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Bonewit #18
Hematology -Libby
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissue | Ameboid movement |
| A condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood | Anemia |
| A variation in the size of red blood cells | Anisocytosis |
| A substance that inhabits blood clotting | Anticoagulant |
| An orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme from the hemoglobin molecule | Bilirubin |
| The ameboid movement of blood cells (especially leukocytes) through the wall of a capillary and out into the tissues | Diapedesis |
| The study of blood and blood-forming tissues | Hematology |
| The protein- and iron-containing pigment of erythrocytes that transports oxygen in the body | Hemoglobin |
| The breakdown of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma | Hemolysis |
| A red blood cell with a decreased concentration of hemoglobin | Hypochromic |
| An abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (greater than 11,000 per cubic millimeter of blood) | Leukocytosis |
| An abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells (less than 4500 per cubic millimeter of blood) | Leukopenia |
| An abnormally small red blood cell | Microcytic |
| An abnormally large red blood cell | Macrocytic |
| A red blood cell with a normal concentration of hemoglobin | Normochromic |
| A normal-sized red blood cell | Normocytic |
| Hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen | Oxyhemoglobin |
| The engulfing and destruction of foreign particles, such as bacteria, by special cells called phagocytes | Phagocytosis |
| A disorder in which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass | Polycythemia |