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