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Bonewit Chapt 18
Hematology - Brooklyn Burns
| 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 arythrocytes |
| anisocytosis | a variation in the size of red blood cells |
| biirubin | an orange colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme from the hemogloglobin molecule |
| diapedesis | the ameboid movement of blood cells through the wall of a capillary and out into the tissue |
| hematology | the study of blood and blood forming tissues |
| hemoglobin | the protein and iron containing pidments of erthrocytes that transports oxgen in the body |
| hemolysis | the breakdown of erthrocytes 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 whit blood cells |
| leukopenia | an abnormal decrease i the number of white blood cells |
| microcyte | an abnormally small red blood cells |
| macrocytic | an abnormally large reed blood cells |
| normachromic | a red blood cells with a normal concentration of hemoglobin |
| normocytic | a normal sized red blood cells |
| oxyhemoglobin | hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen |
| phagocytosis | the engulfing and destruction of forgien particles such as bacteria |
| polycythemia | a disorder in which there is an increase in the red blood cell mas |
| anticogulant | an orange colored bilie pigment produced by the breakdown of hemeform in the hemoglobin |
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