chapter 18 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
ameboid movement | movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissue. |
anemia | a condition in which there is a decrease in the erthrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood. |
bilirubin | an orange - colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme fromthe hemoglobin molecule. |
diapedesis | the ameboid movement of blood cells (especially leukocyes) through the wall of a capillary and out into the tissue. |
hematology | the study of blood and blood - forming tissues. |
hemoglobin | the iron - containing pigment of erythrocytes that transports oxygen in the blood. |
hemolysis | the breakdown of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma. |
leukocytosis | an abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells (greater than 11,000 per cubic millimeter of blood). |
leukopenia | an abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells (less than 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 special cells called phagocytes. |
polycythemia | a disorder in which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass. |
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