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Hematology-Devon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ameboid movement | movement used by leukcytes that permits them to propel themsevles from the capillary into the tissue. |
| anemia | a conditio in which there is a decrase in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood |
| anisocytosis | a variation in the size of red blood cells |
| anticoagulant | a substance that inhabits blood clotting |
| bilirubin | an orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of hem from the hemoglobin molecule |
| diapedeis | the ameboid movement of blood cells (especially leukocytes)throught the wall of capillary and out into the tissue |
| hematology | the study of blood and blood forming tissue |
| 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 cell with a decreased concentration of hemoglobin |
| leukocytes | an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (greater than 11,000 per cubic mill of blood) |
| leukopenia | an abnormal decrase decrase in the number of white blood cells (less than 4500 per cubic mill of blood) |
| microcytes | an abnormally small red blood cell |
| macrocytes | an abnormally large blood cytes |
| normochromic | a red blood cell with a normal concentration of hemoglobin |
| normocytes | a normal sized red blood cell |
| oxyhemoglobin | hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen |
| phagocytosis | the engulfing and destruction of foregin particles, such as bacteria, by special cells called phagocytes |
| polycythemia | a disorder i which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass |