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Lymphatic disease Flashcards

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without blood

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Anemia

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Red bone marrow fails to produce sufficient numbers of normal blood cells

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Aplastic anemia

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lack of available iron, resulting in the bodies inability to make adequate amounts of hemoglobin

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Iron deficiency anemia

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The hemoglobin is defective within cells, resulting in “ misshapen” red blood cells that cause obstructions in blood vessels

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Sickle cell anemia

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Failure to acquire vitamin B12 into the bloodstream for its delivery to red bone marrow

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Pernicious anemia

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is both the transport system and barracks of your immune system

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Lymphatic

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important part of the lymphatic system

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Lymph

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tubes that form a network around the cells of connective tissues

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Lymph Capillaries

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Noted inside the lymph capillaries

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Lymphatic fluid

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Lymph capillaries empty into these vessels, which are structurally similar to veins

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Lymphatic vessels

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section of lymphatic tissue containing white blood cells

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Lymph Nodes

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General field of medicine focusing on blood related diseases

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Hematology

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abnormal loss of blood from the circulation is a sign of trauma or illness

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Hemorrhage

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abnormally reduced number of white blood cells

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Leukopenia

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presence of abnormally large red blood cells

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Macrocytosis

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Poikilocytosis

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irregular cell

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is an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells”Erythrocytosis”

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Polycythemia

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Splenomegaly

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enlargement of the spleen

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abnormally reduced number of platelets in a sample of blood

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Thrombopenia

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Toxemia

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toxins in the bloodstream

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21
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loss of immune function which allows opportunistic disease

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AIDs

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Body’s immune response to allergens

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Allergy

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Hay fever , affects the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity and throat

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Allergic rhinitis

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affects the skin where it has been in physical contact with allergen

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Allergic dermatitis

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immediate reaction to foreign substance the includes rapid inflammation

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Anaphylaxis

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Caused by a persons own imune response

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Autoimmune disease

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Botulism

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lethal form of food borne illness

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infectious disease resulting in acute inflammation of the mucous membrane

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Diphtheria

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Leakage of fluid from the bloodstream into the interstitial space between body cells causing swelling

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Edema

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Infection of a wound caused by various anaerobic bacteria

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Gas gangrene

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Mass if blood, outside blood vessels and confined within an organ or space within the body

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Hematoma

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Bleeding disorder that results from defective or missing blood clotting proteins

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hemaphilia

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Malignant for of cancer of the lyphatic tissue

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Hodgkin’s disease

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Leukemia

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form of cancer, condition of white blood cells

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Lymphoma

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malignant tumor

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disease caused by parasitic protozoan the infects red blood cells and liver

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malaria

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acute viral disease that often begins a a fever

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measles

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Necrosis

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death

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infectious disease that is widespread and causes extensive mortality

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Plague

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viral infection that is spread from sliva or an infected animal

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Rabies

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system wide disease caused by the presence of bacteria and their toxins into the circulation blood

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Septicemia

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viral disease caused by the variola virus

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Smallpox

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disease caused by a powerful neurotic released by the common bacterium

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tetanus

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therapeutic treatment involving the use of a substance with known toxicity to bacteria

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antibiotic therapy

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chemical agent that delays or prevents the clotting process in blood

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anticoagulant

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pharmacological therapy usful in battling a class of visuses that tends to mutate quickly called retroviruses

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antiretroviral therapy

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Blood culture

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clinical test to determine infection

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intoduction of blood

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Blood transfusion

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Procedure to treat leukemia

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Bone marrow transplant

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time blood test to determine the time required for a blood clot to form

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coagulation time

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Laboratory test the evaluates a sample of blood to provide diognostic

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Complete blood count

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measures the percentage of red blood cells

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Hematocrit

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treatment that establishes immunity against a particular foreign substance that may otherwise cause disease

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Immunization

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Laboratory procedure that calculates the number of platelets in a known volume of blood

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Platelet count

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Prophylaxis

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protection before

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inoculation of a foreign substance that has reduced ability to cause infection

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Vaccination

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Preparation that is used ti activate an immune response to provide acquired immunity

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Vaccine

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aden/o

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gland

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bacteri/o

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bacteria

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blast/o

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germ

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erthr/o

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red

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hem/o

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blood

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immun/o

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immunity

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tox/o

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poison

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leuk/o

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white

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Lymph/p

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clear water

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path/p

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disease

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splen/o

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spleen

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thromb/o

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clot

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thym/o

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wart like

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botul/o

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sausage

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fung/o

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fungus

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globin/o

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protein

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Hydr/o

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water

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iatr/o

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physician

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idi/o

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individual

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necr/o

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death

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nosocom/o

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hospital

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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sept/o

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wall

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staphylococc

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bacterium

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