/kg body wt

49
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Liquid Portion: Plasma or Serum: (?) of the total blood volume

50
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Liquid Portion

by weight is water

51
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Liquid Portion

by weight includes plasma proteins and other substances like vitamins, carbohydrates, etc.

52
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Plasma proteins

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albumin
globulin
fibrinogen

53
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4% (helps maintain osmotic pressure)

54
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2.7%

55
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globulins

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alpha globulins
beta globulin
gamma globulin

56
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0.3%

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fibrinogen

57
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Liquid portion of an unclotted blood

58
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Liquid portion of clotted blood.

59
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45% of the of the total blood volume

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Solid Portion

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Solid Portion:

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RBC (erythrocytes, erythroplastids, normocytes)
WBC (leukocytes; leukoplastids)
Platelets (thrombocytes; thromboplastids)

61
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: small refractive colorless particles in the blood that are probably granules from blood cells or minute fat globules.

62
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Portion where exchange between O2 and CO2 for normal respiration occurs.

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Gaseous Portion

63
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Giant

64
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Change

65
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Disease

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