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Bonewit # 18
Hematology-emily
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ameboid movement | movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissues |
| Anemia | A condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood |
| Anisocytosis | a variation in the size of blood cells |
| Anticoagulant | a substance that inhibits blood clotting |
| bilirubin | An orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme from the hemoglobin molecule |
| diapedesis | the ameboid movement of blood cells through the wall of a capillary and out into the tissues |
| hematology | THE STUDY OF BLOOD AND BLOOD FORMING TISSUES |
| hemoglobin | the 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 | a red blood cell with a decreased concentration of hemoglobin. |
| leukocytosis | an abnormal increase in the number of whute blood cells |
| leukopenia | an abnormal decreased in the number of white blood cells |
| microcytic | an abnormally small red blood cell |
| macrocytic | an abnormally large red blood cell |
| normochromic | a red blood cell cell with a normal concentration of hemoglobin |
| normocytic | a normal-sized red blood cell |
| 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 |