exam 2 review

Question 1

hypoxemia

Answer 1

low levels of O2 in the blood

Question 2

hemolysis

Answer 2

RBC’s rupture

Question 3

Polycythemia

Answer 3

an excess of RBCs

Question 4

Leukopenia

Answer 4

low WBC count

Question 5

Leukocytosis

Answer 5

high WBC count

Question 6

Hemostasis

Answer 6

Blood clotting; the cessation of bleeding

Question 7

Fibrinolysis

Answer 7

dissolution of a clot

Question 8

Hemophilia

Answer 8

family of hereditary diseases characterized by deficiencies of one factor or another

Question 9

Hematomas

Answer 9

masses of clotted blood in the tissues

Question 10

Thrombosis

Answer 10

abnormal clotting in unbroken vessel

Question 11

Embolus

Answer 11

anything that can travel in the blood and block blood vessels

Question 12

Tissue hypoxia

Answer 12

not enough O2 in tissues

Question 13

necrosis

Answer 13

death of cells in tissues

Question 14

Hemorrhagic anemias from bleeding

Answer 14

loss of red blood cells exceeds production of new red blood cells.

Question 15

Hemolytic anemias from RBC destruction

Answer 15

disorder in which red blood cells are destroyed faster than they can be made

Question 16

Aneurysm

Answer 16

weak point in artery or heart wall

Question 17

Anastomosis

Answer 17

convergence point between two vessels other than capillaries

Question 18

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 18

stiffening of arteries due to deterioration of elastic tissues of artery walls

Question 19

Atherosclerosis

Answer 19

build up of lipid deposits that become plaques

Question 20

Edema

Answer 20

accumulation of excess fluid in a tissue

Question 21

ischemia

Answer 21

condition in which blood flow (and thus oxygen) is restricted or reduced in a part of the body.

Question 22

Stroke, or cerebral vascular accident (CVA)

Answer 22

Sudden death of brain tissue caused by ischemia

Question 23

agglutinins

Answer 23

Antibodies

Question 24

agglutinogens

Answer 24

RBC antigens