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Bonewit Chapter 18
hematology
Question | Answer |
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Movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissues. | ameboid movement |
a condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood | anemia |
an orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme form the hemoglobin modecule | 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 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 |
an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (les than 4500 per cubic mm of blood) | leukopenia |
hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen | oxyhemoglobin |
the engulfing and destruction of foreign particles, such as bacteria, by special cells called phagocytes. | phagocytes |
a disorder in which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass | polycythemia |
an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (greater than 11,000 per cubic millimeter of blood) | leukocytosis |