vocab ch 12 Flashcards
1
Q
to glue together
A
agglutin
2
Q
bile
A
bil
3
Q
stopper
A
embol
4
Q
red
A
enthyr
5
Q
blood
A
hem
6
Q
white
A
leuko
7
Q
abnormal condition
A
osis
8
Q
to make
A
poie
9
Q
halt
A
sta
10
Q
clot
A
thromb
11
Q
a condition in which you lack enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to your body’s tissues
A
Anemia
12
Q
The process by which a phagocyte (a type of white blood cell) surrounds and destroys foreign substances (such as bacteria) and removes dead cells.
A
Phagocytosis
13
Q
found in nearly all tissues of the body, where it is stored primarily in the granules of tissue mast cells
A
Histamine
14
Q
A type of blood cell that is made in the bone marrow and found in the blood and lymph tissue
A
Leukocytes
15
Q
abnormally low number of white blood cells (leukocytes) in the blood circulation
A
Leukopenia
