Chapter 11 - Blood Flashcards
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Simple, soluble protein
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Albumin
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Liquid containing suspended particles
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Colloid
3
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A blood cell
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Corpuscle
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Pertaining to corpuscle
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Corpuscular
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Iron-protein complex that regulates iron storage and transport
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Ferritin
6
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Stringy protein fiber that is component of a blood clot
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Fibrin
7
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Precursor of fibrin in blood-clotting process
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Fibrinogen
8
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Family of blood proteins
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Globulin
9
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Percentage of red blood cells in the blood
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Hematocrit
10
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Medical specialty of disorders of the blood
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Hematology
11
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Specialist in hematology
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Hematologist
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Red pigmented protein that is the main component of red blood cells
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Hemoglobin
13
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Pale in color as in red blood cells when hemoglobin is deficient
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Hypochromic
14
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A standard indicator of measurement
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Index / indices
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Pertaining to a small cell
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Microcytic
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Paleness of the skin
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Pallor
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Fluid, non cellular component of blood
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Plasma
18
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Pertaining to an irregular shaped red blood cell
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Poikilocytic
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Fluid remaining after removal of cells and fibrin clot
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Serum
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Substance with a pH below 7.0
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Acid
21
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Substance with a pH above 7.0
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Alkaline aka base
22
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Decreased number of red blood cells
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Anemia
23
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Suffering from anemia
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Anemic
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Substance that resists a change in pH
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Buffer
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Breakdown product of the skeletal muscle protein creatine
Creatinine
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Another name for a red blood cell
Erythrocyte
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Stability or equilibrium of a system or the body's internal environment
Homeostasis
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The passage of water across a cell membrane
Osmosis
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Insoluble material that settles to the bottom of a liquid
Sediment
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Formation of a sediment
Sedimentation
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Sticky; resistant to flowing
Viscous
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The resistance of a fluid to flow
Viscosity
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Having a hollowed surface on both sides of a structure
Biconcave
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Precursor to red blood cell
Erythroblast
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The formation of red blood cells
Erythropoiesis
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Protein secreted by the kidney that stimulates red blood cell production
Erythropoietin
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Pertaining to the making of red blood cells
Hematopoietic
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The iron based component of hemoglobin that carries oxygen
Heme
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Large white blood cell that Removes bacteria, foreign particles and dead cells
Macrophage
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Hemoglobin in combination with oxygen
Oxyhemoglobin
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Stick together to form clumps
Agglutinate
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Condition in which the bone marrow is unable to produce sufficient red cells white cells and platelets
Aplastic anemia
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Disease caused by the presence of an abnormal hemoglobin in the red blood cells
Hemoglobinopathy
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Destruction of red blood cells so that hemoglobin is liberated
Hemolysis
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Pertaining to the process of destruction of red blood cells
Hemolytic
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Pale in color
Hypochromic
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Decrease below normal levels of oxygen in tissues gases or blood
Hypoxia
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Deficient in oxygen
Hypoxic
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Substances that interfere with each other physiologically
Incompatible
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Large red blood cell
Macrocyte
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Chronic anemia due to lack of vitamin B12
Pernicious anemia
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Chronic disease with bone marrow hyperplasia and increase in number of red blood cells and in blood volume
Polycythemia Vera
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Group of inherited blood disorders that produce of hemolytic anemia and occur in people living around the Mediterranean Sea
Thalassemia
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Granules that attract basic blue stain in the lab
Basophil
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A differential white blood cell count lists percentages of the different leukocytes in a blood sample
Differential
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Granules that attract a rosy red color on staining
Eosinophil
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A white blood cell that contains multiple small granules in its cytoplasm
Granulocyte
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An anticoagulant secreted particularly by liver cells
Heparin
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Another term for white blood cell
Leukocyte
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An excessive number of white blood cells
Leukocytosis
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A deficient number of white blood cells
Leukopenia
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Granules that takes up purple stain equally whether the stain is acid or base
Neutrophil
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A deficiency of neutrophils
Peutropenia
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White blood cell with a multilobed nucleus
Polymorphonuclear
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A white blood cell without any granules in its cytoplasm
Agranulocyte
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Protein produced in response to an antigen
Antibody
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Specific protein evoked by an antigen
Immunoglobulin
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Small white blood cell with a large nucleus
Lymphocyte
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Removal by suction of fluid or gas from a body cavity
Aspiration
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Pertaining to antibodies present during a disease but not directed against the causative agent
Heterophile
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Disease in which the blood is taken over by white blood cells and their precursors
Leukemia
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Pertaining to having the characteristics of leukemia
Leukemic
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Resembling lymphatic tissue
Lymphoid
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Presence of large numbers of mononuclear leukocytes
Mononucleosis
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Detects heterophile antibodies in infectious mononucleosis
Monospot test
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Resembling cells derived from bone marrow
Myeloid
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Deficiency of all types of blood cells
Pancytopenia
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Cell fragment involved in clotting process
Platelet thrombocytes
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Cell of substance formed earlier in the development of the cell or substance
Precursor
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Undifferentiated cell found in a differentiated tissue that can divide to yield the specialized cells in that tissue
Stem cell
81
Substance that prevents clotting
Anticoagulant
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Substance that induces clotting
Coagulant
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The process of blood clotting
Coagulation
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Cell that forms collagen fibers
Fibroblast
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Controlling or stopping bleeding
Hemostasis
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Large cell with large nucleus; parts of the cytoplasm break off to form platelets
Megakaryocyte
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Protein formed by the liver and converted to thrombin in the blood clotting mechanism
Prothrombin
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Enzyme that forms fibrin
Thrombin
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Another name for platelet
Thrombocytes
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A clot attached to a diseased blood vessel or heart lining
Thrombus
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Formation of a thrombus
Thrombosis
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Disorder of blood clotting
Coagulopathy
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Widely scatter throughout the body of an organ
Disseminate
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To ooze out from a vessel into the tissues
Extravasate
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Collection of blood that has escaped from the blood vessels into tissue
Hematoma
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An inherited disease from a deficiency of clotting factor eight
Hemophilia
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Pinpoint capillary hemorrhagic spot in the skin
Petachia
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Skin hemorrhages that are red initially and then turn purple
Purpura
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DNA altered by inserting a new sequence of DNA into the chain
Recombinant DNA
100
An enzyme that dissolves clots
Streptokinase
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Deficiency of platelets in circulating blood
Thrombocytopenia
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Anticoagulant also used as ray poison
Warfarin
103
Process by which cells or other particles adhere to each other to form clumps
Agglutination
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Blood transfusion with the same person as donor and recipient
Autologous
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Introduction intravenously of s substance other than blood
Infusion
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Transfer of blood or a blood component from donor to recipient
Transfusion
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Hemolytic disease of the newborn due to Rh incompatibility
Erythroblastosis / fetalis
108
Antigen on red blood cells of Rh positive individuals
Rhesus factor
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A spherical cell
Spherocyte
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Presence of spherocytes in blood
Spherocytosis
