Chapter 8

Question 1

Route for tonsils

Answer 1

Tonsill/o

Question 2

Swelling caused by abnormal accumulation of lymph, usually in the extremities

Answer 2

Lymphedema

Question 3

Pain in the spleen (2)

Answer 3

Splenalgia, splenodynia

Question 4

Formation of blood cells

Answer 4

Hematopoiesis

Question 5

Breakdown of blood cells

Answer 5

Hemolysis

Question 6

Deficiency in neutrophil

Answer 6

Neutropenia

Question 7

Normal sized red blood cells

Answer 7

Normocyte

Question 8

Deficiency in the number of red blood cells

Answer 8

Oligocythemia

Question 9

Deficiency and all cellular components of the blood

Answer 9

Pancytopenia

Question 10

Process in which phagocytes destroy a foreign micro organisms or sell debris

Answer 10

Phagocytosis

Question 11

Condition characterized by red blood cells in a variety of shapes

Answer 11

Poikilocytosis

Question 12

Excess of red blood cells

Answer 12

Polycythemia

Question 13

Enlargement of the liver and spleen

Answer 13

Hepatopsplenomegaly

Question 14

Enlargement of the spleen

Answer 14

Splenomegaly

Question 15

Over development of the thymus

Answer 15

Thymic hyperplasia

Question 16

Substance produced by the body in response to an antigen

Answer 16

Antibody

Question 17

Substance that causes the body to produce antibodies

Answer 17

Antigen

Question 18

Protein that provides protection against disease

Answer 18

Immunoglobulin

Question 19

Study of the immune system

Answer 19

Immunology

Question 20

Specialist in the study of the immune system

Answer 20

Immunologist

Question 21

Record of the study of lymph vessels

Answer 21

Lymphangiogram

Question 22

Having an immune system incapable of responding normally and completely to a pathogen or disease

Answer 22

Immunocompromised

Question 23

Immune system with decreased or compromise response to disease causing organisms

Answer 23

Immunodeficiency

Question 24

Reduction in the activity of the bodies immune system

Answer 24

Immunosuppression

Question 25

Excessive billirubin in the blood

Answer 25

Hyperbilirubinemia

Question 26

Presence of disease causing microorganisms in the blood

Answer 26

Septicemia

Question 27

Inflammation of the spleen

Answer 27

Splenitis

Question 28

Any disease of the spleen

Answer 28

Splenopathy

Question 29

Rupture of the spleen

Answer 29

Splenorrhexis

Question 30

Drug that prevents the coagulation of blood

Answer 30

Anticoagulant

Question 31

Drug that stops the flow of blood

Answer 31

Hemostatic

Question 32

Drug that breaks down blood clots

Answer 32

Thrombolytic