bonewit Chapter 17 Word Scramble
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the surface of the arm in front of the elbow | antecubital space |
a substance that inhibits blood clotting | anticoagulant |
a thin, light-colored layer of white blood cells and platelets that lies between a top layer of plasma and a bottom layer of red blood cells when an anticoagulant has been added to a blood specimen | buffy coat |
a closed glass or plastic tube that contains a permeasured vacuum | evacuated tube |
a swelling or mass of coagulated blood caused by a break in a blood vessel | hematoma |
an increase in the concentration of the nonfilterable blood components in the blood vessels, such as red blodds cells, enzymes, iron, and calcium, as a result of a decrease in the fluid content of the blood | hemoconcentration |
the breakdown of blood cells | hemolysis |
inflammation of bone and cartilage | osteochonditis |
inflammation of the bone as a result of bacterial infection | osteomyelitis |
a health care professional trained in the collection of blood specimens | phlebotomist |
incision of a cein for the removal of blood; the collection of blood | phlebotomy |
the liquid part of the blood consisting of a clear, straw-colored fluid taht comprises approx. 55% of the blood volume | plasma |
plasma from which the clotting factor fibrinogen has been removed | serum |
puncturing of a vein | venipuncture |
the backflow of blood into the pts vein | venous reflux |
the temporary cessation or slowing of the venous blood flow | venous stasis |
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