Hematopoietic system Flashcards

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Medical specialty that studies blood, blood forming organs and blood related diseases

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Hematology

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2
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The study of the structure of organisms

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Morphology

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3
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Erythrocyte

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Red blood cells

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4
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Immature red blood cells

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Reticulocytes

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5
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Condition where there are more immature blood cells in the blood stream than normal

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Polychromasia

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6
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Red blood cells that are of different sizes

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Anisocytosis

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Not having enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the body tissues.

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Anemia

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Lower than normal number of red and white blood cells and platelets in the blood

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Pancytopenia

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9
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White blood cells

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Leukocyte

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Condition where the body doesn’t have enough disease-fighting leukocytes in the blood

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Leukopenia

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11
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Lower than normal levels of neutrophils in your blood

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Neutropenia

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12
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Clumping of particles together

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Agglutination

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13
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Term used to describe the appearance of cells, tissue, or cellular structures that will stain with basic dyes

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Basophilic

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14
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When your body produces too many eosinophils

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Eosinophilia

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15
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An increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood

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Lymphocytosis

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16
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Abnormally high number of monocytes in the blood

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Monocytosis

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17
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A type of immune cell that has granules with enzymes that are released during infections, allergic reactions and asthma

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Polymorphonuclear

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18
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Another term for platelet

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Thrombocyte

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19
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Bodys natural process to stop bleeding and repair damaged blood vessels

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Hemostasis

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20
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Blood clot

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Thrombus

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Type of white blood cell that engulfs and destroys foreign substances.

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Phagocyte

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Type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms, removes dead cells and stimulates the action of other immune system cells

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Macrophage

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Medications that prevent blood clots from forming in the bloodstream

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Anticoagulant

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The destruction of red blood cells

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Hemolysis

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Clumps of red blood cells that look like stacked plates

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Rouleaux

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Term for bleeding, usually excessive, from a damaged blood vessel

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Hemorrhage

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Collection of blood that pools outside of a blood vessel usually caused by an injury or surgery

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Hematoma

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Blood test that measures the percentage of red blood cells in your blood, relative to the total volume of your blood

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Hematocrit

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Large cell that has a lobulated nucleus, is usually found in the bone marrow and is the source of blood platelets

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Megakaryocyte

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Increase in abnormal red blood cells of any shape that makes up 10% or more of the total population

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Poikilocytosis

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Lower than-normal levels of protein in the body

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Hypoproteinemia

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The presence of excessive amounts of lipid particles in the blood

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Lipemia

33
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Broad term for cancers of the blood cells

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Leukemia

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Too much bilirubin in the blood, causing yellowing of the skin and eyes

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Bilirubinemia

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Pertaining to the yellowing of the skin and eyes

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Icteric

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Cell that is the earliest precursor in the development of a normoblast or a nucleated red blood cell

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Rubriblast

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A basophilic normoblast that is a smaller version of a proerythroblast and lacks a nucleolus

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Prorubicyte

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An immature red blood cell with a nucleus and cytoplasm that stains blue, gray or purplish.

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Rubricyte

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Nucleated red blood cell that is in the final stage of maturation before becoming an erythrocyte

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Metarubicyte

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Young white blood cells develop in the bone marrow and are precursors to neutrophils.

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Myelocyte

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Immature white blood cells that are normally found in the bone marrow

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Metamyelocyte

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Protein made by the liver

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Prothrombin

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Protein produced in the liver that helps form blood clots to stop the bleeding and heal wounds

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Fibrinogen

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A red blood cell that is spherical and smaller than normal red blood cells

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Spherocyte

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Red blood cells with a distinctive cup or bowl shape and central slit or “mouth-like” area.

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Stomacytes

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Cells in the cornea that play a key role in maintaining corneal transparency and visual function

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Keratocyte

47
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Red blood cells with an abnormal membrane that has many small evenly spaced thorny projections

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Echinocytes

48
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An abnormal red blood cell with a spiked membrane also known as a spur cell

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Acanthocyte

49
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Fragmented part of a red blood cell

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Schizocyte