The Blood Flashcards
A quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin.
Anemia
A yellowish-white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood, covers the red blood cells.
Buffy coat
The obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus.
Embolism
A mass, such as an air bubble, a detached blood clot, or a foreign body, that travels in the bloodstream and lodges in a blood vessel.
Embolus
A severe hemolytic disease of a fetus or newborn caused by production of maternal antibodies for fetal red blood cells, usually involving Rh incompatibility between the mother and fetus. Also called ABO hemolytic disease of newborn , congenital anemia , hemolytic disease of newborn , neonatal anemia .
Erythroblastosis fetalis
Also called: red blood cell.
Erythrocyte
An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein derived from fibrinogen.
Fibrin
A protein in the blood plasma that is essential for the coagulation of blood and is converted to fibrin by thrombin and ionized calcium. Also called factor I .
Fibrinogen
A centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
Hematocrit
The red respiratory protein of red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues.
Hemoglobin
A complex organic acid that is found especially in lung and liver tissue, has a mucopolysaccharide as its active constituent, prevents platelet agglutination and blood clotting.
Heparin
Any of various acute or chronic neoplastic diseases of the bone marrow in which unrestrained proliferation of white blood cells occurs.
Leukemia
Any of the colorless or white cells in the blood . Also called white corpuscle .
Leukocyte
A severe form of anemia most often affecting older adults, caused by failure of the stomach to absorb vitamin B 12. Also called Addison’s anemia , malignant anemia .
Pernicious anemia
The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.
Plasma
Any of the various dissolved proteins of blood plasma, including antibodies and blood-clotting proteins.
Plasma protein
A condition characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood. Also called erythrocythemia , hypercythemia , hypererythrocythemia , hyperglobulia .
Polycythemia
A glycoprotein formed by and stored in the liver and present in the blood plasma that is converted to thrombin . Also called factor II .
Prothrombin
Any one of the substances in the extrinsic or intrinsic pathways of coagulation.
Prothrombin activator
The clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components.
Serum
A minute, irregularly shaped, disklike cytoplasmic body found in blood plasma that promotes blood clotting . Also called blood platelet .
Thrombocyte
An enzyme in blood formed from prothrombin that facilitates blood clotting. Also called thrombase .
Thrombin
Formation or presence of a thrombus.
Thrombosis
A fibrinous clot formed in a blood vessel or in a chamber of the heart.
Thrombus
A combining form meaning “red ”.
erythr/o
A combining form meaning “blood ” .
hem/o
A combining form with the meanings “white,” “white blood cell ”.
leuk/o
A combining form with the meanings “blood clot,” “coagulation,” “thrombin” .
thromb/o
