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chapter 17
heather taylor
Question | Answer |
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Antecubital Space | the surface of the arm in front of the elbow |
Anticoagulant | a substance that inhibits blood clotting |
Buffy Coat | a thin, light colored layer of white blood cells & platelets that lies between a top layer of plasma & a bottom layer of red blood cells when an anticoagulant has been added to a blood specimen |
Evacuted tube | A closed glass or plastic tube that contains a premeasured vacuum |
Hematoma | a swelling or mass of coagulated blood caused by a break in a blood vessel |
Hemoconcentration | An increase in the concentration of the nonfilterable blood components |
Hemolysis | The breakdown of blood cells |
osteochondritis | inflammation of bone and cartilage |
Osteomyelitis | Inflammation of the bone due to the bcterial infection |
Phlebotomist | A health professional trained in the collection of blood specimens |
Plasma | A liquid part of the blood, consisting of clear, yellowish fuild that makes up approximately 55% of the total blood. |
Serum | Plasma from which the clotting factor fibrinogen has been removed |
Venipuncture | puncturing a vein |
Venous reflux | The backflow of blood into the patients vein |
Venous Stasis | the temporary cessation or slowing of the venous blood flow. |
Phlebotomy | Incision of a vein for the removal of the blood; the collection of blood. |