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Bonwit #19
Blood Chemisty and Immunology- Michaela Henry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| agglutination | clumping of blood cells |
| antibody | a substance that is capable of combining with an antigen |
| antigen | a substance capable of stimulating the formation of antibodies |
| antiserum | a serum that contains antibodies |
| blood antibody | a protein present in the blood plasma that is capable of combining with its corresponding blood antigen to produce an antigen-antibody reacion |
| blood antigen | a protein present on the surface of red blood cells that determines a person's blood type |
| donor | one who furnishes something to be used for another individual |
| gene | unit of heredity |
| glycogen | the form in which carbohdrate is stores in the body |
| glycosylation | the process of glucose attaching to hemoglobin |
| HDL cholesterol | a lipoprotein, consisting of protein & cholesterol, which removes excess cholesterol from the cells |
| hemogibin A1C | compound formed when glucose attaches or glycosylates to the protein in hemoglobin |
| hyperglycemia | an abnormally high level of glucose |
| hypoglycemia | abnormally low level of glucose |
| in vitro | occurring in glass |
| in vivo | occurring in the living body or organism |
| LDL cholesterol | a lipoprotien, consisting of protein and cholesterol |
| lipopotien | a complex molecule consisting of protein & a lipid fraction |
| recipent | one who receives something |
| analyte | a substance that is being identified or measured in a laboratory test |