Chapter 17

Question 1

Antibody

Answer 1

Plasma protein produced by B-lymphocytes that destroys or inactivates a specific substance (anitgen) that has entered the body

Question 2

Antigen

Answer 2

substance usually a protein fragment, that causes an immune response

Question 3

Basophil

Answer 3

white blood cell that stains readlily with basic (alkaline) dyes

Question 4

Diapedesis

Answer 4

passage of any formed elements within blood through the vessel wall, as in movement of whit cells into an area of injury and infection

Question 5

Eosinophil

Answer 5

white blood cell, readily stained by eosin (a reddish acid dye), that attacks large parasites that regullate varous metabolic pathways of the body

Question 6

Erythrocyte

Answer 6

red blood cell

Question 7

Erythropoiesis

Answer 7

process of red blood cell formation

Question 8

Formed Elements

Answer 8

any of the cells of the blood tissue: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in blood