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Bonwit #18
Hematology- Michaela Henry
Question | Answer |
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ameboid movement | movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissue |
anemia | a condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood |
anisocytosis | a variation in the size of red blood cells |
anticoagulant | substance that inhibits blood clotting |
bilirubin | an orange colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme form the hemoblogin molecule |
diapedesis | the ameboid movement of blood cells (especially leukocytes) through the wall of a capaillary and out into the tissues |
hematology | The study of blood |
hemoglobin | the protein and iron containing pigment |
hemolysis | breakdown of erythrocytes |
hypochromic | a red blood cell with a decreased concentration of hemoglobin |
leukocytosis | an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells |
leukopenia | an abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells |
microcytic | abnormally small rbc |
normochromic | a red blood cell with a normal concentration of hemoblogin |
normocytic | a normal sized red blood cell |
oxhemoglobin | hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen |
phagocytosis | the engulfing & destruction of foreign particles, such as bacteria, by special cells call phagocytes |
polycythemia | a disorder in which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass |
macrocytic | an abnormally large red blood cell |