Chapter 13- Blood System Flashcards
1
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% of blood that is cells
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45
2
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% of blood that is plasma
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55
3
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color
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chrom/o
4
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clotting
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coagul/o
5
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blood
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hem/o ; hemat/o
6
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bone marrow
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myel/o
7
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varied/ irregular
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poikil/o
8
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all of the cells are different sizes
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poikilocytosis
9
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iron
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sider/o
10
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round, globe
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spher/o
11
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patient’s RBC are round
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spherocytosis
12
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clot
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thromb/o
13
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removal. carrying away
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-apheresis
14
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immature cell/ precursor
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-blast
15
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abnormal condition
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-cytosis
16
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protein
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-globin ; -globulin
17
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pertaining to the destruction of
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-lytic
18
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deficiency
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-penia
19
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attraction for
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-philia
20
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carrying transmission
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-phoresis
21
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putting electricity into the cell
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electrophoresis
22
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protein that stimulates the growth of WBC, given to cancer patients to stimulate WBC
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CSF (colony stimulating factor)
23
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method of separating serum proteins by electrical charge
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electrophoresis
24
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removal of plasma from blood by centrifuge, collected cells are transfused into the donor
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plasmapheresis
25
deficiency in erythrocytes or hemoglobin
anemia
26
life span of erythrocytes
120 days
27
most common type of anemia
iron deficiency
28
bone marrow fails to produce adequate numbers of peripheral blood elements
lack of RBC, WBC, and platelets
excess bleeding, tachycardic, dizzy
pallor
immunosuppression and bone marrow transplant
Aplastic anemia
29
general term of many anemias in which the RBCs have a shortened life
generally feel unwell, jaundice, splenomegaly, hemoglobinuria, reticulocytosis, prostration
hemolytic anemia
30
most hemolysis occurs in the
spleen
31
all cell types are lost
pancytopenia
32
blood group incompatibility between mother and baby
hemolytic disease of the newborn
33
two abnormal RBC membranes
hereditary spherocytosis and elliptocytosis
34
spherical RBC
spherocytosis
35
megoloblastic anemia, lack of intrinsic factor from parietal cells in gastric mucosa. can't absorb B12, RBC cant mature, irreversible damage to nerves
pernicious anemia
36
pallor, glossitis, anorexia, ataxia, decreased sense of vibration and position, dementia, neuropsychiatric changes
pernicious anemia
37
megaloblastic anemia, deficiency of folic acid
folic acid deficiency anemia
38
dietary insufficiency, medications, malabsorption, overall feeling crappy
folic acid deficiency anemia
39
hypochromic, microcytic, anisocytosis, caused by underlying condition
iron deficiency anemia
40
cells are all different sizes
anisocytosis
41
fatigue, tachycardia, pallor, brittle nails, ice pica, smooth tongue, cheilosis
iron deficiency anemia
42
abnormal craving for something that isn't food
pica
43
inherited hemoglobinopathy, painful, crescent shaped RBC, recessive
sickle cell anemia
44
hypoxia, high altitude, acidosis, infections, dehydration
affect sickle cell anemia
45
jaundice, splenomegaly --> hyposplenism, pain, cardiomegaly, priapism,
sickle cell anemia
46
group of inherited disorders that effect synthesis of hemoglobin, hypochromic, microcytic RBC
thalassemia
47
Thalassemia prone in
Mediterranean, Middle east, southeast asia
48
excessive iron deposits throughout body, elevated liver functions, hepatomegaly, bronze hue, diabetes, cardiac failure, treatment by phlebotomy
hemachromatosis
49
general increase in RBC, hyperviscosity, phelebotomy or myelotoxic drugs as treatment
polycythemia vera
50
increase in RBC
erythremia
51
headaches, tinnitus, vertigo, epistaxis, bruising, upper GI bleed,sweating, spleno and hepatomegaly, bone tenderness
Polycythemia vera
52
inherited bleeding disorder secondary to clotting factor deficiency, easy bruising, hemorrhages, hemarthrosis
hemophilia
53
more common, not as severe as hemophilia, women who have had many miscarriages
Von WIllebrand's disease
54
Christmas Disease
Hemophilia B
55
bleeding under the skin, bigger than petichiae, multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of blood under the skin
purpura
56
large bluish bruise
ecchymosis
57
small pinpoint bruises
petichiae
58
decrease in platelets after infection, <100,000
ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura)
59
immature blood cells in the bone marrow and peripheral circulation producing neoplastic disorders, "blood cancer"
leukemia
60
lymphocytes predominate in leukemia
lymphocytic
61
myelocytes predominate in leukemia
myelogenous
62
chronic lymphocytic leukemia occurs in
older patients
63
acute lymphoplastic leukemia occurs in
childhood
64
diagnostic for chronic myelogenous leukemia
Philadelphia chromosome
65
bleeding, infection, gingival hypertrophy, joint pain, dyspnea, pallor, purpura, petechiae, stamtitis, lymphadenopathy
leukemia
66
leukemia treatment
bone marrow transplant
67
abnormal increase in granulocytes in blood, related to infectons
granulocytosis
68
caused by EBV, transmitted through saliva, long uncubation period,order antibody test, maculopapular rash, splenomegaly, very tired
mononucleosis
69
malignant tumor of the bone, malignancy of plasma cells, monoclonal protein in serum or urine, bone/spinal pain, pathologic fracture in 1/3, bleeding of nose and gums,
multiple myeloma
70
protein found in bones in multiple myeloma
benz jones protein
71
test detects antigen-antibody complexes on RBC membrane in vivo
antiglobulin test/ coomb's test
72
measures the primary phase of hemostasis, checks for platelet function,best single screening test for platelet function
bleeding time
73
normal bleeding time
<8 minutes
74
time required for venous blood to clot in a test tube
coagulation time
75
normal coagulation time
<15 minutes
76
sedimentation occurs when the erythrocytes clump or aggregate together in a column like manner
rouleaux formation
77
another more expensive, more specific test, measuring sed rate that indicatesd if there's an inflammation reaction going on
CRP (C reactive protein)
78
rate at which erythrocytes settle out of anticoagulated blood in 1 hour
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
79
percentage of RBC that goes hand in hand with hemoglobin, written in percentage
hematocrit (Hct)
80
hematocrit measure's RBCs ___
mass
81
main component of erythrocytes, vehicle of transportation for O2 and CO2,
hemoglobin
82
very variable, "high swing zone" in this cell measurement
platelet count
83
one-stage clotting test screening for coagulation disorders, detects deficiencies of intrinsic thromboplastin system, end stage liver disease, used to monitor heparin
platelet thromboplastin time, PTT
84
tests ability of blood to clot, protein produced in the liver for clotting of blood, depends on K,used to evaluate Heparin and Coumadin
Prothrombin time
85
determines the total number of RBC in a _____ of blood
microliter, cubic millimeter
86
examines different variations, abnormalities, size, shape, structure, Hb content, staining
RBC morphology
87
define the size and Hb content of RBC and consist of
RBC indicies
mean corpuscular volume
mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
mean corpuscular hemoglobin
88
individual cell size is best index for classifying anemias, expresses volume occupied by a single erythrocyte and measure in cubic micrometers,
MCV (mean corpuscular volume)
89
measurement of WBC in mm3, useful to severity of disease
WBC count
90
increase in one type of leukocyte
Leukocytosis . 11,000
91
less than 4000 WBC
leukopenia
92
increase in immature cells, significant infection or leukemia,
left shift
