Chapter 11 Blood and Immunity Flashcards
What does the suffix -emia, -hemia mean?
Condition of blood
What does the suffix -penia mean?
decrease in deficiency of
What does the suffix -poiesis mean?
formation, production
What does the root myel/o mean?
Bone marrow
What does the root hem/o hemat/o mean?
Blood
What does the root erythr/o, eryhtrocyt/o mean?
red blood cell
What does the root Leuk/o Leukocyt/o mean?
white blood cell
What does the root lymph/o lymphocy/o mean?
lympocyte
What does the root throm/o mean?
Blood clot
What does the root Thrombocyt/o mean?
Platelet, thrombocyte
What does the root immun/o mean?
Immunity, immune system
What does the root Azot/o mean?
Nitrogenous compounds
What does the root calc/o mean?
Calcium
What does the root ferr/o mean?
Iron
What does the root sider/o mean?
iron
What does the root Kali mean?
Potassium
What does the root natri mean?
Sodium
What does the root Ox/y mean?
oxygen
dissolved salts are found in body fluids are what?
Electrolytes
Albumin is what?
A simple protein found in plasma
The formed elements in blood are what?
Cells
The main function of electrolytes is to do what?
Carry oxygen
Red cells are made in the what?
Heart
Erythropoietin is a what?
Hormone that stimulates red cell production
The pigment that carries oxygen in red cells is what?
Hemoglobin
Lymphocytes and monocytes are what?
Agranular leukocytes
The most numerous leukocytes are what?
Neutrophils
The prevention of blood loss is what?
Hemostasis
Serum is what?
Liquid that remains after blood has clotted
The substance that forms a blood clot is what?
Fibrin
A platelet is also called what?
Thrombocyte
Which of the following is not a blood type in the ABO system?
Type AO
Which of the following is true of people with type B blood?
Their blood will agglutinate with anti- B serum
An antigen is what?
A foreign substance that stimulates immunity
Macrophages are descendants of what?
Monocytes
Which of the following are examples of antigen presenting cells?
Macrophages and dendritic cells
The skin, mucus, cilia, and lymph nodes are components of what?
Innate immunity
Cytopenia is what?
A deficiency of cells
Erythropoiesis is what?
Formation of red blood cells
Hypoproteinemia is what?
A lack of protein in the blood
A leukoblast is what?
Mature white blood cell
The term myelogenous means what?
originating in blood marrow
Immunity acquired by contact with a disease organism is described as what?
adaptive
A hemocytometer is what?
A device for counting blood cells