Question | Answer |
agglutin/o | clumping |
bas/o | base |
chrom/o | color |
coagul/o | clotting |
eosin/o | rosy red |
erythr/o | red |
granul/o | granules |
fibrin/o | fibers |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
leuk/o | white |
morph/o | shape |
neutr/o | neutral |
phag/o | eat |
sanguin/o | blood |
thromb/o | clot |
-apheresis | removal |
-cytosis | more than normal number of cells |
-emia | blood condition |
-globin | protein |
-penia | abnormal decrease |
-phil | attracted to |
-poiesis | formation |
-stasis | standing still |
formed elements | eryhtrocytes, leukocytes, platelets |
plasma | liquid part of blood; has albumin, globulins, fibrinogen, plasma proteins |
gamma globulin | antibiodies |
erythrocytes | enucleated, hemaglobin, bilirubin is the waste product |
leukocytes | pathogen protection |
AGRANULOCYTES | lymphocyte-immune response, monocyte-phagocytosis |
GRANULOCYTES | basophil-allergic reaction, eosinphil-parasite, neutrophil-phagocytosis and most numerous |
platelets (aka thrombocyte) | not whole cells, vital in hemostasis (thromboplastin to prothrombin to thrombin to fibrinogen to fibrin) |
blood typing | ABO (O is universal donor) (AB universal recipient) |
RH factor | + can get + or - but - can only get - |
dyscrasia | general blood diease |
hematoma | bruise |
hemostasis | stop blood flow through tissue |
packed cells | transfusion of only formed elements (no plasma) |
whole blood | transfusion of all blood components |
Blood pathology | hemophilia, hyperlipidemia, septicemia, anemia, hemolytic raction, polycythemia vera, thalassemia,leukimia |
lymphatic system | lymph vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus gland, tonsils |
lacteals | lymph vessels around the small intestine |
axillary nodes | drains from arms/shoulder region |
cervical | drains head and neck area |
inguinal | drains legs and lower pelvis |
mediastinal | drains lower chest cavity |
adenioid/o | adenoids |
immun/o | protection |
lymph/o | lymph |
lymphaden/o | lymph node |
lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
path/o | disease |
splen/o | spleen |
thym/o | thymus |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
tox/o | poison |
-globulin | protein |
tonsils | protect digestive/respiratory systems (palatine tonsils, adenoids, lingual tonsils) |
spleen | filters out pathogens and dead eryhtrocytes; a person can live without it |
thymus gland | develops the immune system |
passive acquired immunity | gotten from another person/animal's antibodies |
active acquired immunity | direct contact with the pathogen |
humoral immunity | antibody mediated |
cellular immunity | cell mediated |
b lymphocytes | produce antibodies |
natural killer cell | cytotoxic |
nosoomial infection | gotten through a hospital |
AIDS | defect in the cell mediated immunity system; opportunistic infections; attacks T4 lymphocytes |
Kaposi's sarcoma | form of skin cancer common in AIDS patients |
SCDIS | need sealed sterile rooms |
sarcoidosis | causes fibrous lesions |
ELISA | tests for aids, Western blot used to verify results |