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Bonewit #18
Hematology -Libby
Question | Answer |
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Movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissue | Ameboid movement |
A condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood | Anemia |
A variation in the size of red blood cells | Anisocytosis |
A substance that inhabits blood clotting | Anticoagulant |
An orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme from the hemoglobin molecule | Bilirubin |
The ameboid movement of blood cells (especially leukocytes) through the wall of a capillary and out into the tissues | Diapedesis |
The study of blood and blood-forming tissues | Hematology |
The protein- and iron-containing pigment of erythrocytes that transports oxygen in the body | Hemoglobin |
The breakdown of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma | Hemolysis |
A red blood cell with a decreased concentration of hemoglobin | Hypochromic |
An abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (greater than 11,000 per cubic millimeter of blood) | Leukocytosis |
An abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells (less than 4500 per cubic millimeter of blood) | Leukopenia |
An abnormally small red blood cell | Microcytic |
An abnormally large red blood cell | Macrocytic |
A red blood cell with a normal concentration of hemoglobin | Normochromic |
A normal-sized red blood cell | Normocytic |
Hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen | Oxyhemoglobin |
The engulfing and destruction of foreign particles, such as bacteria, by special cells called phagocytes | Phagocytosis |
A disorder in which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass | Polycythemia |