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Bonewit chapter 17
Phlebotomy
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 and platelets that lies between a top layer of plasma and a bottom layer of red blood cells when an anticoagulant has been added to a blood specimen |
Evacuated 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 nonfiltrated blood components int the blood vessels, such as red blood cells, enzymes, iron, and clacium, as a result of a decrease in the fluid content of the blood |
Hemolysis | the breakdown of blood cells |
Osteochondrtitis | inflammation of bone and cartilage |
Osteomyelitis | inflammation of the bone as a result of bacterial infection |
Phlebotomist | a health care professional trained in the collection of blood specimens |
Phlebotomy | incision of a vein for the removal of blood; the collection of blood |
Plasma | the liquid part of the blood consitsing of a clear, straw-colored fluid that comprises approximately 55% of the blood volume |
Serum | plasma from which the clotting factor fibrinogen has been removed |
Venipuncture | puncturing of a vein |
Venous reflux | the backflow of blood(from an evacuated tube) into the patient's vein |
Venous stasis | the temporary cessation or slowing of blood flow |