Vocabulary Flashcards

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Specific protein (immunoglobin) produced by lymphocytes in response to bacteria,viruses or other antigens. An antibody is specific to an antigen and inactivates it

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Antibody

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Protein in the blood; maintains the proper amount of water in the blood

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Albumin

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2
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Substance (usually foreign) that stimulates the production of an antibody

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Antigen

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3
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White blood cell containing granules that stain blue; associated with release of histamine and heparin

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Basophil

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4
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Orange-yellow pigment in bile; formed by the breakdown of hemoglobin when rbcs are destroyed

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Bilirubin

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5
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Blood clotting

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Coagulation

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6
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Protein that stimulates growth of white blood cells (granulocytes)

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Colony-stimulating factor

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7
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Differentiation

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Change in structure and function of a cell as it matures; specialization

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8
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Method of separating serum proteins by electrical charge

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Electrophoresis

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9
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White blood cell containing granules that stain red; associated with allergic reactions

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Eosinophil

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10
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Immature red blood cell

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Erythroblast

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Erythrocyte

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Red blood cell

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12
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Hormone secreted by the kidneys; stimulates red blood cell formation

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Erythropoietin

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Protein that forms the basis of a blood clot

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Fibrin

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14
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Plasma protein that is converted to fibrin in the clotting process

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Fibrinogen

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15
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Plasma protein; (alpha, beta, and gamma)

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Globulin

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16
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Granulocyte

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White blood cell with numerous dark-staining granules: eosinophil, neutrophil and basophil

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Cell in the bone marrow that gives rise to all types of blood cells

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Hematopoietic stem cell

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Blood protein containing iron; carries oxygen in rbcs

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Hemoglobin

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Destruction or breakdown of blood (rbcs)

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Hemolysis

20
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Anticoagulant found in blood and tissue cells

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Heparin

21
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Response of the immune system to foreign invasion

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Immune reaction

22
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Protein with antibody activity

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Immunoglobin

23
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Leukocyte

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White blood cell

24
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Lymphocyte

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Mononuclear leukocyte that produces antibodies

25
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Macrophage

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Monocyte that migrates from the blood to tissue spaces. As a phagocyte it engulfs foreign material and debris. In the liver, spleen and bone marrow it destroys worn out rbcs

26
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Large platelet precursor cell found in the bone marrow

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Megakaryocyte

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Leukocyte with one large nucleus, engulfs foreign material and debris

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Monocyte

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Pertaining to a cell (leukocyte) with a single round nucleus; lymphocytes and monocytes

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Mononuclear

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Immature bone marrow that gives rise to granulocytes

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Myeloblast

30
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Granulocytic leukocyte formed in the bone marrow, phagocytic tissue-fighting cell

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Neutrophil

31
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Liquid portion of the blood; contains water,proteins,salts, nutrients lipids hormones and vitamins

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Plasma

32
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Removal of the plasma from withdrawn blood by centrifuge

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Plasmapheresis

33
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Small blood fragment that collects at sites of injury to begin the clotting process

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Platelet

34
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Pertaining to a white blood cell with a multi lobed neutrophil

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Polymorphonuclear

35
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Plasma protein; concerted to thrombin in the clotting process

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Prothrombin

36
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Immature erythrocyte. A network of strands is seen after staining the cell with special dyes

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Reticulocyte

37
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Antigen on rbc of rh-positive individuals

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Rh factor

38
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Plasma minus clotting proteins and cells

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Serum

39
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Unspecialized cell that gives rise to mature, specialized forms

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Stem cell

40
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Enzyme that converts fibrinogen to fibrin during coagulation

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Thrombin

41
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Platelet

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Thrombocyte