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chapter 18 bonwit vocab
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Ameboid Movement | Movement used by leukoctyes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries to the tissues. |
Anemia | A condition in which there is a decrease in the number or erythrocytes or in the amont of hemoglobin in the blood. |
Bilirubin | An orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme from the hemoglobin molecule. |
Diapedesis | The ameboid movement of the blood cells(especially leukocytes) through the wall of a capillary and into the tissues. |
Hematology | The study of blood and blood-forming tissues. |
Hemolysis | The breakdown or erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma. |
Leukocytosis | An abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells(above 11,000 per cubic Millimeter of blood) |
Leukopenia | An abnormal in the number o white blood cells (below 4,500 per cubic millimeter of blood) |
Oxyhemoglobin | Hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen |
Phagocytosis | The engulfing and destruction of foreign particles such as bacteria, by specail cells called phagocytes |
Polycythemia | A disorder in which there is an increase in reb cell mass |