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Chapter 9 - Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems Flashcards

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aden/o

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gland

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agglutin/o

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clumping, gluing

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bas/o

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base (alkaline, opposite of acid)

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blast/o

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embryonic cell

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chrom/o

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color

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eosin/o

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dawn (rose-colored)

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erythr/o

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red

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granul/o

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granule

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hem/o

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blood

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hemat/o

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blood

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immun/o

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immune, ummunity, safe

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kary/o

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nucleus

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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leuk/o

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white

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lymphaden/o

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lymph gland (node)

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lymph/o

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lymph

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lymphangi/o

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lymph vessel

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morph/o

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form, shape, structure

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myel/o

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bone marrow; spinal cord

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neutr/o

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neutral, neither

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phag/o

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swallowing, eating

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plas/o

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formation, growth

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poikil/o

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varied, irregular

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reticul/

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net, mesh

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ser/o

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serum

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sider/o

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iron

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splen/o

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spleen

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thromb/o

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blood clot

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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xen/o

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foreign, strange

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-blast

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embryonic cell

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-globin

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protein

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-graft

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transplantation

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-osis

A

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-penia

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decrease, deficiency

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-phil

A

attraction for

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-phoresis

A

carrying, transmission

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-phylaxis

A

protection

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-poiesis

A

formation, production

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-stasis

A

standing still

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a-

A

without, not

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allo-

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other, differing from the normal

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aniso-

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unequal, dissimiliar

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iso-

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same, equal

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AB, Ab, ab

A

antibody, abortion

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A, B, AB,O

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blood types in ABO blood

group

48
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AIDS

A

acquired immune deficiency

syndrome

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ALL

A

acute lymphocytic leukemia

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AML

A

acute lymphocytic leukemia

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APC

A

Antigen-presenting cell

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APTT

A

activated partial thromboplastin time

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baso

A

basophil (type of white blood cell)

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CBC

A

complete blood count

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CLL

A

chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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CML

A

chronic myelogenous leukemia

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diff

A

differential count (white blood cells)

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MCHC

A

mean cell hemoglobin concentration (average concentration of hemoglobin in a single
red cell)

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MCV

A

mean cell volume (average volume or size of a single red blood cell)

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NK cell

A

natural killer cell

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PA

A

posteroanterior; pernicious anemia; pulmonary artery

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PCP

A

Pneumocystis pneumonia; primary care physician; phencyclidine (hallucinogen)

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PCV

A

packed cell volume

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poly, PMN, PMNL

A

polymorphonuclear leukocyte

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EBV

A

Epstein-Barr virus

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eos

A

eosinophil (type of white blood cell)

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ESR

A

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

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Hb, Hgb

A

hemoglobin

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HCT, Hct

A

hematocrit

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HDN

A

hemolytic disease of the newborn

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HIV

A

human immunodeficiency virus

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Igs

A

immunoglobulins

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ITP

A

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

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lymphos

A

lymphocytes

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MCH

A

mean cell hemoglobin (average amount of hemoglobin per cell)

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PT

A

prothrombin time, physical therapy

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PTT

A

partial thromboplastin time

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RA

A

right atrium; rheumatoid arthritis

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RBC, rbc

A

red blood cell

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sed

A

sedimentation

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segs

A

segmented neutrophils

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SLE

A

systemic lupus erythematosus

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WBC, wbc

A

white blood cell

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