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Week Two: Hematologic, Lymphatic, And Immune System Flashcards

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What does blood consist of?

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Formed elements (cells) and liquid (plasma)

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What is the purpose of blood?

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Supplies body tissues with oxygen, nutrients, and various chemicals

Transports waste products to the appropriate waste system

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What are the combining forms for blood?

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Hem/I and hemat/o

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What is the liquid portion or blood?

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Plasma and serum

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What is plasma?

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When all clotting factors are present

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What is serum?

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When clotting factors are used up or removed

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What are the clotting proteins?

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Fibrinogen and prothrombin

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What is erythro/o

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Red

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What are erythrocytes?

What do they do?

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Red blood cells (RBC)

Carry oxygen to tissues on hemoglobin

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What are leukocytes?

What do they do?

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White blood cells (WBC)
Fight disease
Divided into granulocytes and agranulocytes

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What are platelets?

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Clotting cells
Thrombocytes
Forms mechanical part of clot, pieces of cytoplasm

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Granulocytes contain________.

These are examples of granulocytes

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Grains

Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils

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Agranulocytes do not contain ________

These are examples

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Grains

Monocytes, lymphocytes

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What do eosinophils do? What do they look like

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Prevents inflammation

Barebell shaped, stain red

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What do basophils do? What do they look like?

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Blue/purple stain

Increases blood flow, contains histamine and heparin

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What are monocytes?

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Eat big things, have a chunky nucleus and lots of cytoplasm (fried eggy)

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What are lymphocytes

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Can’t eat things, too small, have a round nucleus, produces antibodies

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Exotics don’t have _______ but instead have ________.

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Neutrophils, heterophils

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What is the combining form for formation?

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-poiesis

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Blood is formed in what?

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Bone marrow

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What is the comvining form for bone marrow?

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Myel/o

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Where does red bone marrow live?

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In cancellous bone

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What is coagulation?

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The process of clotting

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Blood can be mixed with what to prevent clotting?

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Anticoagulant

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What is EDTA?

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Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid

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What are the most common anticoagulants?

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EDTA and heparin

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What is hematology?

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Study of blood (what’s in it, how much water, cells, ect.)

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What is morphology?

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Study of shape and size of cell (does it look normal)

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What is anemia?

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Deficiency of RBC

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What is edema?

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Accumulation if fluid (like swelling)

30
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Hat is hemolysis?

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Blood cell being broken down

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What is left shift?

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Abnormally high number of neutrophils (that are immature)

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What is pancytopenia?

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Deficiency of all cells (like bone marrow suppression)

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What is -penia

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Deficiency, insufficient amount

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-philia

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Too many of something (usually used for a single cell)

35
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-cytosis

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Too many of something

36
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What is the lymphatic system?

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Functions as part of immune system
Returns excess tissue fluid to blood
Absorbs fat and fat-soluble vitamins

37
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What are the fat soluble vitamins?

38
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What is lymph fluid/interstitial fluid

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Carries nutrients and hormones to cells, carries wastes away from cell

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What are lymph vessels?

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Lymph fluid travels through these vessels and into veins

40
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What are lymph nodes?

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Filter lymph fluid to remove bacteria and viruses, store B and T lymphocytes (late areas of lymph tissues)

41
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What are tonsils?

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•Masses of lymphatic tissues that protect mucous membranes

42
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What is the combining for for tonsils?

43
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What is the spleen?

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  • Mass of lymphatic tissue in cranial abdomen that filters blood to remove foreign material
  • Largest piece of lymph tissue in body
44
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What is the thymus?

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Gland in the cardio ventral thoracic cavity of young animals that matures T lymphocytes

45
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What are lacteals?

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Transports fats and fat soluble vitamins from the small intestine

46
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What does the immune system do?

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Functions to protect the body from harmful substances

47
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What is the combining form meaning protected?

48
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What are some other body systems that aid in protecting the body as part of the immune system?

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  • lymphatic
  • respiratory
  • gastrointestinal
  • integumentary
49
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What is an antigen?

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Foreign substance in the body (not self)

50
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What is an antibody?

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An immunoglobulin made by lymphocytes that react with antigens in the body

51
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What is naturally acquired passive immunity?

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While in the uterine or colostrum

52
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What is naturally acquire active immunity?

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When you get sick then you create antibodies

53
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What is artificially acquired passive immunity

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Vaccine passed from mom

54
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What is artificially acquired active immunity

55
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What is cell mediated immunity

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When cells DIRECTLY go eat things not self

56
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What is humoral immunity

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When cells INDIRECTLY eat things not self

57
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What is an allergy?

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Excessive response/ over reaction (immune system freaks out)

58
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What is an anaphylaxis?

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Biggest over reaction, life threatening, SUPER bad allergy

59
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What is an autoimmune disease?

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Immune system attacks itself (AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis)

60
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What is a vaccine?

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Protects against viruses (rabies, flu)

61
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What is a toxoid?

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Protects against bacteria

62
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What is oncology?

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Study of tumors

63
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What is the combining form for tumor?

64
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What is malignant?

65
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What is benign?

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Non cancerous

66
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What is neoplasm?

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Any abnormal new growth of tissue in which the multiplication of cells is uncontrolled and progressive

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What is metastasis?

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Pathogenic growth distant from the primary disease site, beyond the ability to stop

68
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What is a well circumscribed tumor?

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A tumor with Definite border, we can cut it out

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What is an invasive tumor?

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A tumor that spreads into surrounding tissue

70
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What is carcinoma?

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Cancerous growth of epithelial cells (skin cancer)

71
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What is sarcoma?

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Malignant growth of connective tissue

72
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What is chemotherapy?

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Treatment for cancer

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What is radiation therapy?

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Use isotopes to handle growth of tumor

Med Term 2 (AC) (10 decks)

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