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Chapter 15 Flashcards

1
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The hematologic system is the

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Encompasses the production and transport of blood
 Blood supplies body tissues with oxygen, nutrients, and various chemicals.
 Blood also transports waste products to the appropriate waste system

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Combining form for blood

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Hem/o and hemat/o

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Liquid portion of blood is called

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Serum when the clotting factor is removed
Plasma when the clotting factors are present

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Plasma does what

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Straw-colored fluid portion of blood that transports nutrients, hormones, waste products

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Erythrocytes

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RBC
Mature red blood cells that carry oxygen

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Leukocytes

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White blood cells that fight disease

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Thrombocytes

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nucleated clotting cells

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Platelets

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anucleated clotting cells

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Anemia

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Blood condition of less-than-normal levels of red blood cells and / or hemoglobin

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Edema

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Accumulation of fluid in the intercellular space

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Hemorrhage

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Loss of blood, usually in a short time

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Hemostasis

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Controlling bleeding

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13
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Hyperemia

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Excess blood in a part; engorgement

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Hypophosphatemia

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 Lower than normal concentration of phosphates in the blood

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15
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Leukemia

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Elevation in number of malignant white blood cells

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Polycythemia

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Condition of many cells; clinically means excessive erythrocytes

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Lymphatic system functions as

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functions as part of the immune system, returns excess lymph to blood, and absorbs fat and fat-soluble
vitamins.

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18
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Tonsils are

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masses of lymphatic tissue that protect the nose
and upper throat

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19
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Combining form for tonsil

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tonsill/o

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20
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combining form for spleen

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splen/o

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21
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Spleen is

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mass of lymphatic tissue in cranial abdomen that filters blood

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22
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The immune system function

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Protect the body from harmful substances

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Immun/o means

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Protected

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Antigen

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substance the body regards as foreign

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Antibody

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a disease-fighting protein produced by the body in response to a specific antigen

26
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Anaphylaxis

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Severe response to a foreign substance

27
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Splenomegaly

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Enlargement of the spleen

28
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Oncology

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Study of cancer

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Tumor combining form

29
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Malignant

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benign

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Nonmalignant

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Neoplasm

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any abnormal new growth of tissue in which the multiplication of cells is uncontrolled and progressive

32
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Metastasis

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pathogenic growth distant from the primary disease site
 Literally “beyond control”

33
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Lymphoma

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Neoplasm composed of lymphoid tissue

34
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Osteosarcoma

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Malignant neoplasm composed of bone

35
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Innate immunity

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Immunity determined by the genetic makeup of an individual

36
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Opportunistic

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Able to cause disease when disease would normally not occur

37
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Titer

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Quantity of a substance required to react with a given amount of another substance

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Pokilocytosis

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condition of irregular cells

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ansocytosis

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condition of unequal size

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Basopenia

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deficiency in the number of basophils in blood

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basophilia

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elevation in the number of basophils in blood

42
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dyscrais

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abnormal condition of blood

43
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eosinopenia

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deficiency in the number of eosinophils in the blood

44
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Exudate

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fluid that leaks out of blood vessels into nearby tissues.

45
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Hemolytic

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removing and destroying RBC

46
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hemophelia

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hereditary condition of difficent blood coagulation

47
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Icteric serum

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serum that has a yellow pigmentation that suggests hyperbilirubinemia

48
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left shift

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common term for an alteration in the distribution of WBC in which there in increases banded neutrophils

49
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Adenocarcinoma

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malignant growth of epithelial glandular tissue

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blastoma

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neoplasm composed of immature undifferentiated cells

51
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hemangioma

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benign neoplasm of newly formed blood vessels

52
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myxoma

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tumor of connective tissue

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neuroblastoma

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malignant neoplasm of nervous tissue

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CMI

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Cell mediated immunity

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DIC

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Disseminated intravascular coagulation

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EDTA

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Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

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H & E

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Hematoxylin and eosin stain

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PMN

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polymorphonuclear leukocyte

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FNA

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fine needle aspiration

60
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LSA

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lymphosarcoma

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SCC

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squamous cell carcinoma

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