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Bonewit #18
Hematology - Nora Godsey
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ameboid movement | movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissues |
| anemia | condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amt of hemoglobin in the blood |
| anisocytosis | variation in the size of red blood cells |
| anticoagulant | substance that inhibits blood clotting |
| bilirubin | orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme from the hemoglobin molecule |
| diapedsis | ameboid movement of blood cells through the wall of a capillary and out int the tissues |
| hematology | study of blood and blood-forming tissues |
| hemoglobin | protein and iron containing pigment of erythrocytes that transports oxygen in the body |
| hemolysis | the breakdown of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma |
| hypochromic | red blood cell with a deacreased concentration of hemoglobin |
| leukocytosis | abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells |
| leukopenia | abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells |
| microcytic | abnormally small red blood cell |
| macrocytic | abnormally large red blood cell |
| normochromic | red blood cell with a normal concentration of hemoglobin |
| normocytic | normal sized red blood cell |
| oxyhemoglobin | hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen |
| phagocytosis | engulfing and destruction of foreign particles, such as bacteria, by special cells called phagocytes |
| polycythemia | disorder in which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass |