Chapter 13 Flashcards
Blood System
bas/o
base, opposite of acid
chrom/o
color
coagul/o
coagulation (clotting)
cyt/o
cell
eosin/o
red, rosy, dawn-colored
erythr/o
red
granul/o
granule(s)
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
is/o
same, equal
kary/o
nucleus
leuk/o
white
mon/o
one, single
morph/o
shape, form
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
neutr/o
neither, neutral, neutrophil
nucle/o
nucleus
phag/o
eat, swallow
poikil/o
varied, irregular
sider/o
iron
spher/o
globe-shaped, round
thromb/o
clot
-apheresis
removal
-blast
embryonic, immature cell
-cytosis
condition of cells, slight increase in numbers
-emia
blood condition
-globin
protein
-globulin
protein
-lytic
reducing, destroying, separating, breakdown
-oid
resembling, derived from
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-penia
deficiency
-phage
eat, swallow
-philia
attraction for
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-poiesis
formation
-stasis
stopping, controlling, placing
a-, an-
no, not, without
anti-
against
hypo-
below, deficient, under, less than normal
macro-
large
mega-
large
micro-
small
mono-
one
pan-
all
poly-
many, much
eosinophilia
attraction for red
pancytopenia
deficiency of cells all
apheresis
separation of blood into component parts and removal of select portion from blood
remission
send back
palliative
treating symptoms but not curing disease
relapse
disease symptoms reappear, necessitating further treatment
Hgb
hemoglobin: blood protein that helps transport oxygen to body tissues
PT/PTT
prothrombin time/partial thromboplastin time: test of the ability of blood to clot/clotting factors
Ht/Hct
hematocrit: percentage of red blood cells in a volume of blood
platelet count
determines number of clotting cells per mm^3 or uL of blood
coagulation time
time required for veinous blood to clot in a test tube
antiglobulin (Coombs) test
test for presence of antibodies that coat and damage erythrocytes
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
peripheral stem cells from a compatible donor are infused into a recipient’s vein to repopulate the bone marrow
bleeding time
time required for blood to stop flowing from a small puncture would
bone marrow biopsy
microscopic examination of a core of bone marrow removed with a needle