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Bonewit Chapt 19
Blood Chemistry & Immunology
Question | Answer |
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Agglutination | Clumping of blood cells. |
Analyte | A substance that is being identified or measured in a lab test. |
Antibody | A substance that is capable of combining with an antigen, resulting in an antigen-antibody reaction. |
Antigen | A substance capable of stimulating the formation of antibodies. |
Antiserum | A serum that contains antibodies. |
Blood antibody | A protein in the blood plasma that is capable of combining with its corresponding blood antigen to produce an antigen antibody reaction. |
Blood Antigen | A protein present on the surface of red blood cells that determines a persons blood type. |
Donor | One who furnishes something, such as blood, tissue, or organs, to be used in another individual. |
Gene | A unit of hereditary. |
Glycogen | The form in which carbohydrate is stored in the body. |
Glycosylation | The process of glucose attaching to hemoglobin. |
HDL cholesterol | A lipoprotein consisting of protein and cholestrol that remove excesses cholestrol from the cells. |
Hemoglobin A1c | Compound formed when glucose attaches or glycosylates to the protein in hemoglobin. |
Hyperglycemia | AN abnormally high level of glucose in the blood. |
Hypoglycemia | An abnormally low level of glucose in the blood. |
In vitro | Occuring in glass. Refers to tests preformed under artifical conditions as in the lab. |
In vivo | Occuring in the living body. |
LDL cholesterol | lipoprotein, consisting of protein and cholesterol that picks ip and delivers it to the cells. |
lipoprotein | a complex molecule consisting of protein and a lipid fraction such as cholesterol. |
Recipient | One who receives something, such as blood transfusion, from a donor. |