Question | Answer |
Excessive number of WBCs | Leukocytosis |
Indicates low level of WBCs | Leukopenia |
Clumping of RBCs | Agglutination |
Specialist in blood formation and function | Hematologist |
Red bone marrow | Myeloid tissue |
RBC formation | Erythropoiesis |
Condition of reduced or low hemoglobin; decreased oxygen carrying capasity | Anemia |
Percentage of whole blood occupied by cellular elements | Hematocrit |
Gives RBCs red color; transports oxygen and carbon dioxide | Hemoglobin |
Produces all blood cells | Stem cells |
Base framework of a blood clot | Fibrin |
Most abundent plasma protein | Albumin |
Procedure to collect fresh whole blood from a vein | Venipuncture |
Seperated | Fractionated |
Cell fragments; small membrane enclosed packets of cytoplasm that contain enzymes and blood clotting factors | Platelet |
Cell involved in the bodies defense | Leukocyte |
Most abundant blood cell | Erythrocyte |
Blood cells and fragments that are suspended in plasma | Formed elements |
Substance capable of inducing the production of antibodies | Antigen |
Liquid part of blood | Plasma |
Blockage of a vessel by a blood clot | Embolism |
To make or manufacture | Synthesis |
Blood clotting | Coagulation |
High platelet count | Thrombocytosis |
Platelet | Thrombocyte |
Giant cells that shed platelets | Megakaryocytes |
Cancer of blood and blood forming tissues | Leukemia |
Main cell of the lymphatic system | Lymphocyte |
Poison | Toxin |
Bacteria or virus that causes disease | Pathogen |
Immature RBCs | Erythroblasts |
Plasma protein that includes antibodies and transport proteins | Globulin |
Plasma minus clotting factor | Serum |
Antibody | Agglutinins |
Surface antigen of RBCs whose presence determines blood type | Agglutinogens |
Rutpure of blood cells | Hemolyze |
Type of stem cell | Hemocytoblasts |
When an antibody meets its specific antigen | Cross-reaction |
Lymphocyte production | Lymphopoiesis |
Low platelet count | Thrombocytopenia |
Process that prevents loss of blood | Hemostasis |
Dissolving of a blood clot | Fibrinolysis |
Drifting blood clot | Embolus |
Attack foreign proteins and pathogens | Antibodies |
Plasma protein that helps clotting | Fibrinogen |
Production of formed elements | Hemopoiesis |
Adolesent RBCs | Reticulocyte |
4 Functions of blood | Carry Nutrients & Oxygen,Carry Hormones,Regulate Acid-base balance,Procted against infection |
6 Substances in plasma | water, plasma proteins, nutrients, electrolytes, hormones- vitamins & enzymes, metabolic waste products |
3 proteins found in plasma | fibrinogen, albumin, globulin |
Globulin which helps blood to coagulate | prothrombin |
1 pint of blood equals | 500cc |
Oxygen chemically combined with hemoglobin | oxyhemoglobin |
RBC that contains no nucleus | erythrocyte |
2 major groups of leukocytes | granulocytes, agranulocytes |
3 types of granulocytes | neutophils, eosinophils, basophils |
2 types of agranulocytes | lymphocytes, monocytes |
2 types of lymphocytes | B-lymphocytes, T-lymphocytes |
Occurs when tissue is subjected to chemical or physical trauma | inflammation |
Symptoms of inflammation | redness, local heat, swelling, pain |
Cream-colored liquid in inflammation | pus |
pus-filled cavity below the epidermis | abscess |
Steps to blood clotting process | serotonin, thromboplastin, prothromboplastin, thrombin, fibrinogen, fibrin, clot |
4 blood types | A, B, AB, O |
Universal donor | O- |
Universal recipient | AB+ |
Deficiency of adequate amounts of iron | Iron-deficiency anemia |
Deficiency of vitamin B12 | Pernicious anemia |
Disease caused by the suppression of bone marrow | Aplastic anemia |
Chronic blood disease inherited from both parents | Sickle cell anemia |
Blood disease caused by a defect in hemoglobin formation | Cooley's anemia |
Condition in which too many red blood cells are formed | Polycythemia |
Localized clotted mass of blood found in an organ, tissue, or space | hematoma |
Disease in which the blood clots slowly | hemophilia |
Presence of pathocenic organisms or toxins in the blood | Septicemia |