Question | Answer |
Ameboid Movement | Movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries. |
Anemia | A condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood. |
Anisocytosis | A variation in the size of red blood cells. |
Bilirubin | An orange- colored bile pigment produced by the break-down of heme from the hemoglobin molecule |
Diapedesis | The ameboid movement of blood cells (especially leukocytes) through the wall of a capillary and out into the tissues. |
Hematology | the study of blood and blood-forming tissues |
Hemoglobin | The protein- and iron- containing pigment of erythrocytes that transports oxygen in the body |
Hemolysis | The breakdown of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma |
Hypochromic | A red blood cell with a decrease concentration of hemoglobin. |
Leukocytosis | An abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (greater than 11,000 per cubic millimeter of hemoglobin, |
Leukopenia | An abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells (less than 4500 per cubic millimeter of blood.) |
Microcytic | An abnormally small red blood cell. |
Macrocytic | An abnormally large red blood cell. |
Normochromic | A red blood cell with a normal concentration of hemoglobin, |
Normocytic | A normal-sized red blood cell. |
Oxyhemolobin | Hemoglobin that has combined wit oxygen. |
Phagocytosis | The engulfing and destructing of foreign particles, such as bacteria, by special cells called phagocytes. |
Polycythemia | A disorder in which there is a increase in the red blood cell mass. |
Anticoagulant | A substance that inhibits blood clotting. |