Chapter 15 Feed and Protect Me Flashcards
This system encompasses the production and transport of blood through the body
hematologic
___ supplies tissues with oxygen, nutrients and chemicals
Blood
combining form blood
hem/o; hemat/o
suffix formation
-poiesis
formation of blood
hematopoiesis
substance that prevents blood from clotting
anticoagulant
process of blood clotting
coagulation
liquid portion of blood w/o clotting proteins
serum
liquid portion of blood w/ clotting proteins
plasma
combining form fibrin
fibrin/o
combining form clot
thromb/o
mature red blood cells
erythrocyte
combining form red
erythr/o
suffix cell
-cyte
blood protein that transports oxygen
hemoglobin
combining form bone marrow
myel/o
red blood cells are produced in the
bone marrow
a cell that eats
phagocyte
study of blood
hematology
white blood cell
leukocyte
combining form white
leuk/o
A _____ is a cell that contains granules in the cytoplasm, and a _____ does not.
granulocyte; agranulocyte
Types of White Blood Cells
neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, monocytes, lymphocytes
Abbreviation for white blood cells and red blood cells
WBC; RBC
white blood cells are made in the
bone marrow