Chapter 10 Blood/immunity Flashcards
Types of immunity
Non-specific (inborn)
Specific (acquired)
Natural ( active: contact with a disease / passive: placenta, mothers milk )
Artificial ( active: vaccine / passive: immune serum )
Albumin
Simple protein found in blood plasma
B cell
Lymphocyte that matures in lymphoid tissue , produces antibodies; B lymphocyte
Immature neutrophil in a shape of a band .
Band cell
Granular leukocyte that stains with basic dyes
Basophil
Blood clotting
Coagulation
Substances thAt Separates charged particles ( ions ) in a solution
Electrolytes
Red blood cells
Erythrocytes
Protein that form a clot
Fibrin
Stoppage of bleeding
Hemostasis
Hormone produced in kidneys, stimulates red blood cell production
Erythropoietin ( EPO)
Cells develop in bone marrow, mature in the thymus
T-Cells
Inactive precursor of fibrin
Fibrinogen
White blood cell that has visible granules in its cytoplasm
Granulocyte
Allergies
Autoimmune disease
Transplant rejection
AIDS
What kind of imbalance?
Hemostatic imbalance
- emia
- hemia
Suffix for blood meaning
Condition of blood
Decrease in
Deficiency of
- penia
Formation
Production
- poiesis
Myel/o
Bone marrow
Enlarged/engulfed of foreign material of white blood cells
Phagocytosis
Liquid portion of the blood
Plasma
Mature form of B cells produce antibodie
Plasma cell
A type of cell Produces antigens for T cells
Macrophage
Roots for blood chemistry
Nitrogenous compounds
Azot/o
