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Bonewit Chapt 19
Blood CHemistry and Immunology- Karly Hayes
Question | Answer |
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Clumping of blood cells | Agglutination ( as it pertains to blood) |
A substance that is being identified or measured in a laboratory test | Analyte |
A substance that is capable of combining with an antigen, resulting in an antigen-antibody reaction | Antibody |
A substance capable of stimulating the formation of antibodies | Antigen |
A serum that contains antibodies | Antiserum |
A protein present in the blood plasma that is capable of combining with its corresponding blood antigen to produce an antigen-antibody reaction | Blood Antibody |
A protein present on the surface of red blood cells that determines a persons blood type | Blood Antigen |
One who furnishes something, such as blood, tissue, or organs, to be used in another individual. | Donor |
A unit of heredity | Gene |
The form in which carbohydrate is stored in the body | Glycogen |
The process of glucose attaching to hemoglobin | Glycosylation |
A lipoprotein, consisting of protein and cholesterol, that removes excess cholesterol rom the cells. | HDL Cholesterol |
Compound formed when glucose attaches or glycosylates to the protein in hemoglobin | Hemoglobin A1c |
An abnormally high level of glucose in the blood | Hyperglycemia |
An abnormally low level of glucose in the blood | Hypoglycemia |
Occuring in glass. Refers to test performed under artificial conditions, as in the laboratory. | In vitro |
Occuring in the living body or organism | In vivo |
A lipoprotein, consisting of protein and cholesterol, that picks up cholesterol and delivers it to the cells. | LDL Cholesterol |
A complex molecule consistng of protein and a lipid fraction such as cholesterol. Lipoproteins functions in transporting lipids in the blood. | Lipoprotein |
One who receives something, such as a blood transfusion from a donor. | Recipient |