Chapter 9 - Blood, Lymphatic, And Immune Systems Flashcards
Aden/o
Gland
Agglutin/o
Clumping, gluing
Bas/o
Base (pH)
Blast/o
Embryonic cell
Chrom/o
Color
Eosin/o
Red
Erythr/o
Red
Granul/o
Granule
Hem/o
Blood
Hemat/o
Blood
Immun/o
Immune, immunity, safe
Kary/o
Nucleus
Leuk/o
White
Lymph/o
Lymph
Lymphaden/o
Lymph gland (node)
Lymphangi/o
Lymph vessel
Morph/o
Form, shape, structure
Myel/o
Bone marrow; spinal cord
Neutr/o
Neutral
Nucle/o
Nucleus
Phag/o
Swallowing, eating
Plas/o
Development, formation
Poikil/o
Varied, irregular
Reticul/o
Network
Ser/o
Serum
Sider/o
Iron
Splen/o
Spleen
Thromb/o
Blood clot
Thym/o
Thymus gland
Xen/o
Strange, foreign
-blast
Embryonic cell
-crine
Secrete
-emia
Blood condition
-globin
Protein
-graft
Graft of tissue taken from a donor and given to a recipient
-osis
Abnormal condition; increase (used with blood cells)
-penia
Decrease, deficiency
-Phil
Attraction for
-phoresis
Transmission
-phylaxis
Protection
-poiesis
Formation, production
-stasis
Standing still
A-
Without, not
Allo-
Other
Aniso-
Unequal, dissimilar
Iso-
Equal
macro-
Large
Micro-
Small
Mono-
One
Poly-
Many, much
Disease of a lymph node
Lymphadenopathy
Life-threatening allergic response
Anaphylaxis
Deficiency in RBCs or hemoglobin
Erythropenia
Leukemia that affects granulocytes
Myelogenous
Malignancy associated with HIV
Kaposi sarcoma
Decrease of platelets in the circulatory system
Thrombocytopenia
Anemia caused by distraction of erythrocytes
Hemolytic anemia
Pool of clotted blood in organ or tissue caused by a broken blood vessel
Hematoma